{"id":617087,"date":"2024-04-16T18:17:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-search-console-security-update-improves-management-of-ownership-tokens\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T18:17:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:17:35","slug":"google-search-console-security-update-improves-management-of-ownership-tokens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-search-console-security-update-improves-management-of-ownership-tokens\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google Search Console security update improves management of ownership tokens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a362b4a86e46\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a362b4a86e46\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-search-console-security-update-improves-management-of-ownership-tokens\/#You_can_now_more_easily_see_and_remove_which_have_access_to_your_Search_Console_profiles\" >You can now more easily see and remove which have access to your Search Console profiles.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_can_now_more_easily_see_and_remove_which_have_access_to_your_Search_Console_profiles\"><\/span>You can now more easily see and remove which have access to your Search Console profiles.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\nGoogle Search Console has released a security update around user permissions and controls management where you can better manage the ownership tokens. Ownership tokens are used for when people verify your site in Search Console, Merchant Center and other Google products and sometimes people who had access in the past to your profiles no longer should.<\/p>\n<p>This update show make it easier to manage such access and remove those tokens and permissions when they are no longer needed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Google said. <\/strong>Google <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\/2024\/04\/search-console-ownership-token-management\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1038259\/SEL_Post-text --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1693000027709-0\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-break\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\nWe\u2019re rolling out further improvements to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/users\">Search Console\u2019s user and permission management<\/a>, incorporating capabilities related to unused ownership tokens management. Tokens are the codes used for website ownership verification in Search Console, Merchant Center, and other Google products. We have seen cases where these were accidentally left behind after owners have moved on. In February 2023, we rolled out\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\/2023\/02\/search-console-user-permissions-update\">improvements to the user and permissions management report<\/a>. The latest changes will improve the accuracy and reflect the actual state of unused ownership tokens.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What it looks like. <\/strong>Int he user and permissions interface, under the \u201cunused ownership tokens\u201d you will see a screen like this where you can click \u201cremove\u201d to remove access to those ownership tokens:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1864\" height=\"840\" alt=\"Search Console Token Management\" class=\"wp-image-439680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management.png.webp 1864w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management-600x270.png.webp 600w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management-800x361.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management-200x90.png.webp 200w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management-768x346.png.webp 768w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management-1536x692.png 1536w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1864px) 100vw, 1864px\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management.png.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1864\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management.png.webp\" alt=\"Search Console Token Management\" class=\"wp-image-439680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management.png.webp 1864w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management-600x270.png.webp 600w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management-800x361.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management-200x90.png.webp 200w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management-768x346.png.webp 768w,https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2024\/04\/search-console-token-management-1536x692.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1864px) 100vw, 1864px\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>How it works. <\/strong>Here are the steps to take to manage these ownership tokens:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Visit the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/users\">Users and permissions interface<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Click \u201cUnused ownership tokens\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Choose the tokens you\u2019d like to remove and click \u201cRemove\u201d (see screenshot below)<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201cVerify removal\u201d to get update for the unused ownership token<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>It is always a good idea to ensure the right people have access to your data and Search Console properties and more importantly that the wrong people do not have access to it. As Nir Kalush from Google wrote, \u201cThe update rolled out today lets you verify the removal of the unused verification token so that removed owners cannot regain access to the property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So check your tokens and remove those who should not have access.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n    About the author<\/p>\n<div class=\"information\">\n<div class=\"author-module\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-3 text-center\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle avatar-border\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/images\/authors\/BarrySchwartz-lg.jpg\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\">\n                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-9\">\n<div class=\"about\">\n<div class=\"name\">\n                            <strong>Barry Schwartz<\/strong>\n                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"row g-2 pt-2\">\n<div class=\"col-auto twitter\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fsearchengineland.com%2F&amp;region=follow_link&amp;screen_name=rustybrick&amp;tw_p=followbutton&amp;variant=2.0\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-auto\">\n                                    <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rustybrick\" aria-label=\"opens in a new tab\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. 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