Verified Profile
Mastodon does not operate a 'verified' account scheme like some of the commercial social services. However, there is the ability for you to link a website you own/operate to your Mastodon account. Visitors to either your website, or your profile, can see the two are linked. This is especially useful for people in the public-eye as a way to prove that their Mastodon account is genuine. That said, anyone can link their account to their own website to prove ownership.
How to link
You will need to have a basic understanding of HTML web-page coding to achieve this. Or ask someone to help.
Let's assume your Mastodon account is @joe@mastodon.zone. Your profile web address is therefore https://mastodon.zone/@joe
Go to your website and edit a page to include a link back to your Mastodon account. This link can be on text, or graphics. The important element is that it is a link. We will keep it simple for now. On the website let's have it say "Find me on the Fediverse: @joe@mastodon.zone".
The code:
Find me on the Fediverse: <a href="https://mastodon.zone/@joe" rel="me">@joe@mastdon.zone</a>
Info The important part is the rel=“me”
Once saved, and live on your website, go back into your profile on Mastodon and Edit it. (Edit Profile, top left under your Profile Image).
Scroll down; look for “Profile Metadata”
Now enter a description for your website and a link to the web page you edited.
In the above example, we have set the description to My Website and the web address to https://mywebsite.com
Now click Save Changes, just below.
How does it look to viewers?
If you have done everything correctly, when someone views your profile it will look something like this:
The green tick is attesting to the viewer that the website and this profile are linked.
Note If it doesn't show, Refresh your browser page.