61 Comments

1. timethief  •  Dec 11, 2007 @11:24 am
   

   Verification:

   1) Write a new PAGE (not Post)

   2) Paste on the title (subject) the exact code that you get from Google Webmaster Tools option “Upload an HTML file” (this is the verification method you have to choose). Example of the code:

   google4f645e3adsdaa48g3a41z.html

   3) Click to publish it.

   4) Ask Google to verify your Blog.

   Just that! It works for me.

2. Anthony Stevens  •  Dec 11, 2007 @11:47 am
   

   Thanks timethief — worked like a charm!

3. timethief  •  Dec 12, 2007 @10:31 am
   

   YAY!

4. Yuniarto Rahardjo  •  Jan 3, 2008 @8:57 pm
   

   Work for me too…
   Thanks.

5. Affiliates On Fire  •  Jan 6, 2008 @8:54 am
   

   For those hosted outside Wordpress.com I’ve written a small plugin to output the keys for Google, Yahoo and MSN Webmaster tools.

   http://www.affiliatesonfire.com/articles/aof-seo-site-verifier-wordpress-plugin/

6. ebookreviewer  •  Feb 28, 2008 @12:24 am
   

   thanks for the tips. It’s work for me!

7. imagxz  •  Apr 14, 2008 @2:38 pm
   

   Thanks timethief

8. Jijo.Raj  •  May 2, 2008 @5:53 am
   

   Thanks a lot… It Works!!!

   Regards,
   Jijo.

9. Eliezer Sobel  •  Jun 14, 2008 @8:02 am
   

   When I do it shows up on my homepage as a new page with the google file as a title???

10. Anthony Stevens  •  Jun 14, 2008 @9:04 am
    

    There’s an option to mark the page as “Private” in the WP Manage Pages section.

11. skibowski  •  Sep 2, 2008 @7:10 pm
    

    Delicious!

12. lifegeeked  •  Nov 5, 2008 @10:41 am
    

    thanks timethief
    worked great for me !

13. tscida  •  Nov 13, 2008 @1:00 pm
    

    Thanks for writing this up. I did this and it worked great, but I decided I didn’t like seeing the page in the header, so I removed it with CSS (unfortunately you have to pay to do that, but I think it was worth it).

14. wissenblick  •  Nov 22, 2008 @5:08 am
    

    When I mark the page as private, Google cannot find it any more. I just used a kind of “about” page that is not interesting for SEO and changed the URL to
    “google80ea2e8b6dd5a4c9html”
    Seems to work (for free).

15. Karen  •  Dec 3, 2008 @8:14 am
    

    I have a Wordpress HOSTED site. I was able to upload the verification file to a new page and was successfully verified on Google. I can’t figure out how to upload a verification file to Yahoo. Thank you!

16. chirag  •  Dec 14, 2008 @5:59 am
    

    now its easy to verify . just check it out on link.

17. tee  •  Dec 17, 2008 @7:29 am
    

    EASY AS PIE! Thank you.

18. paprika  •  Feb 21, 2009 @3:34 pm
    

    hey, timethief thanks for the tip, it worked like a charm! yay!!!

19. Matt Warmak  •  Mar 7, 2009 @1:16 am
    

    Thanks for the tip! Worked perfect.

20. Andre  •  Mar 24, 2009 @12:35 pm
    

    found your blog via google and found the answer i was looking for. thanks to you and to timethief / you made my day!!!

21. Steve Harlow  •  Apr 7, 2009 @3:37 pm
    

    Cool Beans. Works like a charm. Thanks.

22. rafe  •  Apr 15, 2009 @10:49 pm
    

    You can change the permalink of a page you already have, like an about or contact page so you don’t have to see the google numbers. The title of the page can be anything you want.

23. Joel  •  May 4, 2009 @10:49 pm
    

    Hi Thanks it’s work great

24. harry  •  May 26, 2009 @8:40 pm
    

    Hi, thanks ! Very easy and work well…

25. lala-shop  •  Jun 20, 2009 @10:24 pm
    

    Amazing it’s work to me tooo , oh my goodness , i free now from google , thanks..thanks…

26. K  •  Jul 7, 2009 @10:57 am
    

    Thanks timethief, it works for me too.

27. alluneedtoknow  •  Jul 8, 2009 @2:25 pm
    

    Hey I tried the method provided by “TIMETHEIF” but Im still gettin an answer of We’ve detected that the verifcation of your file returns a status of 404 (not found in the header). Can someone help me please!!!!!

28. Gambero  •  Aug 1, 2009 @4:21 pm
    

    Thanks a lot Timethief!

29. john  •  Aug 10, 2009 @5:26 am
    

    i create a page, call, http://www.mywebsite/google7b0820282b56c050
    but it doesn’t display the extension “.html”. (even when i modify the url with all in seo)
    So when i verify, i have a 404 error..
    Can you help me on diplaying the good url

    thanks a lot

30. Michael  •  Aug 24, 2009 @9:12 pm
    

    You have to use the Permalink Settings
    Custom Structure
    http://yoursite.com/googleWhatEverYourGivenCodeIs.html

31. Sophie  •  Aug 29, 2009 @5:36 am
    

    Really good tip timetheif.

    However, for me I needed to make sure I changed the “Slug” tag thing to “.html” as well.

    It is under the edit pages section, click quick edit and make sure the slug is the correct address.

32. Figurines  •  Sep 3, 2009 @12:47 pm
    

    I have passed verification but. Thanks a lot!
    But the googleverification.html file is in pages section now. How I can hide it?

