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<\/p>\nTuesday, April 19, 2011<\/p>\n
\n Security checks are nobody’s cup of tea. We’ve never seen people go through airport baggage
\n checks for fun. But while security measures are often necessary, that doesn’t mean they have to
\n be painful. In that spirit, we’ve implemented several major improvements to make the Google Site
\n Verification process faster, more straightforward, and perhaps even a pleasure to use\u2014so you can
\n get on with the tasks that matter to you.\n<\/p>\n
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\n You’ll quickly notice the changes we’ve made to the verification page, namely the new tabbed
\n interface. These tabs allow us to give greater visibility to the verification method that we think
\n will be most useful to you, which is listed in the Recommended Method tab.\n<\/p>\n
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\n Our recommendation is just an educated guess, but sometimes guesses can be wrong. It’s possible
\n that the method we recommend might not work for you. If this is the case, simply click the
\n “Alternate methods” tab to see the other verification methods that are available. Verifying with
\n an alternate method is just as powerful as verifying with a recommended method.\n<\/p>\n
\n Our recommendations are computed from statistical data taken from users with a similar
\n configuration to yours. For example, we can guess which verification methods might be successful
\n by looking at the public hosting information for your website. In the future we plan to add more
\n signals so that we can provide additional customized instructions along with more relevant
\n recommendations.\n<\/p>\n
\n For some of you, we’ve made the process even more effortless\u2014Google Sites administrators are now
\n automatically verified for all new sites that they create. When you create a new Google Site,
\n it’ll appear verified in the details page. The same goes for adding or removing owners: when you
\n edit the owners list in your Google Site’s settings, the changes will automatically appear in
\n Webmaster Tools.\n<\/p>\n
\n One thing to note is that we’re unable to automatically verify preexisting Google Sites at this \n We hope these enhancements help get you through security even faster. Should you get pulled over
\n time. If you’d like to verify your older Google Sites, please continue to use the meta<\/code> tag method
\n already available.\n<\/p>\n
\n and have any questions, check out our
\n Webmaster Help Forums<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n