April 8, 2009
How to use Google Verify
Google verify is an advanced webmaster tool that is now integrated into the WebEden website making system. We’ve released this following much hard work and thanks to lots of requests from you, the user.
Google Verify is an important way to let Google know about your website. It helps Google to find all the content on your website, and allows you to quickly update them when your website changes. If you use Google verify it also means that you get access to information that Google holds about your website. Once you know what they know about your website, you can take steps to change and improve that information. The ultimate goal, as ever, is to improve your position in the Search Engine Results page; and also to improve users experience on your website.
All users can now use Google Verify with their WebEden websites.
To add Google Verify to your site, please just follow the simple instructions below:
1. Log in to your website
2. Select “Admin” on the toolbar
3. Visit the “Site Information” tab
4. Click on the “Sign up for Google Webmaster Tools” button
5. On the bottom of the Webmaster Tools panel click “Get your Google ID”
6. Google should open in a new window and ask you to sign in
7. You’ll be taken to the Google “Dashboard”
8. Add your website address in blank field and click “Add Site”
9. Look for the “Next step” box and select, “Verify Site”
10. Go to the “Verification Method” drop down and select “Add a meta tag”
11. Copy the code string e.g.: <meta name=”verify-v1″ content=”UqbdIVXyU8m8PIvMSJLj+W6bf5Sa4An1CZcxazTgafs=” />
12. Return to your website and paste the code string into the blank field in the “Webmaster Tools” panel
13. Click “OK”
14. Click “OK” on “Admin” panel
15. Your site will now have the Google Verification code added to the HTML
N.B. The code string given above (<meta name=”verify-v1″ content=”UqbdIVXyU8m8PIvMSJLj+W6bf5Sa4An1CZcxazTgafs=” />) is an example, please do not use this, it won’t work! You must register with Google and request your own
If you’re an advanced website builder, or you’re trying to become one, then try out Google Verify and see what it can show you. Leave us a comment and let us know how you get on.
The Google ID for Verify - will this be different from the Google ID that is used for Google analytics?
Sorry, I must sound like the Homer Simpson of web building :-/
AX
Comment by Alison Cross — April 8, 2009 @ 3:21 pm
Hi A
Yep, completely different, please keep them apart!
Homer Simpson? Don’t do yourself down - Lisa Simpson more like!
Ken
Comment by admin — April 9, 2009 @ 1:06 pm
Just signed up for the service after reading your blog and I am very impressed with the amount of information that can be generated. My site is very new so at the moment doesn’t yet appear in Google Search but, thanks to Google Verify, I already know that the Googlebot has been onto some of my pages.
The statistics available look really good and hopefully I’ll be able to make full use of them soon when my site is a little bit older and better known.
Thanks for the tip,
Shane
Comment by Shane — April 9, 2009 @ 5:47 pm
Thanks for the feedback Shane, its good to get. We’ll be adding another post this week about another Google Webmaster Tool (Google Verify is what they call a ‘Webmaster tool’, by the way).
Google are very clever at empowering you, the website building enthusiast, with the knowledge and tools to build better sites, drive better traffic towards them etc. They did this for the first time with Google Analytics, and we think we’ll see a lot more from them on this front.
Ken
Comment by admin — April 14, 2009 @ 2:05 pm
i followed the directions, but still can not be verified.
Comment by michael — October 2, 2009 @ 7:21 pm
Hi Michael,
Are you seeing a specific error message? Can you let us know a bit more about what stage in the process it doesn’t work?
Thanks,
Ken
Comment by admin — October 5, 2009 @ 9:23 am
Hi Ken
Thought it was right to leave a thank you for the assistance that the above article gave me when Google Verifying my site.
The blog is clear and concise and this enabled me with just a few clicks to do what I had been trying to achieve for hours.
Great job…Thanks
Graham
Comment by Graham Cotterill — October 25, 2009 @ 12:25 am
Thanks Graham - that’s brought a smile to my Monday morning!
Ken
Comment by admin — October 26, 2009 @ 10:46 am