Before connecting a website to Yandex Webmaster, confirm the official URL, check that the site is publicly accessible, and identify who holds the permissions needed for verification. This checklist helps you prepare without changing DNS, switching domains, or submitting a sitemap.
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Yandex Webmaster helps website owners monitor how Yandex crawls, indexes and displays their pages in search results. However, not every website needs to prioritize setting it up immediately.
Already have a website but unsure where to start with Yandex Webmaster? Use an existing Yandex ID or create a new account, check the correct URL version, then add the website and identify the next verification step.
Choose one verification method that matches your available access. This article compares the meta tag, HTML file, and DNS TXT methods, then shows how to check the result in Yandex Webmaster.
After verification, Yandex Webmaster opens up several different areas. This guide shows what to check first, which data to record, and how to collaborate without sharing passwords.
Do not assume your WordPress sitemap is always located at sitemap.xml. Identify the active file, check its URL and contents, then submit the correct address in Yandex Webmaster.