Submit the website for evaluation
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Go to the Norton Safe Web portal.
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On the top-right corner of the webpage, click .
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Do one of the following:
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If you already have a Norton account, type in your email address and password, and then click .
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If you do not have a Norton account, click . Complete the web form, and then click .
Follow the instructions in the email for ownership verification to activate and log on to your account.
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In the top-right corner, click your profile name, and then click .
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On the site dispute tab, click and type your website address.
On successful registration of your website, an email with the site verification instructions is sent to your email address. Alternatively, the instructions are also available on the "site dispute" page.
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Follow the instructions to verify the ownership of your website. Following are the two methods for ownership verification:
The initial evaluation process takes about two weeks to complete.
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Copy the meta tag from the email you received, and paste it into your website's home page.
Please be aware of the following placement and content issues:
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The <meta> tag must be placed in the <head> section, before the first <body> section.
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The authentication code string must exactly match the generated string.
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Make sure that no extra characters are inserted, including spaces or formatting characters when you copy or insert the string.
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Make sure that your source and data exactly match the original information after you copy or insert the string.
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Make sure that no spaces are entered before, after, or in-between the beginning and ending quotes for the content information.
For example:
<head><title>Title text</title><meta name="norton-safeweb-site-verification"content="actual_string_content_with_no_spaces_or_line_feed_or_formatting_characters"/></head><body> ... </body>
Note that some template-based or quick design site-building programs may allow the creation of custom meta tags through a user interface or "wizard" tool. When you create a custom meta tag with "wizard" tool, do not use the HTML code characters such as "< />". Your program automatically inserts such HTML code characters.
To create a custom meta tag:
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1. Open your meta tag creator tool.
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2. For the meta tag name, type in norton-safeweb-site-verification.
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3. For content, copy and paste only your 128-character authentication code. (Make sure that there are no line breaks or spaces in the code.)
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4. Save the new meta tag to your home page, and then upload or publish the page.
If you cannot place a new meta tag in your website home page, add the authentication code string to your list of keywords. For example:
<meta name="keywords" content="keyword1, keyword2, nsw-actual_string_content_with_no_spaces_or_line_feed_or_formatting_characters"/>
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Go back to your Norton Safe Web account page.
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Click .
The status changes to on successful verification of your website.
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Go to the Norton Safe Web portal.
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On the top-right corner of the webpage, click .
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Type in your email address and password, and then click .
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Click .
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On the site dispute tab, under Actions, click .
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Under Method of verification, select .
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Read the instructions and click the link to download the authentication file. Save the .html file to your desktop.
Do not close the browser, and make sure that your Norton Safe Web account page is open.
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Upload the .html file to the root folder of your website.
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Go back to your Norton Safe Web account page.
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Click .
The status changes to on successful verification of your website.