how to upload a google html verification file to my blog

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  markgredler · Member · Jul 2, 2011 at 6:40 pm

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  I am trying to enable the google webmaster tools, and have a google html file to upload, but all the photo, video, music upload buttons don’t accept html. How do I upload this verification file to my blog?

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

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  timethief · Member · Jul 2, 2011 at 6:43 pm

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  Hi Mark,
  We users cannot access metadata files on WordPress.com blogs. There is a very specific process to follow for verification of blog ownership of WordPress.com blogs with the major search engines. Please go here and follow the instructions very carefully. http://en.support.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 2, 2011 at 6:43 pm

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  Oh no! I posted the wrong link – sorry:( Here’s the correct one > http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/

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  mmadfan · Member · Jul 2, 2011 at 6:45 pm

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  You cut and paste their code into the field in your wordpress.com admin tools at Tools>Available Tools> then scroll down to the webmaster tools and enter the code that google gives you. Do the same for Yahoo & Bing. :-)

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  mmadfan · Member · Jul 2, 2011 at 6:46 pm

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  ~~ timethief, again! LOL! I’m very slow today, I guess & not refreshing — just very distracted by other things going on!

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  markgredler · Member · Jul 2, 2011 at 7:13 pm

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  Thanks so much timethief and mmadfan – it’s so easy when you know how.

  All the google dashboard stats say “no data” – I assume that will eventually change now that I have registered/verified, right?

  – mark

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 2, 2011 at 7:19 pm

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  It will likely take 24 hours before anything starts to show up in webmaster tools.

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  mmadfan · Member · Jul 2, 2011 at 7:22 pm

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  You’re welcome from me, too!

  When I was doing it, I found Google was fastest, though it did still take a day or two for anything to appear in the tools, Yahoo wasn’t too bad, but Bing literally took a couple of weeks before there was much data to see — they’d crawl about 1% of my blog at a time. So just don’t get panicky if there’s nothing to see for a while — like thesacredpath says, it’s not instant. :-)

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  timethief · Member · Jul 2, 2011 at 7:56 pm

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  @markgredler
  You’re welcome and best wishes with your blog. :)