[Lee GLS]

Hs anyone verified their website with google so that you can use there website tools?
I've been trying ti verify my Microsoft live site by adding the verification code in the meta tags, but it wont work and google says that there is an error every time I try to verify it.

[mci services]

yes I did ages ago, but it wasn't a microsoft site

[Lee GLS]

I've been trying different ways,  ut it seems that a lot have trouble doing it with the Microsoft site.

Does it have any benefits verifying your site stu?

[mci services]

No idea lee, I just done a search for window cleaner your town, and google has already listed you so probably not, you are on page 3 and google places top 3 on page 1

[mci services]

looking at your site lee, I reckon having a links page might boost your rankings

[Pope vader]

the problem you might have is microsoft and google dont like each other

[Lee GLS]

No idea lee, I just done a search for window cleaner your town, and google has already listed you so probably not, you are on page 3 and google places top 3 on page 1

That's weird, when I google window cleaner dunmow, I'm on page nine, I used to be on page 1 a couple of months ago 

What sort of links do you put on a links page, how does that help?

[mci services]

No idea lee, I just done a search for window cleaner your town, and google has already listed you so probably not, you are on page 3 and google places top 3 on page 1

That's weird, when I google window cleaner dunmow, I'm on page nine, I used to be on page 1 a couple of months ago 

What sort of links do you put on a links page, how does that help?

sorry I searched for great dunmow, page 3 but dunmow you came up page 8

on the links thing I have no idea on why it works but it seems to boost rankings. just put a post up offering links to other window cleaners across the country and they put a link on their sites to your site

I have a freebie site that ranks first for my town, don't know how or why just does

[jr windows]

Hi Lee,
When I did mine I tried typing the link over and over again and it kept saying error.
So I copied and pasted the link code and it worked.
Hope it helps

Cheers Jay

[Lee GLS]

Thanks Jay, was it literally just the code you added to the meta tags?

[jr windows]

Hi Lee,
It was my last website I'm sure I copied the code so google could verify it.

Cheers Jay

[Kwackers]

There are a lot of metrics that Search Engine use to weigh up a site. One of the most important ones are links to your website using the keyword that you are trying to rank for. Not any old links though; the more powerful the links are, the better your site is going to rank over time.

My hobby/part time income for a while has been buying/selling/developing sites. I've started 3 forums and they are all on page 1 for their search terms

[Kwackers]

No idea lee, I just done a search for window cleaner your town, and google has already listed you so probably not, you are on page 3 and google places top 3 on page 1

That's weird, when I google window cleaner dunmow, I'm on page nine, I used to be on page 1 a couple of months ago 

What sort of links do you put on a links page, how does that help?

Also, this is known as the "Google dance", although it should happen a few positions rather than a few pages. Google changes the way it "values" sites, so the rankings change. Also though, competitors add content/keywords/get links and then they are valued more, so you get pushed down.

The rankings you see on your computer might not be true to the real rankings. Google caches sites when you search/visit them so the rankings you see might not be what everyone else sees.

[Lee GLS]

There are a lot of metrics that Search Engine use to weigh up a site. One of the most important ones are links to your website using the keyword that you are trying to rank for. Not any old links though; the more powerful the links are, the better your site is going to rank over time.

My hobby/part time income for a while has been buying/selling/developing sites. I've started 3 forums and they are all on page 1 for their search terms

Thanks for the info, what links do you mean? Keywords?

[Kwackers]

Links from other sites to your site. Google sees that as good. If its a link from a link directory, it probably won't give much weight, as it knows anyone can submit. However, if it picked up a link from a good Window cleaning blog for instance it would flag it as decent and give you a bit of credit for it.

Keywords...if your site doesn't have "window cleaner dunmow" on it, then it's unlikely that you are going to rank for it anyway, you'll need even more links that you would with the phrase "window cleaner dunmow". Keyword density (the amount of times the keywords should be in the text) should be around 1-2%, so that means putting Window cleaner dunmow every 100 words (or so), that will help.

Not sure if that helps.