Sparkle’s built-in verification is via HTML Tag, if you want to try that.
The Analytics verification doesn’t work if you have Sparkle’s privacy features enabled, because Sparkle produces code slightly different from Google’s in order to guarantee visitor privacy.
Mmmm… I have never had an issue with this and I have done several Sparkle websites with GA onboard and never had a verification fail. So this is strange to see.
Hello @FlaminFig. I am confused with this topic as it relates to my situation as I too want to enter the Google Verification Code into Sparkle’s Site Settings panel.
In my case, I am already the verified owner as per the Google Search Console via Google Domains. In addition, under “Additional verification methods”, there is only one choice, “Domain name provider”.
So how do I get the verification code or find it somewhere? In googling this question I see responses based on the HTML tag effort. The google results all assume I am not verified yet.
Is this verification code a number? Is it the same as the Google Analytics “Stream ID”?
Once you expand it, there will be a <meta code, then you can copy it and put it there in Sparkle’s setting or just grab the content=" grab here" and insert it there as well.
I am trying to enter a Website Ownership Verification value into Sparkle. And after much confusion and frustration on my end to acquire the code to enter, I am beginning to think I don’t need to in order for Google to crawl my site. Can you confirm based on the following?
My domain (decarbtoday.com) is registered with Google. According to Google’s Search Console, my ownership verification is “automatic”. (See provided screen shots.).
If my ownership is verified automatically, and Google Analytics is already acquiring data for my site, then is Sparkle’s Website Owner Verification field a moot point for me?