I just checked my webmaster tools account and it says my site needs to be verified. This site ahs been up for years and I last verified it in Jan. Is it normal to have to re-verify a site? I then logged out and back into webmastertools and it then showed no sign of my site at all. It is completely gone. What could be happening here?
g1smd
7:38 pm on May 27, 2009 (gmt 0)
I've had to reverify a few in the past... maybe they drop the verification if ever the site was unreachable?
JohnRoy
8:34 pm on May 27, 2009 (gmt 0)
Can happen if your 404 not found page is customized, and returns a 200. Google checks for both: 123455abcd-verification Non_exist-123455abcd-verification
If the later returns a 200 page found, google would for security reasons not acknowledge the site as verified.
leadegroot
12:12 pm on May 28, 2009 (gmt 0)
It seems that once it fails verification they never never check it again until you manually say 'umm, guys?' A bit silly. and 'site problems' causes the verification to fail
