Google Webmaster Tools – Site verification: "file not found"

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  acompassionatefriend · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 10:28 pm

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  When I get to the 3rd step to confirm successful upload, I get a 404 error. I’ve tried 4 times, signing all the way out then all the way back in, and I always get the same result.

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

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Jul 16, 2014 at 11:34 pm

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  HI Robin,

  Are these the instructions you are following? :

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

  Under Google Webmaster Tools the 3rd step is:

  Click the Add a Site button

  Let me know if you have any questions with this!

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  acompassionatefriend · Member · Jul 18, 2014 at 11:11 am

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  Hello, again. How do I “Upload the site” to my blog website?

  Thanks,

  Robin

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Jul 18, 2014 at 4:48 pm

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  Hi Robin,

  I’m a bit confused. I’m not sure what you mean by upload the site to your blog website. At WordPress.com we you the word blog and site/website interchangeably so they are essentially the same thing.

  Can you please explain in a bit more detail?

  Thank you!

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  acompassionatefriend · Member · Jul 18, 2014 at 7:36 pm

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  Sure. These are the instructions I’m using:
  1. Download this HTML verification file. [google9a6ef38b0b5ca0de.html]
  2. Upload the file to http://acompassionatefriend.com/
  3. Confirm successful upload by visiting http://acompassionatefriend.com/google9a6ef38b0b5ca0de.html in your browser.
  4. Click Verify below.
  To stay verified, don’t remove the HTML file, even after verification succeeds.

  I download the extension, but it seems identical if I simply copy and paste it. So maybe I’m confused about how I “upload the file” on my blog site. That’s step 2. Can you explain? Maybe I’m not doing it correctly.
  Thanks.

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Jul 18, 2014 at 8:20 pm

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  If you want to verify your WordPress.com site, you will have to use our instructions:

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

  Let me know how that works out!