Using Google Webmaster Tools

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  bilel · Member · Sep 22, 2007 at 11:48 am

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  I think it is very useful for some bloggers to use all the functionalities of Google Webmaster Tools (https://www.google.com/webmasters/) but the most important features needs a Site Verification (way of making Google sure that the site is yours) and there is two verification methods :

  + Add a meta Tag
  + Upload an HTML file

  I think it’s not very complicated to allow the second feature, since it only requires creating an empty HTML file called something like googlebf6823eccc83c173.html so on my admin interface for WP I just need a textbox to put the name of the file and it creates it… this can be restricted to creating one and only one file so that users can’t play at creating hundreds of files on the server…

  Do you think it can be done ?

  Thank you in advance…

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  chrislevinsonphotography · Member · Sep 22, 2007 at 12:22 pm

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  There’s a way to do it if you don’t mind a bit of a workaround. I’ve done it, as have a lot of people on the forums, and it definitely gets your blog verified. :)
  http://jalaj.net/2007/05/21/get-your-wordpresscom-blog-google-verified/

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  bilel · Member · Sep 22, 2007 at 1:14 pm

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  That’s excellent, I didn’t think about it, thank you very much !

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  chrislevinsonphotography · Member · Sep 22, 2007 at 1:15 pm

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  No worries. Good luck and happy blogging. :)