Set up search console verification

[stichbury]

I'm trying to add a verification file to the docs so that I can use search console on the docs to see what query strings are bringing users to our pages.

Have been following this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27748396/using-google-analytics-in-readthedocs-org

• I generated a verification file
• Added it to docs/source and updated conf.py
• Rebuilt docs, but the file isn't in the root of the html folder

I think this is because source is in the exclusion list in conf.py and wondered if you have any thoughts @astrojuanlu on whether I can put the verification elsewhere and then move it into the root, or get around the exclusion list somehow?

Here's my branch

PS: I'm mindful that RTD does give us comprehensive search analytics so this is a nice-to-have rather than essential, but it'll sit well side by side with the analytics we're getting for kedro.org and the blog.

[astrojuanlu]

Yeah, having source in exclude_patterns always looked wrong to me. I'll have a look at this during the week.

[astrojuanlu]

File is live at https://docs.kedro.org/en/stable/googlebce3ad2fda582ae8.html as per gh-2631, hopefully this can be closed?

[stichbury]

@astrojuanlu it's not working :(

So the file needs to be at docs.kedro.org/google..... and because of the way the RTD folder structure is set up, obviously isn't (it's in the en/stable subdirectory). I set up a redirect in RTD but that doesn't seem to be working (https://docs.kedro.org/googlebce3ad2fda582ae8.html is returning page not found).

Please can you advise? Is there a way I can fake the location?

[astrojuanlu]

Merghhhh too bad. I see there are other verification methods available:

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9008080?hl=en#choose_method

Maybe we can try HTML Meta tags or using the existing GA tracking code?

[stichbury]

I guess I should revert the commit that added the file for completeness. Will do that now and close this.

[astrojuanlu]

xref gh-2674

Do you still intend to explore the other methods? (Otherwise let's indeed keep the issue closed)