Code removal in my header

[Squilla]

Hi, 

I need this explaining in very simple terms. 

A while ago I added some script to my website, seems to be Google-site-verification, I can see a very slight outline of the writing script at the very top of my header on www.emu.services. I have no idea how I got it there, I think I must have put it in the wrong place. 

How do I remove it? in non technical terms please 🙂 

Will it harm my Google Analytics if I do remove it? 

It's been bugging me for ages and I am sure it is that which makes my app really wide. 

[seicolegwr · Accepted solution]

@Squilla 

It looks like you've missed the opening and closing tags off your verification string and so it's displaying as if it's plain text. Remove what you've added and add this to your site's HEADER CODE BOX exactly as it's written with your verification string included between the quotation marks:

<meta name="google-site-verification" content="YOUR GOOGLE VERIFICATION NUMBER/LETTER STRING GOES HERE" />

Gary

[whitemonkey · Accepted solution]

@Squilla 

google analytics code goes in the FOOTER CODE box    GSC goes in the HEADER CODE box

both of which are found under SETTINGS   (at the top or ur editor).."BUILD  PAGES THEMES APPS SETTINGS HELP"   

then clicking SEO   from the menu on the left, 2nd one down after General

[whitemonkey · Accepted solution]

@Squilla 

site SEO (google Analytics etc) is done under   the SEO at site level.. refer previous answer

SEO (key words, page description etc ) for blog posts or pages  are done under seo at page level  >pages >SEO SETTINGS  where, in the Header Code box u only need to add canonical tags

Weebly's own SEO guide which is the only guide u need to use (forget seo guides written for WordPress)  https://www.weebly.com/seo

[seicolegwr · Accepted solution]

@Squilla 

It looks like you've missed the opening and closing tags off your verification string and so it's displaying as if it's plain text. Remove what you've added and add this to your site's HEADER CODE BOX exactly as it's written with your verification string included between the quotation marks:

<meta name="google-site-verification" content="YOUR GOOGLE VERIFICATION NUMBER/LETTER STRING GOES HERE" />

Gary

[Squilla]

Thank you 🙂 I hadn't realised I had missed that off. The thing is, I don't know where I pasted it in to 🙂 Where would I have put it? I remember putting bits in the SEO page under settings, also I copied some script bits into the CSS under themes somewhere. Also each page has an SEO section, I put something in to there. 

what with Google Analytics and Search Console, it all gets really confusing 🙂 

Sorry if I seem really dippy! 

[whitemonkey · Accepted solution]

@Squilla 

google analytics code goes in the FOOTER CODE box    GSC goes in the HEADER CODE box

both of which are found under SETTINGS   (at the top or ur editor).."BUILD  PAGES THEMES APPS SETTINGS HELP"   

then clicking SEO   from the menu on the left, 2nd one down after General

[seicolegwr]

@Squilla 

Because you've used Google's HTML meta-tag and it's appearing on every page on your website you've probably placed it in the header code at site level rather than page level. You should find it at SETTINGS (top of editor page)>SEO (2nd down on left)>HEADER CODE (4th box down).

Either delete it and subsitute the correct code or modify the verification string you've already put there by adding the missing bits. Don't forget to SAVE (bottom right) then PUBLISH or it won't work.

If you've added it to each page's SEO>HEADER CODE you'll need to delete it from every page and add it to the site HEADER CODE as above.

Gary

[whitemonkey · Accepted solution]

@Squilla 

site SEO (google Analytics etc) is done under   the SEO at site level.. refer previous answer

SEO (key words, page description etc ) for blog posts or pages  are done under seo at page level  >pages >SEO SETTINGS  where, in the Header Code box u only need to add canonical tags

Weebly's own SEO guide which is the only guide u need to use (forget seo guides written for WordPress)  https://www.weebly.com/seo

[Squilla · Accepted solution]

Thank you all so much! I've just managed to shift it from my header! I feel really clever now, even though you all helped me 🙂 

I really appreciate your help! This has been annoying me for so long 🙂 

[coastscape]

Thank you seicolegwr so much for this information. Believe it or not, the code supplied directly from the Google Search Console was missing those essential frontend and backend bits.

I will also add that I spent a long time searching Weebly resources for a set of COMPLETE instructions, having looked at dozens of write-ups that all left out something or other — until I found this:

https://support.google.com/a/answer/7027755?hl=en#zippy=%2Cstep-add-the-verification-record-to-your-...