Why won't my WordPress site verify with Google Webmaster Tools?

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  jamiekaufhold · Member · Oct 8, 2012 at 4:17 am

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  The instructions seem pretty simple and straightforward. I tried copying the whole meta tag and just the tag content into “Available Tools” but Google Webmaster Tools keeps saying that verification failed. PLEASE HELP! Extremely frustrated! :P
  Blog url: http://jamiekaufhold.wordpress.com/

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

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  thegiddygoat · Member · Oct 8, 2012 at 1:43 pm

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  You need to copy and paste the WHOLE of the tag. It never works if you do what it suggests in the help page by adding just part of it.

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  kokosovihdelmaster · Member · Nov 4, 2012 at 11:12 pm

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  I have the same problem, I tried copying the whole tag, but still the verification failed. Any idea how to make it work?

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  timethief · Member · Nov 4, 2012 at 11:32 pm

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  This instructions for verifying WordPress.com blogs, which do in fact work are found here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/ Any other instructions will not work.

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  kokosovihdelmaster · Member · Nov 4, 2012 at 11:50 pm

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  I followed exactly that instruction, but the same problem still remain.
  Thank you @timethief

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  timethief · Member · Nov 4, 2012 at 11:54 pm

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  What was the error message you received please?

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  kokosovihdelmaster · Member · Nov 5, 2012 at 8:52 pm

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  The error message is :
  Verification failed for http://wordpress.com/ using the Meta tag method (less than a minute ago). We couldn’t find the verification meta tag.
  Verify your ownership of http://wordpress.com/.

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  shakingmats · Member · Nov 5, 2012 at 8:56 pm

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  I had the same problem earlier today, and same message too. I just deleted the tag, and then re-added it, and tried again. It worked the second time.