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Old 29-11-2007, 07:27 PM
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Default Re: Google and Yahoo Verification

Hi Wendy

I've had a look at the source of your site and noticed that you have the verification meta tags in the body of the HTML i.e. you have this is the body.

HTML Code:
<meta name="verify-v1" content="mvduvQdoBptJbW7UpSp/rd1rZHwdHVHaWtc5ywAuxPo=" />
........
<META name="y_key" content="a6cc8f5a2762e055" > 
<meta name="verify-v1" content="mvduvQdoBptJbW7UpSp/rd1rZHwdHVHaWtc5ywAuxPo=" />
Meta tags need to go in the header part of the page, like this

HTML Code:
<html>
<head>
<META name="y_key" content="a6cc8f5a2762e055" > 
<meta name="verify-v1" content="mvduvQdoBptJbW7UpSp/rd1rZHwdHVHaWtc5ywAuxPo=" />
Other meta and header tags go here.
</head>
<body>
Main page content goes here
</body>
</html>
I also noticed that you have your Google analytics code at the top of the page. The ideal location for this is at the bottom just above the </html> tag. This is because if there's a delay contacting Google's server it will hold up the display of your page, if it's at the bottom your page will display first then contact Google, so any delay won't inconvenience your customers.
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