If you look at the metadata in websites, you may see a meta tag with the name yandex-verification. Here's what it means.
What is Yandex?
According to Wikipedia, Yandex is a Russia based company that owns Yandex Search. The meta tag yandex-verification refers to Yandex Search.
What does yandex-verification do?
yandex-verification is much like google-site-verification. yandex-verification confirms you are the webmaster of your website for Yandex Search.
How can I add yandex-verfication to my website?
Yandex provides webmaster tools. These tools help you add your site and receive your verification code. You then place the code in the yandex-verification meta tag for confirmation.
How to Add yandex-verification with Next.js
To add the yandex-verification meta tag in Next.js, add the following to the metadata object in your root layout.tsx file:
// app/layout.tsx
import type { Metadata } from 'next'
// rest of layout.tsx file here...
export const metadata: Metadata = {
// rest of metadata object here...
verification: {
google: "YOUR-VERIFICATION-CODE-PROVIDED-BY-GOOGLE",
yandex: "YOUR-VERIFICATION-CODE-PROVIDED-BY-YANDEX",
},
}
Don't worry if you haven't added a google-site-verification code to your website. You can learn how by reading my How to Submit Your Sitemap article.
The Result
You should now have a yandex-verification meta tag inside the <head> section of your website.
Here's the meta tag from my website:
<meta name="yandex-verification" content="YOUR-VERIFICATION-CODE-PROVIDED-BY-YANDEX">