One of the most important things to do to improve your on-page SEO and figure out what impressions bring you the most traffic is to link your Google Analytics property with Google’s Webmaster Tools, here’s how to do that
First Open Google Analytics – click on Reporting, uncollapse Traffic Sources, Search Engine Optimization, then Queries:
Click the button Edit to edit your Webmaster Tools Settings
Now click on Add A Site To Webmaster Tools
Next, click Add a site
Enter the URL of your site – make sure to add the www if your site is redirecting to www
Now, click the blue link download HTML verification file which you will have to upload to your site to verify ownership
If you don’t have a tool to connect to your website via FTP or SFTP then download Filezilla and set it up. Browse to the public_html folder of your website and upload the verification file
Now you can verify your site
Now the site should be verified – if you have problems, you should visit the page where you uploaded the file and check if it actually exists
You can now link this analytics property to your Webmaster tools account
Confirm to add this association
Finally, click the Apply button to link your Analytics and Webmaster Tools account
You have now successfully linked the Webmaster tools to your Google Analytics property – this will help you to analyze your site and improve your onpage SEO and check your site impression
If you have any questions, post your questions below