Cannot Verify Ownership – site verification

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  15kpriyanka · Member · Dec 14, 2019 at 12:51 am

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  I am using the google for my site verification, i followed the steps as per https://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/#google-search-console. However, at the end, when i click verify, i see the error:

  Verification method:
  HTML file
  Failure reason:
  Your verification file has the wrong content. Are you using the verification file that you downloaded here?
  Please fix your implementation and reverify, or use another verification method.
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  fstat · Staff · Dec 14, 2019 at 4:43 pm

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  Hi there,

  Make sure you’re copying the HTML tag and not using the downloadable file.