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Old 07-02-2009, 12:49 AM
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Default Re: Can't set the preferred domain in the G WMT area: it says I have to verify NON-ww

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Originally Posted by wige View Post
My guess is that it is a bug - I say that simply because I have verified sites through redirect in the past without issue, but Google has rolled out a new version of GWT and, well, stuff happens.

That said, try using the meta tag for now - that should work, as I just did one this morning.
See my post again, my site is already verified, has been for many years. (And I don't use the meta tag, I use the .html file). The problem is they are claiming I need to verify the non-www version which can't be done on sites that use a 301 redirect.
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