feat: add Google Search Console verification

Author: Amitminer

.env.example

@@ -58,3 +58,12 @@ NEXT_PUBLIC_UPI_ID=your_name@upi
 # Buy Me a Coffee username — used to generate your donation page link.
 # Your profile URL will be: https://buymeacoffee.com/<username>
 NEXT_PUBLIC_BUYMEACOFFEE_USERNAME=your-username
+
+# =============================================================================
+# SEO & VERIFICATION
+# =============================================================================
+
+# Google Search Console site verification token.
+# Found in Search Console → Settings → Ownership verification → HTML tag method.
+# Copy only the content="..." value, not the full meta tag.
+NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_SITE_VERIFICATION=your-google-site-verification-token

.github/workflows/nextjs.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ jobs:
 
       # Contact form (Formspree)
       NEXT_PUBLIC_FORMSPREE_FORM_ID: ${{ secrets.FORMSPREE_FORM_ID }}
+      
+      # SEO & Verification
+      NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_SITE_VERIFICATION: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_SITE_VERIFICATION }}
 
       # Anti-spam CAPTCHA (Cloudflare Turnstile — public site key only)
       NEXT_PUBLIC_TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY: ${{ secrets.TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY }}

app/layout.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { Metadata } from 'next';
 import { Inter } from 'next/font/google';
 import Header from '@/app/components/layout/Header';
 import Footer from '@/app/components/layout/Footer';
-import { Name, PortfolioURL } from '@/app/utils/config';
+import { Name, PortfolioURL, GoogleSiteVerification } from '@/app/utils/config';
 
 const inter = Inter({
 	subsets: ['latin'],
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ export const metadata: Metadata = {
 		type: "website"
 	},
 	metadataBase: new URL(PortfolioURL),
+	verification: {
+    google: GoogleSiteVerification,
+  },
 };
 
-
 // Root layout component that wraps all pages
 export default function RootLayout({
 	children,

app/utils/config.ts

@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ export const DiscordLink = socialLinks[4].url;
 export const BuyMeACoffeeLink = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BUYMEACOFFEE_USERNAME ? `https://buymeacoffee.com/${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BUYMEACOFFEE_USERNAME}` : null;
 export const UPI_ID = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_UPI_ID || '';
 
+// --- SEO & Verification ---
+export const GoogleSiteVerification = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_GOOGLE_SITE_VERIFICATION || '';
+
 // --- Portfolio Metadata ---
 export const CurrentGithubLink = "https://github.com/Amitminer/amitminer.github.io/";
 export const PortfolioURL = "https://amitminer.github.io";