Title: site verification
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# site verification

 *  [rjokie3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rjokie3/)
 * (@rjokie3)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-verification/)
 * google does not see my site either i have been trying to get verified since april
   16th!!!! i tried to upload the html and also the meta tag and i have followed
   every demo and guideline and posting i can find. it will not verify and i cannot
   set a sitemap until i verify. WHERE do i upload the html file they give me to???
   i need exact step by step. like copy the html and file and go to….i have seen
   so many of these postings WHY is it so difficult??!!!
    my site is [http://www.outbark.zoofer.com](http://www.outbark.zoofer.com)
   you are everywhere in my source view so hopefully you can help me thanx bren 
   faria [rjokie3@juno.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-verification/rjokie3@juno.com?output_format=md)

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 *  [Tom Lany](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomthewebmaster/)
 * (@tomthewebmaster)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-verification/#post-558989)
 * Google does not guarantee placement in their search index by any means. I ran
   your domain through the dite status wizard [Google Webmaster Central](http://www.google.com/webmasters/)
   and they claim that your domain is currently being indexed (homepage last indexed
   March 10th). Many times it takes a while for a page to attain a high page rank.
   Until this occurs, you will be listed very low in the results or may online find
   your site when searching for the domain name. There are many sites that claim
   they will help boost your rank (I don’t know how well they work because I have
   never used one). Try a search for “search engine placement” if you are interested.
 * Good luck getting listed higher on Google!
 * By the way, to avoid spam, you may want to not post your E-mail on these forums
   in the future.
 *  [garrettgraff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garrettgraff/)
 * (@garrettgraff)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-verification/#post-558992)
 * It’s best to use the [Google Webmaster Tools](https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=sitemaps&continue=https://www.google.com%2Fwebmasters%2Ftools%2Fsiteoverview%3Fhl%3Den&nui=1&hl=en)
   to verify ownership of your website (registration required). Ownership verification
   can be either via header code or file placement onto your server. This is a good
   step towards adding your website to the Google crawl bots list of websites. Depending
   on how many websites your exact website appears on will dictate where amongst
   the other websites yours appears. It could be at the top or on the millionth 
   page. Good Luck.
 *  Thread Starter [rjokie3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rjokie3/)
 * (@rjokie3)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-verification/#post-559348)
 * thank you soooo much very even responding. i have become so frustrated with all
   this. i agree with you on “invites” to boost rank and i see many of them. i will
   try the tools site and again thanx to all bren

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