Submitting WordPress Site To Google's Webmaster Tools
Submitting WordPress Site To Google's Webmaster Tools. I prefer to upload HTML file to my web root than editing meta tag, because when you change your theme, you don't need to edit your header.php meta tag code.
*********Before changing site address URL at 2:17 - Note *********
You don't need to change it, however you should decide with or without www. Discussion: http://www.blog.web6.org/with-or-with...
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When you change this URL settings, there will be two things that will happen, depends on which version your WordPress is.
** 3.9 up version = You will be just logged out immediately, and you can login like usual.
** I guess earlier than 3.7 or older version (not sure since which version), you will be logged out, and you will find your site on error.
To fix: http://www.blog.web6.org/wordpress-ch... or http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_T...
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Contents:
0:23 Interface of Google's webmaster tool
1:04 Checking Setting - Reading
1:50 Check permalinks
2:17 Check WordPress and site address URL
3:30 Go to Google Webmaster Tools: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
3:54 Add a new site
4:12 Verifying step.
5:43 Using FileZilla to upload the file
6:57 Verifying the site
8:17 Install Google XML Sitemaps plugin (Arne Brachhold)
9:30 Submit sitemap in GWT
11:51 Add the non-www version to GWT
13:08 Setting preferred domain, with or without www
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