Verfying Framed Site with Google

[RWCooks]

I've recently added my second site. To save costs I've used the same hosting account but added a domain name. Currently my new domain is set up as "framed web forwarding to a single page". I'm not that sure about how this works.

Anyway I've submitted my site to google and using the google webmaster tools tried to verify the site. I've added a meta tag to the web page and also tried verifying it by adding the google named html page but with no luck. Google says it can't find the meta tag and the html verification says "We've detected that your 404 (file not found) error page returns a status of 200 (Success) in the header.".

I've used the same process as I did for my first site but it isn't working for my second site with web forwarding. Anyone know how I can fix this?

[encyclo]

Unfortunately, using the 100% frame isn't a good idea for a site. The framed domain doesn't actually exist to Googlebot - the page is considered to be on the underlying domain. As such, it is not on a separate site from your primary account.

[RWCooks]

How do I set it up so google will recognise it? These are the options my hosting acount gives me.

Framed web-forwarding to a single page

If you select web-forwarding to a single page the destination URL can have a specific filename on the end (e.g. index.htm).
It could just point to a directory (URL ends with /) in which case the files displayed would depend on the webserver 'directory index' settings.
The destination URL will be replaced by example.co.uk.

Non-framed web-forwarding to a single page

This option is the same as above however the destination URL will always be displayed in the address bar of the browser.

Framed web-forwarding

The destination URL will be replaced by example.co.uk

Non-framed web-forwarding

The destination URL will remain in the browser's address bar.

[edited by: encyclo at 11:09 am (utc) on April 14, 2007]
[edit reason] examplified, see terms of service [/edit]

[encyclo]

All of those options mean that the content is hosted on the underlying site, not the add-on domain. The only way to properly use your new domain is to ask your hosting company whether you can host both domains within the same hosting space.

If not, you will either need a second hosting plan, or move to a host which allows multiple websites within the same space (many do).