upload a html file

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  helpfulhyena · Member · Jul 8, 2016 at 7:39 am

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  i am trying to upload a html file for google verification

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  fstat · Staff · Jul 8, 2016 at 10:49 am

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  You can’t verify via an HTML file on WordPress.com. You have to click on Alternate Methods and select the Meta Tag option. Then add that tag here: https://wordpress.com/settings/seo/

  Here are the full instructions:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/

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  micawbr · Member · Jul 8, 2016 at 10:55 am

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  You want the ‘html tag’ verification method, not the file upload one. Here’s the support page that explains the process: https://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/#google-search-console