I read through many of the posts on this topic already and most of
them were somewhat dated. I chose Microsoft Office Live Small
Business to host my site because it was free and very easy to register
my domain and create my website. I recently took a free course on
hp.com on Search Engine Optimization and I'm trying to make some
improvements on my site so that I will do better in SE rankings, hence
the desire to be able to use the Google webmaster tools.
Like all the other folks that have posted, I have run into the issue
of not being able to add a meta tag or the html file in the root
directory so I haven't been able to verify ownership of my site.
Microsoft has changed the packaging/pricing of the tiers of Office
Live Small Business and while I have only the base (free) service, I
can upload documents into a repository on my site. I successfully
created the .html file that Google specified, but when I uploaded it
to the site, it is placed in a subdirectory, not the root. The
location is:
It would be great if Google would considering tweaking the
verification process so that it would look in either the root or /
documents for the html file. It would help a lot of small business
owners take advantage of the google tools.
> I read through many of the posts on this topic already and most of
> them were somewhat dated. I chose Microsoft Office Live Small
> Business to host my site because it was free and very easy to register
> my domain and create my website. I recently took a free course on
> hp.com on Search Engine Optimization and I'm trying to make some
> improvements on my site so that I will do better in SE rankings, hence
> the desire to be able to use the Google webmaster tools.
> Like all the other folks that have posted, I have run into the issue
> of not being able to add a meta tag or the html file in the root
> directory so I haven't been able to verify ownership of my site.
> Microsoft has changed the packaging/pricing of the tiers of Office
> Live Small Business and while I have only the base (free) service, I
> can upload documents into a repository on my site. I successfully
> created the .html file that Google specified, but when I uploaded it
> to the site, it is placed in a subdirectory, not the root. The
> location is:
> It would be great if Google would considering tweaking the
> verification process so that it would look in either the root or /
> documents for the html file. It would help a lot of small business
> owners take advantage of the google tools.
Jonathan,
Thanks so much for the link! I had done a search of the group but
hadn't found that thread. I used the technique on the website and was
able to get my site (www.paradiselakescondo.net) verified. I created
a Sitemap tonight and submitted it as well as doing some keyword
optimization so we will see what kind of effect that it has on my page
ranking.
> > I read through many of the posts on this topic already and most of
> > them were somewhat dated. I chose Microsoft Office Live Small
> > Business to host my site because it was free and very easy to register
> > my domain and create my website. I recently took a free course on
> > hp.com on Search Engine Optimization and I'm trying to make some
> > improvements on my site so that I will do better in SE rankings, hence
> > the desire to be able to use the Google webmaster tools.
> > Like all the other folks that have posted, I have run into the issue
> > of not being able to add a meta tag or the html file in the root
> > directory so I haven't been able to verify ownership of my site.
> > Microsoft has changed the packaging/pricing of the tiers of Office
> > Live Small Business and while I have only the base (free) service, I
> > can upload documents into a repository on my site. I successfully
> > created the .html file that Google specified, but when I uploaded it
> > to the site, it is placed in a subdirectory, not the root. The
> > location is:
> > It would be great if Google would considering tweaking the
> > verification process so that it would look in either the root or /
> > documents for the html file. It would help a lot of small business
> > owners take advantage of the google tools.
You need a sitemap that resides in the root directory to submit to
Google, Yahoo and Live Webmaster Tools. There's a sitemap generator
product that works with Office Live for that:
> Jonathan,
> Thanks so much for the link! I had done a search of the group but
> hadn't found that thread. I used the technique on the website and was
> able to get my site (www.paradiselakescondo.net) verified. I created
> a Sitemap tonight and submitted it as well as doing some keyword
> optimization so we will see what kind of effect that it has on my page
> ranking.
> > > I read through many of the posts on this topic already and most of
> > > them were somewhat dated. I chose Microsoft Office Live Small
> > > Business to host my site because it was free and very easy to register
> > > my domain and create my website. I recently took a free course on
> > > hp.com on Search Engine Optimization and I'm trying to make some
> > > improvements on my site so that I will do better in SE rankings, hence
> > > the desire to be able to use the Google webmaster tools.
> > > Like all the other folks that have posted, I have run into the issue
> > > of not being able to add a meta tag or the html file in the root
> > > directory so I haven't been able to verify ownership of my site.
> > > Microsoft has changed the packaging/pricing of the tiers of Office
> > > Live Small Business and while I have only the base (free) service, I
> > > can upload documents into a repository on my site. I successfully
> > > created the .html file that Google specified, but when I uploaded it
> > > to the site, it is placed in a subdirectory, not the root. The
> > > location is:
> > > It would be great if Google would considering tweaking the
> > > verification process so that it would look in either the root or /
> > > documents for the html file. It would help a lot of small business
> > > owners take advantage of the google tools.
