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Wikimedia domain DNS entries for search console
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Description

Need to add TXT entries to the DNS of wikimedia.com and enterprise.wikimedia.com domains to keep an eye on Google and/or site issues.

DNS additions

DNS TXT entry for wikimedia.com:

google-site-verification=kasKjjXuvWJ49IgNMQ8F3PxeQ3IDSJuGvPLdkbxR6OU

DNS TXT entry for enterprise.wikimedia.com:

google-site-verification=TRYqGk4nNtoTadw-TJ6W4FXZkSWF29KbiWcQgHrgNmc

Google Help doc for reference: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9008080#domain_name_verification&zippy=%2Cdomain-name-provider

Why

This is not analytics, it's signals and messaging (good or bad) from Google about the status of our site in Google search. This helps identify technical issues, security issues, site loading problems, usability issues, and generally helps us keep the site healthy in Google's eyes.

Event Timeline

Protsack.stephan renamed this task from wikimedia domain DNS entries for search console to Wikimedia domain DNS entries for search console.Aug 23 2021, 1:23 PM

Confirmed and working. TY. closing.