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wordpress website verification with Google

by Jeremy123
5 replies
Hi,

How can I verify my wordpress website with Google webmaster
tools.

adding the meta tag doesn't work because the index page
is index.php Google only accepts index.html

when upload an html page to my wordpress site Google says

Verification status: NOT VERIFIED
Last attempt Aug 26, 2008: We've detected that your 404 (file not found) error page returns a status of 200 (Success) in the header.

any suggestions

thanks
#google #verification #website #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Jeremy123
    I got it to work, just put this:

    <html>
    <head>
    <meta name="verify-v1" content="googlescodethattheygiveyou=" />
    <title></title>
    </head>
    <body>
    </body>
    </html>

    at the top of your index.php template in wordpress
    and your verified
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    • Profile picture of the author Bruce Hearder
      I know you asked this question a while ago, but maybe someelse is asking the same question..

      You could always use the html file option, this will work.
      Simple make a file using notepad, name it to the filename Goggle gave you and upload to your / or /public_html/ folder..

      Thats it all done..

      Take care
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      • Profile picture of the author KirkMcD
        Originally Posted by Bruce Hearder View Post

        You could always use the html file option, this will work.
        He tried that. It didn't work. Reread his post for why.
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        • Profile picture of the author Bruce Hearder
          Originally Posted by KirkMcD View Post

          He tried that. It didn't work. Reread his post for why.
          He was referring to index.html

          He needs to make a HTML called (not call it index.html) call it the name that google tells you to call it, it doesn't have to ahve anything in it.

          Upload to your site and then everything should work just fine..

          I've used this techniques hundreds of times with clients' sites and never had a prob..

          Take care

          Bruce
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