How to add your website to Yandex Webmaster Tools

Yoast SEO allows you to connect your website to Yandex Webmaster Tools so you can track how Yandex is crawling your website.

1. Go to Yandex Webmaster Tools

   Log in, if needed.

2. Click the plus sign button to add your website.

   

3. Type your website’s URL in the box.

4. Click the yellow ‘Add’ button to continue.

   

5. Copy the verification code.

   You will want to use the meta tag under the first tab. Only copy the code that is in the apostrophes after the content part of the markup, as per the image below.

6. Log in to your WordPress website.

   When you’re logged in, you will be in your ‘Dashboard’. 

7. Click on ‘SEO’.

   On the left-hand side, you will see a menu. In that menu, click on ‘SEO’.

8. Click on ‘General’.

   The ‘SEO’ settings will expand providing you with additional options. Click on ‘General’.

9. Click on the ‘Webmaster Tools’ tab

10. Paste the code under ‘Yandex Webmaster Tools’.

    

11. Click ‘ Save Changes’.

12. Switch back to Yandex Webmaster Tools and click ‘Check’.