Adding a meta tag

margaretedits · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 4:09 am
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I’m following the directions from http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/ to the best of my ability, but I still cannot verify my webpage with Google. I keep getting the messager “verification failed.” Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

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rachelmcr · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 9:12 am
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Are you copying the entire meta tag or just the content value (the part listed in bold in item #6 in the WordPress directions)?
margaretedits · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 12:08 pm
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I’ve tried both–copying the entire meta tag
<meta name=”google-site-verification” content=”aiAzpb4fYAAYTpRbrP9WYaXwyjwFnf_eCmzUOGjD6xc” />

and the content value “aiAzpb4fYAAYTpRbrP9WYaXwyjwFnf_eCmzUOGjD6xc” />.

Any idea what I’m doing wrong? Your help is greatly appreciated!
rachelmcr · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 12:15 pm
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You only want to use the characters that are in between the quotation marks (don’t include the quotation marks or the characters that come after the closing quotation mark). Hopefully that will work for you!
margaretedits · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 12:27 pm
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I tried that, and it still doesn’t work. This is what I used:
aiAzpb4fYAAYTpRbrP9WYaXwyjwFnf_eCmzUOGjD6xc

Any other ideas? Thanks so much for replying.
rachelmcr · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 12:44 pm
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I would double-check (and triple-check) that the characters in the “Google Webmaster Tools” box in WordPress are exactly those characters and only those characters. Then I would double-check that you clicked “Save Changes” on that page before trying to verify it.

I just tagged this post for staff attention, so if those tips don’t work hopefully a staff member can figure out if something is going wrong on the WordPress side of things.
rachelmcr · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 12:49 pm
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Another approach (one of my favorite when computer-related things are being glitchy) is to erase everything and start from scratch. Delete the site from Google Webmaster Tools and erase everything from WordPress Tools. Then start over, checking everything carefully as you go. It sounds silly, but a little thing like a typo or an extra (or missing) character makes all the difference.
raincoaster · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 6:05 pm
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And wait. It took mine a week for it to actually work.
margaretedits · Member · Jan 25, 2013 at 6:11 pm
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Thanks so much for the advice! I’ll give it a few days and then try again.
margaretedits · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 1:08 am
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Okay, so I waited a day and one of my WordPress blogs was verified but the other wasn’t. So I deleted everything and did it again and waited a day and it still didn’t work. So frustrated! Any other ideas would be great.

Thanks,
Margaret
timethief · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 1:17 am
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The good news is that even if you never verify your blog your content will be indexed. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/01/21/omg-i-cant-find-my-blog-on-google/
margaretedits · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 1:26 am
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That does make me feel better. Thanks for the link!
timethief · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 1:28 am
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Not to worry as I know that even it you don’t verify, provided you start publishing content regularly your content will be indexed.
zandyring · Staff · Jan 28, 2013 at 9:35 pm
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Hi there,

We’ve had a few reports of users having issues with getting the Google verification to work. I would recommend waiting up to a week and seeing if your result changes. And as noted above – you will still get indexed!

Cheers, and thank you so much for your patience!

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