google console verification failed because it says ‘page with redirect’

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  kounselling · Member · May 1, 2023 at 3:52 pm

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  Hello there
  Why google console is rejecting to verify my website: kounselling.com by saying ‘page with redirect’?
  Is this related to very low traffic I get via WP reader, as well? Is there some stealth redirect, a bug or something? Because I don’t know of any redirects – I haven’t made any.
  Thank you

  WP.com: Yes
  Correct account: Yes

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  staff-95percentghost · Staff · May 2, 2023 at 7:24 am

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  Hi there, if I visit kounselling.com then I am redirected to http://kounselling.wordpress.com/. This type of redirection is likely to be the reason why Google Search Console states that your page has a redirection.

  You may possibly be able to register http://kounselling.wordpress.com/ with Google Search Console using that specific address (rather than kounselling.com), by using our Site Verification Services guide:
  https://wordpress.com/support/site-verification-services/

  Just to check, are you intending to use the domain kounselling.com with your free site http://kounselling.wordpress.com/ ?

  If so, it might be worth looking at buying a Personal plan; it means a few things:

  1. You can remove the ‘redirect’ you have at GoDaddy
  2. Instead, you can connect kounselling.com to your site here following our Domain Connection guide:
     https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/connect-existing-domain/
  3. You can also set it as the primary domain of your site, so that when you register with Google Search Console, then it’s registered with kounselling.com instead of http://kounselling.wordpress.com/

  For reference, this is the Personal plan: