{"id":1764,"date":"2020-11-16T16:36:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T16:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-staging1.names.co.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1764"},"modified":"2020-11-18T14:48:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T14:48:07","slug":"verfiying-your-sitemaker-website-with-google","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/articles\/verfiying-your-sitemaker-website-with-google\/","title":{"rendered":"Verfiying your SiteMaker website with Google"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-nco-caution-block\"><p class=\"nco-caution-block-content\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you have purchased your SiteMaker package after the 4th June 2013 you will be using our new version of SiteMaker.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The new version creates a website in HTML5 rather than flash, making our Sitemaker website viewable on many popular phones and tablet devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of this some of the Support Centre articles may not apply to your SiteMaker configuration. 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