Google Webmaster Tools question

by toivo

Posted: 8 years ago 12 replies

Trying to understand how I am supposed to upload the file that the red arrow points to, in the screenshot. My web host's tech support says they don't know how, I need to contact my "webmaster".....so here I am at WF! Any feedback would be appreciated as the site is WordPress platform.....................

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Tim3

8 years ago

Originally Posted by toivo

cPanel File manager
public_html -
yourdomain.com root folder
from the menubar > Upload > select the file from your PC

or use FTP client.

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FreedomBlogger 8 years ago

The reply above is actually what you would need to follow via FTP or the File Manager Interface.

What Webmasters Tool is asking you is to Verify that you actually Own the Domain Name - so, if you do, then you should be able to Access your Domain FILES.

This is usually done via your cPanel - or an FTP Interface like FileZilla.

You need to download the File the Webmasters Tool is giving you, and then Upload it to your Root Domain. Example; www.yourrootdomain.com/WEBMASTERSTOOLFILE.html

Another way to verify your domain is by Adding it to your Google Analytic Account FIRST - and then adding it to the Webmasters Tool.

You should see the other Verification Methods on that page - take a look at them and choose the easiest one for you.

Hope this helps!
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yukon

Banned 8 years ago

How the heck can you guys even see what's on the OP image? I click the image & the WF page fails. OP either embed the full size image or link to a full size image.

As far as uploading anything to a host, my advice is forget Cpanel, it's clunky as heck. Use something free like Filezilla FTP drag and drop from the PC to the online host. Trust me, you use Filezilla a few times & you will never want to use Cpanel again for uploading/downloading files.

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Tim3

8 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Yeah, seems some funny stuff going on with this forum at the minute.

Here's the link
http://www.warriorforum.com/attachme...chmentid=24017

Are you on HG Yuke? their cPanel uploader is fine for smaller files, takes just a second or two, but I agree FZ is much faster for large files.

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yukon

Banned 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Tim3

Same WF DOA page with that link.

IMO Filezilla is so much easier to navigate than Cpanel.

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Tim3 8 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Same WF DOA page with that link.

IMO Filezilla is so much easier to navigate than Cpanel.

See if you can see this one...

Yes I like FZ too, but newbies need to be extra careful with it, especially when deleting stuff, as it is not quite so 'obvious' as the vertical cPanel list.
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irawr

Banned 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Tim3

Are you on HG Yuke? their cPanel uploader is fine for smaller files, takes just a second or two, but I agree FZ is much faster for large files.

Have you ever tried to upload like 50 files through Cpanel? Have fun circle jerking around for half an hour...You're better off compressing it first and yeah ... Fail... Wasting time here for sure... Especially if the files have to go into different locations.

Generally as a rule of thumb I do:

1-2 Files Cpanel
3+ Files: Filezilla

It's kind of not worth making a profile in filezilla to upload one or two files.

Plus once in awhile, I'll do a complete backup of my sites with Filezilla, then manually backup the DBs. Just in case the backup plugin doesn't work for one reason or another. I don't do this neurotically or anything, maybe once a month or every other month, or after dramatic changes to the site.

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Tim3

8 years ago

Originally Posted by irawr

Hold up, we are talking about the OP's one small file here.

There's no effing way I would use cPanel for dozens of big files, FZ wins every time without question.

There's a limit on cP file sizes too I think.

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irawr

Banned 8 years ago

Originally Posted by Tim3

Hold up, we are talking about the OP's one small file here.

There's no effing way I would use cPanel for dozens of big files, FZ wins every time without question.

There's a limit on cP file sizes too I think.

Oh really? Glad I never tried.

Unrelated question about cpanel: Anybody know how to fix the visitors page? I sometimes check stuff in there to make sure bots crawled and what not and the only way to actually use it is to disable CSS. Any ideas?

Also, LOL @ Bots spamming that locked thread...

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Tim3

8 years ago

Originally Posted by irawr

Unrelated question about cpanel: Anybody know how to fix the visitors page? I sometimes check stuff in there to make sure bots crawled and what not and the only way to actually use it is to disable CSS. Any ideas?

That UI is even clunkier than the uploader - I do the same as you, disable the styles, then copy and paste the plain text into a spreadsheet, which can be handy for future reference.

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MattXL

8 years ago

Hi toivo,

If you're using Wordpress, just install the Yoast SEO plugin and follow the directions below:

How To Add Your Website To Google Search Console - Yoast Knowledge Base

Best,
Matt

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toivo

8 years ago

Originally Posted by MattXL

Hi toivo,

If you're using Wordpress, just install the Yoast SEO plugin and follow the directions below:

How To Add Your Website To Google Search Console - Yoast Knowledge Base

Best,
Matt

So sorry to be slow in responding to all of the phenomenal feedback. I did in fact realize after my initial post here, that I did have the Yoast SEO plugin activated within my WordPress and what I had done was go through the various steps to accomplish the verification process from here on out. It is a great plugin and wish I would have known in advance that this plugin had the ability to do all the work instead of my having to do it manually (which thank God, I didn't have to). However, while I am here, this new site is a different look with a built in shopping cart.....thus requiring me to install an SSL in the site so it is no longer an http-based domain but is now an https based domain (the URL is exactly the same as before though) and am wondering what if any, I need to be aware of in order that the site is more SEO-friendly while it propogates.....the new look was relaunched about 10 days ago

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