I have submitted my forums (WMT.in - Webmaster Forum) site map to Google but when I log in into Google Webmaster Tools > Site Map I am presented with this:
Verification status: NOT VERIFIED
Last attempt Apr 16, 2007: We've detected that your 404 (file not found) error page returns a status of 200 (Success) in the header.
Webmaster Help Center - We've detected that your server returns a status of 200 (found successfully) for pages that don't exist.
In my vBSEO setting, I have done this:We've detected that your server returns a status of 200 (found successfully) for pages that don't exist.
We've detected that your server returns a status of 200 (found successfully) for pages that don't exist. We can't verify sites with this configuration because it would enable anyone to verify ownership of your site. You can try our meta tag verification method or change your server's configuration.
This configuration presents a security risk for site verification and therefore, we can't verify your site. If your web server is configured to return a status of 200 (found) in the header of 404 (not found) pages, and we enabled you to verify your site with this configuration, others would be able to take advantage of this and verify your site as well. To ensure that no one can take advantage of this configuration to view statistics to sites they don't own, we only verify sites that return a status of 404 in the header of 404 pages.
If your server is configured to return something other than a 404 for non-existent pages, try our meta tag verification method or change your server's configuration.
You can change your web server configuration to return a status of 404 in the header of 404 pages and still provide a custom error page (see Apache information and IIS information). Note that we do a HEAD request (and not a GET request) when we check for this. Once your web server is configured correctly, try to verify the site again and we'll recheck your configuration.
"File Not Found" requests handling?
Select how 'File Not found' requests will be handled:
- Redirect to homepage
- Send 404 HTTP code and show a 'Page not found' message
- Include custom error page. NOTE: The filename should include the absolute path. (example: /home/user/public_html/error.php)
I hv this: Include custom script: /usr/home/webmaste/public_html/404.shtml
Could you please let me know how should I fix this?







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