Last night we added a new feature especially for webmasters, or anyone that has a Feed My Inbox email signup form on their website.
If you want to see your subscriber count and access who is subscribed to your feed, we have a process of confirming ownership of the feed. Up until last night the only way to confirm a site was by uploading an HTML file to your website. Since many folks are on hosted platforms like Blogger, Wordpress, etc. it's not possible to confirm ownership that way.
Now webmasters have the option of uploading the HTML file OR adding a meta tag to the <head> of their website. On most hosted platforms you have access to the head or header template of your site where the custom meta tag can be added.
Here are brief (untested, mind you) instructions for a few of the most popular hosted blogging platforms:
Wordpress.com:
Select "Meta Tag" as your verification and start at your blog dashboard. Go to Appearance > Editor > Header. The meta tag should be added in the header.php template file in between the <head></head> tags.
Blogger / Blogspot:
From your Blogger dashboard, click on "Layout" for the Blogspot you are verifying, then "Edit HTML". In the Edit Template screen, you will see the HTML for your blog template. The meta tag should be added near the top between the <head></head> tags.
Typepad:
The file upload method actually works best on Typepad. When logged in, click on the Library link at the top of your dashboard, then use the File Manager to upload the required html file.
Squarespace:
Select "Meta Tag" as your verification method, and insert the code within [Structure > Website Settings > Code Injection > Extra Header Code] in your site manager.
