Forum:Google ranking?

Hi all, I've been wondering about google rankings. I've googled "star trek" and "star wars" (for examples) and sure enough Memory Alpha and Wookieepedia come up in the top half of the page.

I would guess that this is achieved by adding/using one of the "Webmaster" tools at google. So if anyone knows how to do this please help me out here. (I'm an admin on Locomotive Wiki.) Starfleet Academy "Live long and prosper." 03:49, January 16, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Starfleet. :) The truth is that no-one outside Google actually knows from top to bottom how Google does its search rankings. Many people figure out certain patterns associated with sites that are ranked highly, and apply the knowledge attained from studying these patterns in an attempt to increase the rank of their sites. This is referred to as "search engine optimisation". One of the tools that can help is Webmaster (by providing data that can be helpful), but it by no means is the reason why M.A. and Wookieepedia are ranked so highly. In terms of Wikia wikis, I think it would be better, at least initially, to follow the advice given on this page. Hopefully, that'll put you on the right track. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  03:56, January 16, 2012 (UTC)

Oh thanks for the link, but sorry I forgot to say before that I had already read that page (ages ago). My real question is that can add in the google HTML file that google has or edit the header section of the wiki to insert the meta tags that google also has in the webmaster tools. (I can add a screen cap if you don't have a google account?) Starfleet Academy "Live long and prosper." 04:07, January 16, 2012 (UTC)


 * Do you mean editing the  tag? I think Wikia doesn't allow admins to edit how this tag appears or doesn't want you to do it. You should ask at Special:Contact/general. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 17 Jan 2012 5:58 PM Pacific

Oh fine, I'll just work on making the pages better than cheating with meta tags. Thanks for the info. Starfleet Academy "Live long and prosper." 06:05, January 18, 2012 (UTC)