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    Ownership verification failed

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    Solved Ownership verification failed

    Post by MaiShaaban Wed 6 May - 19:48

    Hello,
    I tried to add my forum to Google search engine using HTML meta tag but I got an error although I added it in the right way.
    Thanks in advance.

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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by tikky Wed 6 May - 20:00

    Hey @MaiShaaban,

    Remove the HTML tag and go to Adminstration Panel > General > Statistics > Google Analytics and add the account code!
    Read more: Analyze your forum traffic with Google Analytics.
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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by MaiShaaban Wed 6 May - 20:19

    I added the tracking code successfully, but It is for analysis only not for adding my forum in Google search engines, am I right?
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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by tikky Wed 6 May - 20:23

    MaiShaaban wrote:I added the tracking code successfully, but It is for analysis only not for adding my forum in Google search engines, am I right?
    Now do this: https://help.forumotion.com/p1008045-optimize-your-forum-referencing-with-google-sitemaps
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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by MaiShaaban Wed 6 May - 20:34

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    Should I wait for some time until it becomes verified?
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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by brandon_g Wed 6 May - 20:35

    It can take time for Google to send their bot over to index the forum, but such should happen automatically.



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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by SLGray Wed 6 May - 20:36

    Are you sure that you added the meta tags correctly?



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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by MaiShaaban Wed 6 May - 20:39

    I got this message "You are a verified owner" but only using Google Analytics method
    Any more steps or I am done with adding my forum to Google?
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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by tikky Wed 6 May - 21:05

    MaiShaaban wrote:Ownership verification failed Screen12

    Should I wait for some time until it becomes verified?
    Is a bug by Google, see: https://help.forumotion.com/t158838-forum-sitemap#1105374
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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by MaiShaaban Wed 6 May - 21:31

    It still says " Couldn't fetch" after adding one more backslash "https://arcode.ahlamontada.com//sitemap.xml"
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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by mc nabulsy Fri 8 May - 1:40

    yes i have the same problem with adding the sitemap and RSS feed to google they don't accept it any more and idk why
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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by SLGray Fri 8 May - 4:54

    Have you tied getting help from Google?



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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by MaiShaaban Fri 8 May - 17:35

    SLGray wrote:Have you tied getting help from Google?

    In normal, how much time Google takes to adds the website? I submitted two days ago and still the same error, should I ask Google's support team?
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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by SLGray Fri 8 May - 19:35

    That is what I was asking you about.



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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by MaiShaaban Fri 8 May - 20:38

    Is there any link that can help me contact Google support team because I searched but no useful results. Thanks
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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by BlackScorpion Sat 9 May - 1:05

    MaiShaaban wrote:Is there any link that can help me contact Google support team because I searched but no useful results. Thanks

    Contact Google support at 1-866-2-Google (1-866-246-6453) from 6:00am – 5:00pm PST, Monday through Friday.

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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by MaiShaaban Sun 10 May - 11:08

    You can close the topic
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    Solved Re: Ownership verification failed

    Post by skouliki Sun 10 May - 11:28

    Problem solved & topic archived.
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