Get Github Pages Site found in Google Search Results

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Benjamin Sommer picture Benjamin Sommer · Mar 2, 2018 · Viewed 15.2k times · Source

I have a site built with Jekyll Now on GitHub and I want it to appear in a google search. If I just google my GitHub username followed by 'GitHub' and 'io', it does not find my site. How do I get google to find my site in a google search?

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McGuireV10 picture McGuireV10 · Mar 2, 2018

You have to create a Google Search Console account and add your page, then typically you just drop a "marker" file in the root (Search Console generates this) so that Google can confirm you really own the page.

Google Search Console

Instructions

(Since the instructions are long and have many links to sub-steps, I'm only providing the link.)

Also, if you're going to use a registered domain name, set that up before you register the site for search.

(Edit: Technically you don't have to do this, sooner or later Google will find you... but this will give your content a much higher-quality score.)

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