# Connect & Verify a Website
Connect your website to impact.com so that brands can see where you promote to your audience. You'll also need to verify your ownership of the website.
#### **Why websites need to be verified**
Verifying your ownership of a website is crucial to:
* Ensure brand promotions on your properties are properly attributed.
* Protect against malicious users claiming credit for your promotions.
* Meet impact.com's [payment requirements](/partner/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/platform-features/finance/payment-requirements-explained-for-partners.md) and ensure seamless future payouts.
#### Connect a website
1. From the top navigation bar, select  **\[User profile] → Settings**.
2. Under the *Profile* section, select [**Media Properties**](http://app.impact.com/secure/mediapartner/fr/mediakit/promotional-channels.ihtml).
3. On the *Promotional Channels* screen, under *Add new channels*, select **Website**.
4. In the slide-out, enter your website **URL**.
5. Select one of the following methods to verify your website ownership.
* If you successfully implement 1 of these verification methods, your website should be verified instantly.
Provide email address
Select this method if the email address you provided during account signup matches the domain of the website you want to verify.
{% hint style="info" %}
**Example:** Your email address is dinahsoares@**stark-industries.com** and the website URL you provided is **[www.stark-industries.com](http://www.stark-industries.com)**. Because the domains are the same, the system will instantly verify your website.
{% endhint %}
Paste meta tag code
This code snippet is used to verify your media property so it can be approved and tracked within impact.com. It doesn't affect how your site looks or behaves.
1. **Copy** the provided code snippet and add it to your website's homepage HTML, inside the `` section.
* Place it at the top, before any other `` tags. E.g.:
```
```
2. Select **Add Website**.
Paste tracking script code
This code snippet is impact.com's *Publisher Tag*, and apart from verifying your media properties, it can automatically turn regular links on your site into impact.com partner links. [Learn more](/partner/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/platform-features/tracking/tracking-links/create-and-manage-links/publisher-tag-implementation-for-partners.md).
1. **Copy** the provided code snippet and add it to your website's homepage HTML, inside the `` section.
* Place it at the top, before any other `