uploading HTML file

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  norma52 · Member · Oct 5, 2016 at 8:48 pm

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  I am trying to submit a sitemap to Google, and this entails uploading an HTML file (already created by the Google Search Console and on my Desktop) to prove ownership of my blog. However, when I try to upload the file, it doesn’t show up in the Desktop folder, apparently because HTML is not an acceptable file type.

  Thanks for any enlightenment anyone can provide.

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

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  timethief · Member · Oct 5, 2016 at 9:01 pm

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  re: search engine discoverability

  It can take weeks for search engines to index your site content. Please read this support doc https://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/ so you know we have no control over search engines positioning or appearance in the SERPs (search engine page results).

  To verify blog ownership of a WordPress.com hosted blog with the major search engines you must use this process > http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/
  Note: Even if you do not verify the blog the content will be indexed by search engines so don’t feel panicky about this please.

  WordPress.com automatically supplies sitemaps for our blogs to search engines – we do nothing. http://en.support.wordpress.com/sitemaps/#xml-sitemaps-for-search-engines

  See also: Make the Most of Our New SEO Settings Panel
  Take control of your site and how it appears in search engines.
  https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2016/06/02/seo-settings-panel/

  To gain search engine attention, I recommend that you start publishing posts (not pages) https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/ frequently. That’s because it can take weeks for search engines to index content in a new blog and/or to re-index content under a new URL.

  WordPress.COM SEO resources that you will want to consult are:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/
  http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/seo-on-wordpress-com/
  https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2016/03/10/six-seo-factors-you-should-know/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/

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