How to verify your blog on Sitemaps

Google have provided instructions on how to verify your blog or site. Here's a step by step (this assumes you've already (1) signed up with Google Sitemaps as per my previous post; and (2) for Add Site, entered the URL of your blog e.g. http://megatzanuar.blogspot.com in my case):

Login to Sitemaps.

1. Against the name of the blog or site you want to verify, under the Site Verified? column, click the Verify link:
2. You get a new page. In the Choose verification method dropdown, pick Add a META Tag:
3. A box appears under the dropdown, with some code in it, it looks something like this (I've airbrushed out the one for my blog!):
4. Copy that code from *<*meta> (be careful not to copy the box instead of the text inside the box).
5. Go to your blog template (it's easiest to do this in a new browser window or browser tab) and paste that code between your head tags - Google have given an example (opens in new window) showing how and where to put it.
   
6. Save the template changes, and republish your blog.
7. Now go back to Google Sitemaps and tick the checkbox against "I have added the META tag to the home page of [your blog name]" (which is just under the box with the new code, see the pic above), and then click the Verify button.

That's it. It worked to verify my blog nearly instantly.

Regards


-MZA-