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Verify your site on Live Webmaster Tools

Doesn't offer as many tools as Google webmaster tools, but still gives you a general idea how live is viewing your site.

 

1.  Sign Up for Live Webmaster tools.

 

2.  Add your site and choose the meta validation method.

 

3.  Copy the Live webmaster tools meta verification code into notepad or any text editor.

 

<meta name="msvalidate.01" content="874FFE456A6B4D42DC8493324B5" />

 

4.  Copy the code below into into the same notepad or text editor.

 
%22%20%2F%3E %3Cmeta name=%22msvalidate.01%22 content=%22livewebmasterid

   

5.  Simply replace the ID in the code with your id from the code from Live webmaster tools.

 


%22%20%2F%3E %3Cmeta name=%22msvalidate.01%22 content=%22874FFE456A6B4D42DC8493324B5

 

6.  Copy the finished code, and to your home page (default.aspx), open page properties, and paste the code into the keywords text box after any keywords!  Make sure the whole code is pasted, since the keyword box has a character limit and if you have to many keywords and some or all of the code might not get pasted in, shouldn't have to worry, if you do, you might want to go over the list of keywords since you really shouldn't have that many.

 

7.  Go back to Live Webmaster tools and verify.

 

Note:

If it doesn't work, view your page, make sure there is no code showing at the top.  Also right click on the page, view source, and look at the meta tags (near the top).  The validation tag should look like the orginal Google meta tag:

<meta name="msvalidate.01" content="874FFE456A6B4D42DC8493324B5" />

See Also:

How to Verify with Google Webmaster Tools

How to Verify on Yahoo Site Explorer