By willk on

I am using the site verification module to verify my site first with Google and the Yahoo. I went to Google webmaster tools and added my site and then chose to verify by HTML file. I uploaded the file given by Google using the verify module and that part was successful. I checked the verification by visiting mysite.com/google_verification_code.html but there was just a blank page. Therefore I moved the Google HTML verification file to the root folder then visited the mysite.com/google_verification_code.html and this time I was directed to a plain page with just the code (mysite.com/google_verification_code.html) printed on it. From there I tried to set preferred domain but I was asked to very site and I failed each time. Please assist.

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zeroagain’s picture

zeroagain commented

Upload your file as yoursite.com/google_code.html. You can also verify your site with Bing on Bing webmasters.

dono1’s picture

dono1 commented

Check out the Site Verify Module for D6: Site Verify Module

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willk commented

Thanks all for your time. I have tried using the verify module and the site appears to be verified. At least it says it is. https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en-GB .
However, when I try to set "preferred domain," at https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/settings?hl=en-GB&siteUrl=http:/... I got a message saying " Part of the process of setting a preferred domain is to verify that you own http://www.mysite.com/. Please verify http://www.mysite.com/. " I would really like to set preferred domain so that Google does not treat "mysite.com" and "www.mysite.com" as two different sites. Thanks.

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dono1 commented

Willk,
Overcoming that is as simple as setting up the alternative domain in your webmasters account. So if you are verifying http://www.yourdomain.com, you should go ahead and set up an account for http://yourdomain.com. That will allow you to set the preferred domain.

---- Make sure you set up that domain in the same web masters account, don't start a brand new webmasters account to do so. Use the same one, just add your domain.