Instructions for Blogger/Blogspot. How do I verify my website on Blogger/Blogspot?

Monetag accepts websites hosted on Blogger/Blogspot: both free blogs on a blogspot.com subdomain (for example, yourblog.blogspot.com) and Blogger blogs on a custom domain. The only requirement is that you can edit your blog's HTML theme, since this is how the verification tag is added.

1. In your Monetag account, open Websites and click Add website. Enter your blog address exactly as it appears in the browser (for example, yourblog.blogspot.com, or your custom domain if you use one) and click Add website.
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2. In the Verification step, you will see the "Uploading file" method first. It does not work for Blogger because Blogger does not let you upload files to the root folder of your blog. Click Other options next to the Download file button and choose Insert code, then click Copy code.
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3. Go to the Theme section of your Blogger account and click Edit HTML.
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4. Paste the verification tag right below the <head> tag in the source code of your blog and save the theme.

Kind reminder: you have to close the <meta> tag with />

5. Go back to your Monetag account and click Verify in the Apply for verification step. Leave the tag in your theme after verification: Monetag needs it to keep working properly.

Congratulations! You have successfully verified your blog, and now you are almost ready to monetize your traffic.

Error parsing XML: The element type "meta" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "</meta>".

Blogger themes are XML, so every tag has to be closed. If you paste the verification tag exactly as it is shown in the Monetag account, Blogger will not let you save the theme and will show this error. Add a "/" before the closing ">" of the tag so that it ends with "/>", then save the theme again.

​Mixed content warning

When you save the theme, Blogger may warn you that it contains a mix of HTTP and HTTPS links. This is Blogger's own warning about links in your theme, and it does not affect Monetag verification. You can fix the links or leave them as they are; the verification tag will work either way.