Authentication of site with google, etc

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  sallybr · Member · Nov 13, 2009 at 4:14 pm

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  A very good soul told me today that I can remove the google number that is on my front page ever since I authenticated my site with it.

  He sent me a link to a WordPress document explaining how to register the site with yahoo also, which I think I did, but I’m not sure I did it correctly

  My question is – how can I remove the number from google from my front page? I probably should know how to do it, but…. I am afraid of messing up my registration with the search engine.

  thank you

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  unmallya · Member · Nov 13, 2009 at 4:23 pm

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  First step you need to delete the html page and then you need to login to Google web central change the verification method to “META TAG”. Then follow the step below steps mentioned in this URL

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/

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  unmallya · Member · Nov 13, 2009 at 4:27 pm

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  sallybr,

  Timethief has written a good article in her blog about search engine verification. You should check it out.

  http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/wordpress-com-makes-search-engine-verification-easy/

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  sallybr · Member · Nov 13, 2009 at 4:27 pm

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  I am so sorry to be this dense… but how do I delete the html page?

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  unmallya · Member · Nov 13, 2009 at 4:29 pm

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  Sallybr,

  Go to WordPress Dashboard -> click on Pages, you see list of pages published. Look for
  GOOGLE3538347AEA207A20.HTML page and use TRASH link to delete.

  I hope this is helpful

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  sallybr · Member · Nov 13, 2009 at 4:31 pm

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  AH! In PAGES!!!!! Now I got it…. I was searching for it in the tools…. silly silly me

  Ok, will work on re-authentication using the META way

  Very helpful, thanks