Thursday, October 12, 2006

Google webmaster Tools and HOWTO verify your Blogger/blogspot.com site

There are two important things you can do with the Google Webmaster tools for your blogger site.

One -> Verify your site
and
Two -> Submit a sitemap.

What we are interested in here is verifying a Blogger site (ONE!). So here is how to do that.

** Google Webmaster Tools Verify your Blogger site. **

(1) Control your blog site through Google Webmaster tools - login/signup for Google's Webmaster tools and add your blogger site *****.blogspot.com
(2) Click on the Verify link
(3) Choose Add a Metatag - note the META tag information
(4) In New Tab (Browser): Login to your Blogger account. Click on your blog of interest and click on the template tab. After the < >> tag paste in the META tag information as found in step (3)
(5) Republish your entire blog.
(6) Go back to the Google Webmaster tools - Click Verify. You are done and your blog has been verified. The next step you'll want to do is add a sitemap.
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21 comments:

  1. ferrisbueller11:17 AM

    The best advice in ages. I didn't have a clue how to get my site listed on Google searches !!

    Many thanks - an excellent piece of information. :)

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  2. Anonymous11:49 AM

    How do you create the sitemap for your blogger website?

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  3. Paul Cooley11:55 AM

    Actually I don't create a sitemap, I use the blogger generated RSS and Atom feeds.

    For instance my site's RSS: http://linuxlore.blogspot.com/rss.xml

    For instance my site's ATOM: http://linuxlore.blogspot.com/atom.xml

    Google will except both of these as sitemaps.

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  4. atamdas8:03 PM

    ihave been trying to veryfy my blogger since two month but i was not able to veryfy but thanks to you that you has described the verification method so simple that i easily could do it

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  5. Sanjiv Kumar3:04 AM

    Thanks buddy for the tip.

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  6. Murali5:22 AM

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  7. tarric5:11 PM

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  8. XXYY3:26 AM

    thank you so much!!! I really needed to verify my blog!

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  11. HeroesEcho7:59 PM

    Thanks Paul for the big help. I was trying to verify my site and had some problem with it. Your information help me a lot.

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  12. Chetan10:13 PM

    Thanks a lot !
    It was really useful!!

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  13. Views AND Reviews..3:07 AM

    thanks a lot ...
    it helped me a lot..

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  14. Steve2:38 PM

    Thanks for the article. Nearly two years later and it is still VERY helpful! Great job!

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  15. Anonymous9:45 PM

    Right on... this worked perfectly. Now for the sitemap....

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  16. thaltrego1:04 PM

    That was really helpful. i almost ripped my skin over this.

    Thanx again

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  17. FOW Furniture5:38 AM

    Excellent post!
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  18. Unknown10:13 PM

    I have been searching for a way to verify my blogger blog for days as Googles own tools don't work. Thank you!

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  19. Wealth Squared5:50 PM

    Thanks for the help. I had trouble verifying it myself. www.wealthsquared.blogspot.com

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  20. Susan5:50 PM

    Excellent directions.

    Thank you.

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