Verifying a site in Google webmaster tools

[boron]

Google webmaster tools enables you to monitor your site closely, if you verify it. You can check backlinks change in real time for example.

Instructions there are not very clear. You have two options:

1st: putting a Google code as a meta tag in HTML code of your site or

Not optimal, because whenever you'll update your site (e.g. for newer version of a directory script), that code will be lost and you'll need to verify the site again.

2nd: Verifying a site with uploading of a HTML file (given by Google): Submit your site in Google webmaster tools (https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=sitemaps&continue=https://www.google.com%2Fwebmasters%2Ftools%2Fsiteoverview %3Fhl%3Den&nui=1&hl=en). (**If site won't open, just click "continue"). Click verify and choose "Upload a HTML file" option and confirm. You'll get a html file to upload. Copy it, then open Notepad and paste it in the Notepad window (so the file will have some content) and then name the file with the same name. and save it on a PC. Go on your site/cpanel and upload the file in the public_html folder. Then go back in Gogle webmaster tools , check if it works and verify.

[Submerge]

I simply use the file upload procedure, limits the size of web pages. I did find however, that if you remove the file, you'll be removed from webmaster tools for the site and have to verify again. Really inconvenient since I removed them from all my site lol.

[boron]

There is one general problem with phpLD based directories. When you upload the .html file then click on the link in Google webmaster tools will give an odd warning: "your 4xx page is ...(?)" ...and you just can't verify it. It happened with many phpLD directories as I know. Anyone knows what's the problem here?

[Submerge]

Hmm, that's weird. I wouldn't see why the verification would have a problem with a direct file. Maybe the .htaccess is having a problem with it. But does the meta tag verification work?

[boron]

Hmm, that's weird. I wouldn't see why the verification would have a problem with a direct file. Maybe the .htaccess is having a problem with it. But does the meta tag verification work?

The file upload problem seems to be connected with all phpLD directories (I checked them quite some) so I asked this in this thread (http://publisherforums.com/showthread.php?t=997) , maybe Whitey has an answer.

The problem (at list for me) with meta tag is bizzare: I just can't find a html file in php directory, if the main page has an index.php extension.