Why can't Google Webmaster verify my websites subdomain?

Question

Okay, so I have my main site, www.mydomain.com.au along with my mobile site which is within a subdomain, m.mydomain.com.au.

I am trying to submit my subdomain to Google Webmaster Tools, although it cannot seem to verify it. I have tried with the HTML file upload and the meta tag option to.

I can verify that the Google HTML file is DEFINITELY uploaded since the link Google provides to check if it is there is working perfectly. Also, I have checked my source code and the meta tag is also definitely there.

My .htaccess file has a mobile redirect so I thought that may have been the problem, so I deleted that file to check if it would validate, but still no luck.

I have approximately 12 websites that are setup the EXACT same as this one, and all of their mobile sites/subdomains verified with Webmaster Tools perfectly.

This is my error message: We were unable to connect to your server.

Does anyone have any suggestions to why Google cannot verify my mobile site?

Answer 1

Google doesn't see sub domains...they see the folder where the sub domain is located. Delete the site and add is again as mydomain.com.au/m

Google will see it and add it to Webmaster tools...I just did this for my sub domain. That's how I worked it out...

Answer 2

You can verify them from here https://www.google.com/webmasters/verification/home?hl=en

Answer 3

It is wrong that google is not seeing sub domains. you can check it with site:yoururl. with your main domain you will get your sub domain as well.