Google and Pinterest which way to verify

[gsam]

My objective (I think) is to let Google know I have a Pinterest Business page and see the links going from Pinterest to my website. Pinterest has provided me with a meta tag to verify my site but I'm thinking I need to be going the opposite direction. I should be placing a meta tag provided by Google on my Pinterest page.

Is it possible to add a meta tag to my Pinterest Business page? Or does it really matter whether Pinterest verifies my website or Google verifies my Pinterest Business page?

[gsam]

Thanks, I'll get the Pinterest meta tag posted to my website right away.

[MikeRoberts]

Google is the Eye of Sauron so don't worry about having to tip them off to your Pinterest page... they can see the interconnection and traffic. If you have Google Analytics set up for your site, you should be able to see all that lovely traffic coming from Pinterest in Traffic Sources > Sources > Referrals.

[SVmedia]

Hi Gary,

You'll want to verify Pinterest just as the instructions say.  Google doesn't actually use the Pinterest verification for anything - verifying just allows you to link to your domain from your Pinterest profile - google's gonna crawl and index it either way.
So google will know the link is there, but honestly, don't count on social profile links like this making much of a difference for SEO.  However, if you're active and connected on that network, pinterest can sure drive some referral traffic to your site. Hope that helps!

[LynnPatchett]

Hi Gary,

I think you have mixed things up a bit! You can verify your website with pinterest by uploading a file or adding a meta tag to your html. It gives you that nice little check mark next to your domain name and is easy to do, it also gives you access to some pinterest specific analytics (maybe that is where the confusion has arisen?). See here: https://help.pinterest.com/entries/23296713-Pinterest-Web-Analytics

Google does not need you to 'verify' you pinterest page to see links and record visits from pinterest to your site in GA.

Hope that helps!