Google Webmaster Verification

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  maighreadtownsend · Member · Aug 17, 2015 at 8:16 am

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  Hi,

  I am trying to verify my website with google using the HTML verification method and it isn’t working. I am downloading the HTML and then pasting the code into the google verification box on the available tools screen, but when I try to verify it it says that it has been unsuccessful. Can anyone help me fix this?

  Thanks,
  Maighread

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

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  micawbr · Member · Aug 17, 2015 at 12:36 pm

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  Hello Maighread,
  Your site is currently showing ‘google3790b4ac2f9bc799.html’ as the verification code, but is should be a random-looking set of letters, numbers and dashes like this example: rc2RXSkjV5rz9P2s2hTwdDsnwTu4tD-gmruKUrqBGjs

  Try going through the Google site verification steps again. The code you get from Google and past into WordPress.com should look like this (but with a different series of characters):

  <meta name="google-site-verification" content="rc2RXSkjV5rz9P2s2hTwdDsnwTu4tD-gmruKUrqBGjs" />

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  micawbr · Member · Aug 17, 2015 at 12:38 pm

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  Agh, typos. ‘but is should’ = but it should; past = paste.