33. anthonyrstevens  •  Sep 3, 2009 @6:23 pm
    

    You need to edit your template. I have the same problem, and have never gone to the trouble of modifying the PHP code that generates the page links.

34. Figurines  •  Sep 4, 2009 @2:00 am
    

    Where I can edit my template and what I can change for hiding only google verification page from pages list? Sorry but I am not programmer and I really beginner in blogging.

35. Figurines  •  Sep 5, 2009 @10:52 pm
    

    I know how to fix it.
    I changed Status of the page to drafts. The page is available for verifying by path http://yourblog.wordpress.com/googleverifile.thml and this paged does not included to the list of pages in the pages section on you fronend blog page.
    And it dies not required to edit any templaits.

36. anthonyrstevens  •  Sep 6, 2009 @7:44 pm
    

    Excellent find! I’ve done the same thing and it works just great. Thank you Figurines!

37. Bill  •  Sep 12, 2009 @9:15 pm
    

    the Status of the page to drafts. great find!! thx figurines

38. Stacy  •  Sep 30, 2009 @2:39 pm
    

    It didn’t work for me at all, I don’t understand how everyone else has been successful.

39. Stacy  •  Sep 30, 2009 @2:43 pm
    

    Never mind, I added the META into the header, and it worked great!

40. DragoshI  •  Oct 2, 2009 @10:36 am
    

    OK, today google changed the verification method for HTML, what can we do?

41. Webrecsol Optimizer  •  Oct 31, 2009 @1:34 am
    

    hi,

    I have tried many times but can not success of verify google webmasters tools..

    i am use this is this right way of verify..

42. aashish  •  Nov 2, 2009 @1:34 am
    

    Hey , aof not working for verifying google webmaster tools dear………

43. Felicity Waters  •  Nov 14, 2009 @3:56 am
    

    it will not work for me – ahhh help

44. wendy s pearson  •  Nov 27, 2009 @6:45 pm
    

    also will not work for me arghhhh! Maybe they changed something. back to the drawing board i guess.

45. shally  •  Nov 30, 2009 @6:15 pm
    

    @ affiliates on fire,
    thanks for the tip.With it,i was able to verify my self-hosted blog.

46. Beamer  •  Dec 12, 2009 @7:53 am
    

    Google recently changed something. So now they do not just check the URL of the file, but also the code.

    Here is the answer how to solve it:
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/

47. Donna  •  Dec 23, 2009 @3:44 pm
    

    NONE OF THE ABOVE WORKING FOR YOU? Try this.

    If you’re on WP, look on the toolbar to the left of your dashboard. Click the Tools option.

    Scroll down on this page to the section entitled ‘Webmaster Tools Verification’.

    Here you will find three boxes, that allow you to simply paste in the meta code given by Google, Yahoo, and Bing, such that all three will be verified in one fell swoop!

    Save changes to this section, click the link you’re given by G/Y/B to check the site, then hit Verify. Should work like a charm.

48. Anand  •  Dec 25, 2009 @9:21 am
    

    hey ur tools advice was just SUPERB,,,im delighted and really thankfull to u…beco pasting htm code on new page title not worked for me.
    Merry christmas

49. Vicki Goldsmith  •  Jan 29, 2010 @10:32 pm
    

    Have tried all of the above and not working for me. Under tools I only have import export, upgrade, page links. Tried posting html on page that didn’t work. Have no idea where to find header? Any suggestions? Thanks, Vicki

50. howtoresetaniphone3gs  •  Jan 30, 2010 @6:38 pm
    

    Guys, Wordpress now solves this for you! Check out the Tools/Webmaster Tools Verification. Thanks WP

51. Janet  •  Feb 18, 2010 @11:06 pm
    

    Thanks guys, brilliant.

52. Fintan  •  Mar 2, 2010 @9:05 am
    

    @Affiliates On Fire

    Thanks..saved my life…after 2 hours couldn’t get anything to work except your plugin..

    

53. Rugby Blog  •  Apr 25, 2010 @12:31 am
    

    Can’t you just upload the HTML verification file?

54. andrew  •  May 4, 2010 @1:43 pm
    

    Brilliant! thanks

55. just2pick1  •  May 17, 2010 @3:33 am
    

    thank you,
    at last, I got verified!
    Wordpress rocks…

56. Matt  •  May 25, 2010 @4:10 am
    

    Vicki:

    Download a plug-in called ‘Webmaster Tools Verification’. This will add that option to your tools menu.

57. Webmaster Cage  •  May 28, 2010 @8:01 am
    

    Sounds good, going to try it out right now, good to see google is importing wordpress there

58. Deepak  •  Jun 6, 2010 @12:40 pm
    

    There is another simple method to verify it. Using All in One SEO Plugin. I like this method because its so simple and worked for me. Go to SEO plugin and add the meta tag code to “Additional Home Headers”. And click on update options. Then go to webmaster page and click on Verify.

59. Eric  •  Jun 12, 2010 @12:45 pm
    

    Everybody has a host. Just download the html file, and upload it via Cpanel in the root directory of your domain and click verify.

60. Eric  •  Jun 21, 2010 @8:14 pm
    

    What Sophie said worked for me. Must edit the page slug to be “.html”, not just “html”. Then wait 2 or 3 minutes.

61. Michelle  •  Aug 6, 2010 @12:02 pm
    

    Ok…I just took the meta that it gave me and plugged it into my Meta widget and it verified!

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