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Thursday, October 22, 2009
You may have seen our recent announcement of changes to the verification system in Webmaster
Tools. One side effect of this change is that blogs hosted on Blogger (that haven't yet been
verified) will have to use the meta tag verification method rather than the "one-click"
integration from the Blogger dashboard. The "Webmaster Tools" auto-verification link from the
Blogger dashboard is no longer working and will soon be removed. We're working to reinstate an
automated verification approach for Blogger hosted blogs in the future, but for the time being we
wanted you to be aware of the steps required to verify your Blogger blog in Webmaster Tools.
Step-By-Step Instructions
In Webmaster Tools:
Click the "Add a site" button on the Webmaster Tools Home page
Enter your blog's URL (for example, googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com) and click the
"Continue" button to go to the Manage verification page
Select the "Meta tag" verification method and copy the meta tag provided
In Blogger
Go to your blog and sign in
From the Blogger dashboard click the "Layout" link for the blog you're verifying
Click the "Edit HTML" link under the "Layout" tab which will allow you to edit the HTML for
your blog's template
Paste the meta tag (copied in step 3) immediately after the <head> element
within the template HTML and click the "SAVE TEMPLATE" button
In Webmaster Tools
On the Manage Verification page, confirm that "Meta tag" is selected as the verification
method and click the "Verify" button
Your blog should now be verified. You're ready to start using Webmaster Tools!
Posted by Jonathan Simon, Webmaster Trends Analyst
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