Google’s John Mueller mentioned that the company is working on making it easier to add multiple properties to Search Console.
At present, site owners must add different versions of the same domain separately, including the WWW, non-WWW, HTTP, and HTTPS versions, and verify each one individually.
A streamlined process would allow site owners to add only the root of a website to Search Console, with Google automatically adding all different versions to the same listing.
This topic arose during a recent Google Webmaster Central hangout, where a site owner inquired about the necessity of adding both WWW and non-WWW versions of a domain to Search Console.
Mueller confirmed this is still required for now, but Google is exploring ways to simplify the process. The company is open to suggestions from webmasters on how to achieve this.
Mueller’s full response is quoted as follows:
“We’re currently looking into ways to make that process a little bit easier.
So we’ll probably ask around for input from, I don’t know, on Twitter or somewhere else, to see what your ideas are there. Where basically you just add the root of your website and then we automatically include the dub-dub-dub, non-dub-dub-dub, HTTP, HTTPS versions in the same listing. So that you have all of the data in one place.
Maybe it would even make sense to include subdomains there. I don’t know, we’d probably like to get your feedback on that. So probably we will ask around for more tips from your side in that regard.
But at the moment if you want to make sure you have all of the data I definitely recommend adding all of those variations, even though it clutters things up a little bit.“
You can see Mueller give this answer in the video below, starting at the 11:15 mark.
