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  • Stated Machete: Thanks a bunch guy! I wonder why Google doesnt add this info to their database. There is a conspiracy theory i believe!…
  • Gyan prakash: I have created web pages but still not able to verify my web pages. I am getting same error 404. kindly help me.

    Gyan…

  • Terry Lowe: Thank you so much I have been trying for about a week to get my site verified with the instructions google give, (as clear as mud), I don’t know why they just don’t direct people here. I was wondering do you think is worth doing all this stuff with s…
  • Gwyn: Thanks so much for the tutorial, you’re a lifesaver! I believe I am following all the rules, but I still get 404 File not found. My issue: I’m saving the file in Word as a web page, filtered. My upload still reads: google84d44f5cf1ec5ed2.html.do…
  • Big John: I created a web site with register.com I am trying to get it verified with google but register.com will not let me paste anything in the header or ad html. What do I do since I have spent so much time creating this page. Thanks for any help you could…
  • Google Webmaster Chat">Daryl Auclair: Thanks for posting it. How would you normally record the audio? Does it require some kind of telephone recording device?

    By the way the link to Brazil SEO is not working….

  • Google Webmaster Chat">John Honeck “JLH”: Thanks Barry, I should thank the little bird that pointed me in the right direction….
  • Google Webmaster Chat">Barry Schwartz: Thanks, I updated my post to include a link here. Great work!…
  • Aida: Dear John,

    I think I might have a similar problem to Ronald, 8thMarch.
    I have my pages in google, I have indexed them, I have verified them, I have add the sitemap, and still Google doesn´t crawl my pages.

    Do you, please, have any suggestions…

  • Google Webmaster Help(ing) Googlers">John Honeck “JLH”: Updated the list today to include Rebecca of Dublin….
  • Kathy: Thanks so much for taking the time to explain each step! And now that you’ve shown yourself as a guru, any random thoughts on how I can get all the html mumbo-jumbo PayPal “Pay Now” button on my google webiste?…
  • prakash.nagdev: i did check with your instruction as per your comments on this page post no 18. when checked with my url ie earncashworkathome .com. googlepages. com i got 302 found/found and code 200 ok/ok in result code but when i verify with webmaster i get 404 s…
  • Adam Moro: I can’t remember how I ended up on such an old post but I just want to add that it’s been over six months and still no response from Lasnik. I know it’s obvious he’s not going to respond but wow. I’d say you stumped him.

    Anyway, seen any improvem…

  • Riley: I did everything perfect. but it always comes up “We encountered an error looking up your site’s domain name”. I dont get it? someone help me?. wait can i use mozilla firefox or do i have to se internet explorer?…
  • Takun: I followed all your directions and it still says NOT VERIFIED : We encountered an error looking up your site’s domain name.

    I don’t know if it’s because google hasn’t crawled my site yet its all published .. any ides. I uploaded the google.html f…

  • Bhauna: It worked! You’re a genius to all us mere (non-techy) mortals!
    Thanks John…
  • Bhauna: thanks for replying John, really appreciate it. will give it a shot and let you know how it works out. can’t buy you a beer from over here, but if you ever need free legal advice, you know who to call!
    B…
  • Gerald: Thanks for the advice in using word in an html download to google. You do use the “save as” then copy in the address exactly and in the bottom of the window “save as type you must choose “web page, filtered” and when you go to save it it will warn yo…
  • John Honeck “JLH”: Bhauna,

    I’m not an expert in Googlepages, but I’ll give it a shot.

    If you click the “site settings” link in the upper right of your site manager page, you will see a setting in bold for “Homepage” described as, ‘The homepage is the default pa…

  • Bhauna: Hi John,
    thank u so much for creating this posting site. I love the GPC and how hands on it is, but i would kill to be able to ask someone questions. I am very new to this and have followed the steps for verifying and accessing the webmaster tools…
  • Bill: Hey john - good work. I think that blog answers a lot of my frustration (see these threads!):
    02/02/2008 post:
    http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/browse_thread/thread/70710f8bc97ffd64/

    27/02/2008 post:
    http://groups.g…

  • John Honeck “JLH”: In Word you can choose “save as” from the file menu, then select “as webpage” which will allow you to save it as xxxx.html. The file name needs to be EXACTLY as Google says it is, the addition of .doc or anything else will not work.

    After files a…

  • Gerald: I have Word as my text editor and it adds .doc at the end of my file, is that why I can’t get verified? Also how do I get rid of files I have uploaded to my site?
    Plese help…
  • prakash.nagdev: i get code 404 and header not found when i last tried with site verification using above steps….
  • Google Webmaster Tools">LR: Ok, if you come to Germany, I will buy you a beer…
  • LeMom: YOU ROCK!!! I have always been SO close but just couldn’t get it. I figured out the part about not having the “/home” but the rest always got messed up someplace.

    THANK YOU..I wish I really could give you a beer!…

  • Maria Ozawa: What about the widget that puts the name of the people with the most comments. I thought you are going to put that one :)…
  • Edward Beckett: Dude … get a backup power supply and velcro wraps …
    … ☺…
  • andrea: omg!! i was about to throw my computer through the sliding glass door until i found your tutorial! it worked, and i’m so happy! you made my day! thanks!…
  • John Honeck “JLH”: Nayseal, if you are using the file verification method Google will check for the existence of that file, and then check to make sure a file that doesn’t exists returns an error code of 404, or not found. The reason they do this is that if your site…
  • Nayseal: I have done everything to the letter but unfortunately I get a message that reads:
    We’ve detected that your 404 (file not found) error page returns a status of 200 (Success) in the header.

    Please Please help!…

  • Shelley: I am not able to find my website online. I do use Google adwords to point people to my sight, but I would like to be able to point it to a domain (and mask the address) to the existing site. Is that possible? How can I do it once I buy a new domai…
  • john: thanks dude have a shot and a beer on me once i got it it worked….
  • John Honeck “JLH”: Ronald, send me the location and name of your verification file by using my contact me page, I’ll see if I can figure anything out….
  • Ronald Spainhour: Your instructions were well presented and helpful;however I’m still doing something wrong. Think I’m confused about creating the text page with the verifying code Google gives me. Google keeps telling me they cannot find my site.

    My website is…

  • John Honeck “JLH”: Paulette, it’s not the same thing. Verifying it with Google is only so you can access their Webmaster Tools. Registering a domain needs to be done with a registrar, which Google may be one of them, but not the same thing as verifying….
  • Paulette: I am so confused! Is getting my site verified - the same as registering the domain?
    I am trying to get to the point where it can be paulettejackson.com without the googlepages on the end. Is it hopeless?…
  • Steve: Great info here, I have scoured the internet for a solution to 301 the default.aspx to the root / - seems there is no answer to this problem within ASP.NET 2.0 or any version for that matter. The javascript solution is ok for going forward, but a 301…
  • Dan: Wow! It worked. Took me about an hour, but I didn’t think it was possible….
  • prakash.nagdev: sir, i just read your helpful page or blog i am very much thankful to you for info my above mentioned pages are not yet verified and i get 404 or error report from webmaster, i will follow your info and try it pray for me and please get beer can or c…

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