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How to Verify Blogger in Google Webmaster Tools

Posted at 2:14pm EST on 10/23/2009

A great tutorial written on the Webmaster Central blog, about how to verify your Blogger blog in the Webmaster Tools. Here are the step-by-step instructions to authenticate your site:

In Webmaster Tools

  1. Click the “Add a site” button on the Webmaster Tools Home page
  2. Enter your blog’s URL (for example, googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com) and click the “Continue” button to go to the Manage verification page
  3. Select the “Meta tag” verification method and copy the meta tag provided

In Blogger

  1. Go to your blog and sign in
  2. From the Blogger dashboard click the “Layout” link for the blog you’re verifying
  3. Click the “Edit HTML” link under the “Layout” tab which will allow you to edit the HTML for your blog’s template
  4. Paste the meta tag (copied in step 3) immediately after the element within the template HTML and click the “SAVE TEMPLATE” button

Blogger Verify Google Webmaster Tools

In Webmaster Tools

  1. 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!

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One Response to “How to Verify Blogger in Google Webmaster Tools”

  1. Dataflurry

    Oct 29th, 2009

    Good information – this will help a lot of new bloggers understand how to implement this coding.