Thursday, September 11, 2014

Google Webmaster Tools verification for a domain which has forwarding enabled

Our colleagues wanted Google Webmaster Tools verification for a domain which has forwarding enabled. The standard methods did not work - even the DNS TXT record method did not work since the DNS provider sitelutions.com did not allow TXT records to be created for domains which have forwarding enabled. So, disabled forwarding, created the TXT record, and after the verification, enabled forwarding again.

We might have to do this whole process again - according to google, the verification code should remain on the server. But since we have put back the redirect, the TXT dns record has gone. So we shouldn't be surprised if google webmaster tools asks us for verification once again. 

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