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I keep getting this error message when I try to verify my site on Bing
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Hello,
We’re sorry to hear that you’re encountering issues while trying to verify your site on Bing. The error message you’re receiving could be due to a few different reasons, such as the API key not belonging to the Bing Webmaster Tools account you’ve used for verifying your website.
To troubleshoot this issue, we recommend following the steps outlined in our knowledgebase tutorial on how to verify your website on Bing using Rank Math. You can find the tutorial here.
If you’ve already followed these steps and are still experiencing issues, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.
Thank you for raising this concern, and we appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this issue for you.
Sources:
How to Fix Failed to Submit Post to the Bing URL Submission API Error » Rank Math
How to Verify Your Website on Bing Using Rank Math » Rank Math
Rank Math General SettingsHello,
Apologies for the inconvenience.
Could you please share the affected website URL so we can check the verification tag?
Meanwhile, try clearing your website and server cache before verifying your website in Bing.
Looking forward to helping you.
Hello,
Thank you for your patience.
We’ve checked your site, and the verification code is not added in the page’s source code.
Could you please confirm if you have already followed our guide here?
https://rankmath.com/kb/verify-your-site-with-bing-webmaster-tools/#verify-your-website-with-bing-using-rank-mathIf so, then we might need to take a closer look at the settings. Please edit the first post on this ticket and include your WordPress & FTP logins in the designated Sensitive Data section.
Please do take a complete backup of your website before sharing the information with us.
It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section. If you want, you can use the below plugin to generate a temporary login URL to your website and share that with us instead:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/temporary-login-without-password/
You can use the above plugin in conjunction with the WP Security Audit Log to monitor what changes our staff might make on your website (if any):
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-security-audit-log/
We really look forward to helping you.
Hello,
I have updated the sensitive data as requested. Can you please check further?
Thank you.
Found the problem. See Sensitive Data. The issue wasn’t with RankMath but another plugin. thanks for your support.
Hello,
We are super happy that this issue is already resolved. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.
If you don’t mind me asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.
If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.
Thank you.
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