# Webmaster\_verification: New rails plugin that manages search engine webmaster verification files

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webmaster-verification-new-rails-plugin-that-manages-search-engine-webmaster-verification-files/130011>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 24, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webmaster-verification-new-rails-plugin-that-manages-search-engine-webmaster-verification-files/130011 "2008-02-24T09:06:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![zilkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zilkey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zilkey)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webmaster-verification-new-rails-plugin-that-manages-search-engine-webmaster-verification-files/130011/1 "2008-02-24T09:06:26Z")

</div>

Google, Yahoo! and MSN (Live) all have webmaster tools that require  
users to verify that they control the site, either by uploading files,  
or by adding meta-tags.

I never liked adding meta tags, and I found it hard to keep track of  
whose accounts the uploaded files pertained to (in case I ever wanted  
to revoke access - not that it matters much). So I wrote a small  
plugin to handle verification files and keep track of the codes in a  
single yaml file.

Nothing ground-breaking, but saves a little time if you work on lots  
of small sites and also handle seo tasks.

[http://code.google.com/p/search-engine-webmaster-verification-rails-plugin/](http://code.google.com/p/search-engine-webmaster-verification-rails-plugin/)

Jeff Dean