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Heads Up on Verification: .html to .php

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by old_expat, Aug 12, 2006.

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    If you have changed your site from .html to .php and done a rewrite in your .htaccess file, you need to change from .html sitemap verification to meta tag sitemap verification in your index.php page.

    Found it today when 2 of my sites showed 404 on verification *.html
     
    old_expat, Aug 12, 2006 IP
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    k12onos Peon

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    you mean when google ask us to prove the website is ours ?

    changed your site from .html to .php

    i thought people change .php (dynamic page in forums) to .html. not .html to .php ??!!
     
    k12onos, Aug 13, 2006 IP
  3. old_expat

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    Yes

    Well, I had all .htm pages and wanted to do some dynamic content in the pages, so I went to .php.

    The website is not a forum.
     
    old_expat, Aug 14, 2006 IP
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    jdevalk Active Member

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    You mean what happened is that you rewrote ALL .html files to have a .php extension, and thus the google sitemaps verification file wasn't found, because Google was 301-d to a .php file which they're not looking for...

    Well, meta verification is just as good isn't it? :)
     
    jdevalk, Aug 18, 2006 IP
  5. old_expat

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    Correct

    Especially if you realize that doing the above scenario will screw up the *.html verification.;)

    It's one of those things that can/did "slip through the cracks".
     
    old_expat, Aug 18, 2006 IP