Pinterest Verification Code to your Website
I'll admit, it's not a very inspired title for this post. But I wanted to take a second to talk about the nuts and bolts of how to upload your Pinterest Verification Code to your website. It's just a quick down and dirty of how to actually do it.
There are a ton of people out there telling you that you need to verify your website to Pinterest, not to mention making sure you have a business Pinterest account and not just a personal account.
But, since the actual process depends a little bit on who's hosting your WordPress site, not many people are telling you exactly how to get that little bit of code from your computer to your site, and so there's a bunch of folks trying to do it in WordPress and wondering why it's not working.
So I wanted to give some quick instructions on the actual process of uploading this little bit of code. It's not difficult at all, and it's a good thing to know how to do.
Why Do I Have To Do This in the First Place??!!
Good question. This whole website verification thing is Pinterest's way of making sure that you are the owner of the website you list as yours on your Pinterest site. They figure if you can get in to the back end of the site and upload code, chances are, it's yours.
This is so that other people can't impersonate you – something that's especially important if you're using Pinterest as a business owner!!! Just think – if one of your rivals tried to link to your site as theirs in their Pinterest profile, it wouldn't be good for business at all. So believe it or not, this is a good thing that you have to do. And once you've learned how, you'll realize how very easy this is.
How to Verify your GoDaddy Hosted Site
1. Check your profile to make sure your website is listed (it's in your settings).
2. Click the button that says "Verify Website"
3. A 3-step list of instructions will pop up telling you to download the file from Pinterest, upload the file to your web server, then come back to Pinterest and click the button to confirm.
4. Click the link that says "Download the HTML Verification file"
5. Navigate another browser tab or window to the GoDaddy site and click the My Account button on the top left corner.
6. Click the link for "Web Hosting"
7. Click the button that says "Launch" next to the website you are trying to verify.
8. On the top menu, look for the link that says "FTP File Manager" in the top menu.
9. Click on your root folder in the menu on the left side. The root folder is the highest level folder in your directory.
10. On the top, select "Upload File" and click it. Press the button to "Choose File" and browse to your downloads folder just like you would in any program. Select the file you downloaded from Pinterest.
11. Press the yellow button marked "Ok" and then log out of your account.
12. Go back to Pinterest and click the "Click here" link at the end of the verification instructions. Voila! You've just verified your site.
Pinterest will then verify that you've uploaded that tiny snippet of code to your website; once it "sees" that, it will mark your site as verified.
Easy peasy, I tell you!
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Your instructions were spot on but I still do not understand what the reason is for doing this
you get a no follow backlink from Pinterest.. it’s a very good backlink to have..;)
Thanks Elizabeth! These step by step instructions are great and very helpful.
Great step-by-step Liz. This is an overlooked concept that you covered, but still VERY VERY important.
This is great and easy to follow. Thanks for sharing.
These are great step by step instructions! It's so important to remember when telling people how to do something that not all webhosts are the same. Thanks!
Pretty simple. Thanks for sharing.
you are so welcome Mike!
I did this ages ago now but I know many struggle with this. Great tutorial to make if swift and easy!
Thanks Carl! I was trying to help those that struggled..;)
Awesome tutorial! Thanks Elizabeth.
Thanks Sweetie!
Hey Elizabeth,
I uploaded it and then click verify and pinterest says it's verifying for like 10 minutes, and then stops…any help!?
Thanks for the instructions, but I still can't get it! I don't know what I am doing wrong
Humm no that is odd! Go to their help section and call them!
Great article Liz! I have this taken care of…Lena did it for me
Thanks My Dear! I had to do it all by myself!
Have had this on my 'todo' list and been procrastinating…thanks for sharing this…I am ON it!! ha!
do it while there’s still the back link value to get!
Thanks Elizabeth … I have to try this … something went wrong with mine then I forgot to finish it.
oh do finish it’s such a good idea and great SEO..;)
Ha! What timing! I was just about to do this. I already downloaded my file and just needed to log into GoDaddy
I don't know what I'd do without you Elizabeth! I learn so much from your articles!
Wish I had this when I did mine…no instructions but with the help of someone it still took over an hour to figure it out!
I'm sure these directions will help many people Liz. I verified my site before Pinterest started Business Pages, so I followed the same steps with Just Host. What you said will work with any hosting company as long as you have the username and password to access your account. Nicely done!
Thanks Elizabeth, I rechecked just to be sure. You mention business and personal so i assume this is also the difference between a business Pinterest and a personal Pinterest.
yes there is. set up a business account Jerry and you can get a get back link to your website from Pinterest!
Great tutorial Elizabeth. I should have done it that way.
oh well I wish you had asked me.. but maybe we can save someone else some problems with it?
Although I've already completed the Pinterest verification process I really appreciated this article. So many need to know how to do this and you made it as easy as drinking a cold glass of iced tea on a hot summer's day.
yes Carla I need srep by step and pictures.. I have pictures to add but haven’t lol
Oh.. I needed this. Thanks!
glad it helped Sandy.
I wish I had this blog post a few months ago when I went through this process. Super clear instructions.
..;) I hope others will use it and get that link..;)
Been absent from the blogsphere for some time now. Happy to see more than google+ verifying ownership. This could help with authority branding as well.
Thanks for this! Great directions – easy to follow!
thanks so the visit!