How to register for a Baidu account without China phone number
Baidu Webmaster Tools is a portal created to help webmasters and SEOs monitor and maintain their site’s presence in Baidu’s organic search results. The platform offers a great deal of metrics you can only get from Baidu, tools to test your site’s performance, and a two-way communication channel between you and Baidu. This means that if you are doing SEO in China, Baidu Webmaster Tools is an incredibly important tool you will have to master.
However, there’s one big obstacle facing SEOs outside of China — the tool is only available in Chinese. You could in theory use Google Translate, but this can be cumbersome, inaccurate, and does not translate technical terms well. So until now, unless someone on your team reads Chinese, managing your site on GWT has been a frustrating experience.
But never fear — we’ve provided this detailed, comprehensive guide to Baidu Webmaster Tools to help non-Chinese readers understand how to navigate the platform and get the most value out of it — without having to know a single Chinese word!
Sign Up For Webmaster Tools
In order to start using Baidu Webmaster Tools, you first have to sign up for a Baidu account.
Unfortunately, even at this first step, the frustration can begin — account registration for Baidu requires a China mobile number for SMS verification. If you don’t have a China mobile number, we have a specific method for registration without a China phone number (see below).
If you have a local China number, then the registration process is pretty straight forward.
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How to register for a Baidu account without China phone number
1. Register for Baidu account with international SMS verification
- Choose your country and enter your phone number
- Enter your password
- Click on the right get SMS verification code “获取短信验证 ” button to get a SMS verification code, and enter in to the left space
- Read and check the agreement box, and click “注册” to register
2. After registering, login to your Baidu account via Baidu Pan(Cloud storage service by Baidu) with your phone number.
- Click 帐号密 登录 to login via account ID and password instead of QR code
- Click 海外手机号 to login via phone number
- Enter the phone number and password you’ve registered with previously
- Click 登录 button to login
3. Upon successful logging in, you can visit the account security page of your Baidu account to bind your preferred Email address to Baidu so you can login to Baidu via Email
- Click on the bind “绑定” link next to secure Email “密保邮箱”
- Choose your phone number in the drop down menu, click on the right get verification code “发送验证 ” button to get a SMS verification code, enter in to the left space, and click the blue button to proceed
- Enter your desired Email address, click on get verification code “发送验证 ” button to get a Email verification code, enter the code into the left space, and click the blue button to proceed
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