Add all Azure Local sites to Google Search Console, Google Analytics, and Bing Webmaster Tools

[kristopherjturner]

Add azurelocal.cloud and all subsites to Google Search Console, Google Analytics, and Bing Webmaster Tools

Problem

Our documentation sites are not registered with search engines or analytics platforms. This means:

• Pages are not indexed (or poorly indexed) by Google and Bing
• We have no visibility into search traffic, impressions, or click-through rates
• We cannot submit sitemaps for faster crawling
• We have no analytics data on how users find and navigate our docs

Sites to Register

Site	URL	Platform
Azure Local Docs (main)	https://azurelocal.cloud	Docusaurus
AVD Docs	https://azurelocal.cloud/azurelocal-avd/ (or MkDocs subdomain/path)	MkDocs
SOFS FSLogix Docs	https://azurelocal.cloud/azurelocal-sofs-fslogix/ (or MkDocs subdomain/path)	MkDocs
Load Tools Docs	https://azurelocal.cloud/azurelocal-loadtools/	MkDocs
VM Conversion Toolkit Docs	https://azurelocal.cloud/azurelocal-vm-conversion-toolkit/	MkDocs
Toolkit Docs	https://azurelocal.cloud/azurelocal-toolkit/	MkDocs

Note: Verify the actual deployed URLs for each subsite — some may be on GitHub Pages subpaths or separate subdomains.

Tasks

Google Search Console

• Register and verify azurelocal.cloud as a property
• Add all subsites as URL prefix properties (or use domain-level verification)
• Submit sitemaps for each site (sitemap.xml)
• Verify indexing status and request indexing for key pages
• Set preferred domain and international targeting if applicable

Google Analytics (GA4)

• Create a GA4 property for azurelocal.cloud
• Add the GA4 measurement tag to the Docusaurus config (docusaurus.config.js → gtag plugin)
• Add GA4 tracking to each MkDocs site (mkdocs.yml → google_analytics or custom extra config)
• Verify real-time data is flowing from all sites
• Set up basic reports: page views, traffic sources, top pages, user geography

Bing Webmaster Tools

• Register and verify azurelocal.cloud
• Submit sitemaps for all sites
• Verify indexing status
• Review SEO reports and fix any flagged issues

SEO Basics

• Ensure all sites generate sitemap.xml (Docusaurus and MkDocs both do this by default)
• Ensure robots.txt exists and allows crawling
• Add <meta> description tags to key pages if missing
• Verify Open Graph / social preview tags are set for link sharing

Acceptance Criteria

• All sites verified in Google Search Console
• Sitemaps submitted and pages indexed in Google
• GA4 tracking active on all sites with real-time data confirmed
• All sites verified in Bing Webmaster Tools
• Sitemaps submitted to Bing
• robots.txt and sitemap.xml accessible on all sites