Can't get webmaster tools to verify site

Business Marketing & SEO
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Hi,

I am seeing a lot about Google webmaster tools in the forum and am trying to set it up for my site. I can’t seem to get Google to verify the site.

I get the message " we weren’t able to verify your site"

I tried two methods.

  1. link to Goggle Analytics - This did not work, however, Google Analyitics has been reporting on the site for over a year and is currently receiving data from the site.


  2. html method. I uploaded the file to the public html folder. I was able to click on the link in webmaster tools and the page opens in a browser, but still get the message, can’t verify.



    Anything else I should do?

    Thanks,

    Bob
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[quote name=‘pbannette’]Hi,

I am seeing a lot about Google webmaster tools in the forum and am trying to set it up for my site. I can’t seem to get Google to verify the site.

I get the message " we weren’t able to verify your site"

I tried two methods.

  1. link to Goggle Analytics - This did not work, however, Google Analyitics has been reporting on the site for over a year and is currently receiving data from the site.


  2. html method. I uploaded the file to the public html folder. I was able to click on the link in webmaster tools and the page opens in a browser, but still get the message, can’t verify.



    Anything else I should do?

    Thanks,

    Bob[/quote]



    make sure you use the file upload, and ensure that you have the correct www or non www url listed in google analytics/webmaster tools
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Thanks,

I used ftp to put the html google file into the public html folder. I click on the link within Google webmaster, and the file opens.

My site does not have www, but it will work. I submitted the site without www. the same that is registered in Google Analytics.

I thought thought the link method would work, because Google Analytics works and it is associated with my account. For some reason it can’t verify it.



Bob

4

Adding the line of code to the meta.tpl works fine for me.

5

Hi,

I did get it to work. The problem was that since I was already using ftp for other files, I used ftp to add the google file to the public html folder. This was incorrect. This process seems to have added some header information to the google file.

I then used cPanel to upload the same Google file to the same directory and then it worked.

I know know that uploading via cPanel is not the same as uploading via ftp.

Bob

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Hi I am in a very similar situation as “pbannette”. I tried to verify my site via my Google analytic account because I’m getting data from it every day so i assumed it would work right away, but I’m getting no where?



I’m not sure how “pbannette” uploaded a file? Did you do this via CS Cart?



Is there a way I can use CS Cart to access my home pages header tag so I can just add the script? Thanks so much