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Verify Domain Ownership for Zendesk Search Crawler

Learn how to verify domain ownership for Zendesk's search crawler by ensuring your homepage is accessible and the verification tag is correctly placed.

How do I verify domain ownership for Zendesk's search crawler?

To verify domain ownership for Zendesk's search crawler, ensure your homepage is publicly accessible and the verification tag is correctly placed.

The search crawler checks domain ownership each time it runs, which can take up to 24 hours. If verification fails, you'll receive an email notification. To troubleshoot, make sure your homepage is accessible without login or authentication requirements. Also, ensure the verification tag is correctly implemented in the<head>section of your homepage. You can have multiple verification tags for different crawlers on the same domain. For more details, seeManaging search crawlers.


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