How to Register Your Website on Naver Search Advisor (Korea’s Search Console Alternative)
If you want your website to appear in Naver Search—the dominant search engine in Korea—you must register your site in Naver Search Advisor. It works similarly to Google Search Console, but the interface and requirements are slightly different.
I documented the entire process using my own Blogger website connected to a custom domain. Here is the full step-by-step guide based on the screenshots above.
1. Add Your Website to Naver Search Advisor
After logging in with a Naver account, go to Site Management and enter your website’s URL. Naver allows up to 100 sites per account.
2. Verify Site Ownership
Search Advisor provides two verification methods:
Option A: Upload HTML File
Not available for Blogger or hosted platforms because you cannot access the root directory.
Option B: HTML Meta Tag (Recommended)
Copy the meta tag provided by Naver and paste it inside the <head> section of your blog.
For Blogger users: Theme → Edit HTML → After <head> → Add meta tag → saving, click Verify.
3. Run the “Site Check” Diagnostic
Search Advisor provides a quick audit showing:
- Site title
- Description
- Robot meta tags
- Open Graph tags
- robots.txt status
In my case, the first diagnostic showed missing values for:
- Site description
- Open Graph description
- robots.txt
These are optional for indexing but recommended for better visibility.
4. Create and Add robots.txt
Because Blogger does not generate robots.txt automatically for custom domains, I created a simple version:
Then: Settings → Crawlers and indexing → Enable custom robots.txt → Paste content → Save.
5. Submit RSS Feed
Navigate to Requests → RSS Submission and enter:
This helps Naver quickly recognize new posts.
6. Submit Sitemap
Next, go to Requests → Sitemap Submission and add:
The sitemap was accepted immediately.
7. Run Site Check Again
I ran the diagnostic once more.
This time:
- robots.txt: OK
- Meta robots header: OK
- Site title: Detected
- Open Graph title: Detected
- Site description: Missing
- OG description: Missing
Naver recommends adding these, but indexing still works without them. I’ll update them later in Blogger settings for better search performance.
Notes
- I’m not sure if Naver supports English interfaces, so most of the platform is currently available only in Korean.
- Naver Search Advisor does not guarantee search exposure. Indexing and ranking are determined by Naver’s internal logic.
- For overseas bloggers targeting Korean readers, this process is essential.
