How to verify http://bizdetox.com for google webmaster tools
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Hey guys i tried to to make a Preferred Domain choice in webmaster tools, but it is not allowing me to save my choice bec its asking me to verify that i own http://bizdetox.com
How do i go about doing that and what are the steps
I have already verified
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Good to see you got it worked out! And thanks for marking the question "answered" so others can spot it.
Paul
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Figured it out after i posted it by reading the google help files.
LOL
Somtimes i jump the gun.
Thanks for all the info.
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Google Webmaster Tools considers the www and non-www versions of your website as two completely different sites, Hampig.
You're doing the correct thing by setting your preferred domain, but in order to complete the process, you're going to need to go through the same steps to verify the non-www version that you already did for the www version.
I know it sounds strange, but you need to verify both versions of the address as two seperate sites in Webmaster Tools.
To verify the second version, just log into Webmaster Tools and on the main page you'll see a big red button on the top right for Add a Site.
After you've clicked that button, go ahead and set up another site, this time using the non-www version of your address. You'll go through the same steps you did the first time, and you'll be given a new verification code. (You can choose either a file that gets uploaded to your website, a code that gets added to your page header, or a code that gets added to your DNS records)
The absolute easiest way to verify the new site at this point though (as long as you have Google Analytics installed on the website) is to tell Webmaster Tools to check the Analytics code for proof you own the website.
Once you've verified the second version of the website, you can go back and set the preferred domain as you originally intended. Then go into the other version and tell it to set the www version as primary as well (i.e. make sure both Webmaster Tools site specify the same preferred domain.)
Once you've done this, you won't need to use the second Webmaster Tools site (the non-www version) for anything. All your useful data will be in the original site you set up for the www version of your website. The second version can just sit in Webmaster Tools unused, but there to manage the Preferred Domain setting.
Hope that makes sense?
Paul
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