From 4ba3517b83b62fd581999e4be31c885d5869deed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pierre Jochem Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 14:13:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] chore(seo): add the Google Search Console verification file MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Google has no unauthenticated sitemap submission API — a sitemap can only be submitted against a verified Search Console property, and this site had none. Of the available methods, the HTML-file one is the only one that fits: the Domain type needs DNS control of github.io, and the meta-tag variant would put a verification token in the homepage markup. Adds docs/google360055fd3ac142c0.html, served at https://pierrejochem.github.io/SpeculumExampleModule/google360055fd3ac142c0.html The token is per Google account rather than per site, so this is the same file the Speculum docs site already serves for its own property. Search Console re-checks the file periodically and unverifies the property if it ever 404s, so it has to stay in place for as long as the property exists. --- docs/google360055fd3ac142c0.html | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 docs/google360055fd3ac142c0.html diff --git a/docs/google360055fd3ac142c0.html b/docs/google360055fd3ac142c0.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..235ed5b --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/google360055fd3ac142c0.html @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +google-site-verification: google360055fd3ac142c0.html \ No newline at end of file