Jordan, I don't have anything! There's nothing on my myspace to say you've added me. I've even tried to search it again but there's nothing. Is there a link you can give me? I've managed to find the Bebo and am in the middle of adding them, but the myspace is killing me!

I can help! I'm a myspace whiz....to an extent, plus I'm in contact with Mods (since I am one for my high school) so if there's something you don't know I can find out how to do it.

Anyway, I won't be checking this til sometime tomorrow so hopefully you would have been able to figure out why I can't find it. Anyway........

Google PageRank is a different concept to what we do in FAWKES. The title is: Meeting About Raising Veritaserum by Organising Linking Operations, so it's a project about organising as many links as possible, around the web, which link back to VTM, as get our PageRank number up to Seven!

nICK

I just thought I'd give everyone the heads up that GO PEEVES is up and running, so discussion centered around raising VTM's rank on Google, including things like making as many links to VTM as possible to raise our PageRank score, will now take place there.

GO PEEVES thread is here.

*Jumps up and down waving an arm in the air shouting 'Oo me, me'* can I join please?

I love this idea and think that it is so wonderful of you to do it, as there are many fans out there that just aren't getting their thirst for knowledge and deep discussion adequately satisfied by other sites,

I'll do my best to help (ok, admittedly I'm a little technologically illiterate so I may be limited to 'clicking away' but I'll try my hand at anything else).

I think that GO PEAVES is such an ingenious idea that is effective yet so brilliantly simple to carry-out that even I can help

On the left we have Veritaserum and on the right, a close running Potter brand site...*swishy time elapse thing*...just see how much better Veritaserum gets those brain cells firing

sorry I couldn't help myself, please excuse the cheesiness of this post

Quick introduction: I'm Sam(antha) (the addition of 'antha' takes me back to those teenage angst years where my full name was shouted an awful lot), 23, from England, I'm a (lazy) student desperately attempting to become a researcher, I have a cat (called Dusty, who is currently trying to figure out what the Vacuum cleaner is) and a long-term boyfriend (called Andi, of 6(ish) years) - poor guy . I love rock and Metal and reading of all kinds but particularly Harry Potter Books (my favorite being Order of the Phoenix) - that is all there really is to know about me

If you just want to search for me on MySpace, Jordan, my user name is bruAye. It's just a mix up of my name. I should be easy to find because I can't imagine too many other people will have that as a name...and now you'll know my identity...

This is killing me! Tahra, I've tinkered with the account settings and now the profile should be public. I've added you again, but I'm not too sure what's up. I'll give you access when you get online. Ok, Aubrey. I've added you as well. So it should work fine.

Welcome to INVAID Samantha.

What wonderful ideas here! I'm all for it! And now, hopefully, I'll be able to spend time on here as school is out and I'm mid summer. In other words, I would love to join, and I'll do all I can.

Well, I'm Katherine (but you guys can call me kat, kool kat, kool, or any variation of my name you can think of), I turned 13 in February, and I really love VTM. I joined just over a year ago, and what I loved about it was the great sense of community the forums held. It wasn't just another forums where people would randomly spam, and everyone would be ok with it, there were actualy conversations and debates with people who actually had opinions and something to bring to the table. A little while ago my life got pretty hectic, so I had to take a somewhat prolonged hiatus from VTM, as I adopted new interests, but I always regretted not being able to spend more time on here, as it was the first forums I felt I was really a part of. Now I'm really going to try and keep up with the times, and I'd be honored to assist I.N.V.A.I.D.!

Thankyou very much

I'm not sure how much help this is, but I seem to remember there being a HP Role playing group on myspace (each one had a characters name, if that helps) so perhaps the members could 'accidently' have veritaserum mentioned/linked to them. I can't honestly remember what it was called though (I was playing around on Andis', but I'll ask him to have a nosey for me when he wakes up if you like)

Hmm... Well, I'm still unsuccessful in finding the myspace thing, so here's my page. So... add me please. I also put up a link to the site on my page. Don't know how much good it'll do, but it's there, and I suppose any little bit helps. so...

It's all good now Jordan. I've accepted VTM and am now a friend! YAY!!!! So cool. I've also become one on Bebo so I'm slowly getting connected. This is gonna be so much fun! Sorry for the short post....just wanted to let you know it worked.

Hmm, I don't know if i've actually posted in the thread But i have been clicking on VTM on google like a mad little beaver!

er... Jordan? The MySpace appears to have been deleted

Or maybe it's just myspace being funny

EDIT: Actually, i think it's MySpace acting up it's done it to another couple of my friends pages, and i don't think they've deleted them.

I'm no MySpace wiz. Tahra you know your way the with the site, navigation-wise. Helen I've no idea.

Oooh great! And I'm late to post ... again!

Okay, small introduction:
I'm Laudine or Olivia (Liv, Livi, Livy, or whatever ) and I live near Zurich in Switzerland. I'm preparing for my Master's degree in History and German, and I really love that.

What I love about VTM is that, for me, it is like a big family. A family with which you can discuss Harry Potter but also other stuff like politics or just daily life topics. I've made some great friends here from all over the world and I'm so thankful for that. I feel we're this great group and it's not inpersonal.
I've been here for a year now, and look in every day. I love VTM so much and I couldn't imagine my life without it anymore.

That could be in a love letter Anyway, I'll do anything for this site, that's why I want to join I.N.V.A.I.D

Olivia

YAY!! In the UK we have moved onto the third page on Google, that is good, but we are second from the bottom, atleast we have moved up a page. We will have to keep clicking.

Wow. I thought I might go ahead and join bebo too since... well, why not? And so I went to register, and as it turns out, I'm already a member at bebo. I can't remember ever signing up for it, but apparently I did. Based on one or two things that were there, I'm guessing it was probably as much as two years ago that I joined bebo, and I've just never used it, but... well, there you go. I can join that one too now, and will also link VTM from there when I get my page up and going... Yay!

Hmm... now, how do I find the VTM page on bebo?

No, you just put a link to veritaserum on bebo. That is what I did on my website. Put a link on, hopefully it will help. I am still clicking on Google but it isn't moving up. Oh well, just have to keep clicking.

Hey all! I just wanted to touch on what James just mentioned about VTM's Google rating. Albus-wan posted a list of several Google homepages for various countries and the rest of us "Peevers" have been adding to it. It's pretty impressive now; I think we're up to 22 or 23 links. The list is very convenient for anyone who has some time to spare and wants to try to get VTM's Google rank up. While INVAID (the Institute for Nabbing Veritaserum the Attention It Deserves) covers the overall goal of getting VTM the attention it deserves, GO PEEVES (Google Operation Promoting the Enhanced Execution of VTM's Elevated Status) is focused pretty much on Google. If you want to help out the GO PEEVES side of the house, click here. This should take you to Albus-wan's ever-growing list of Google sites.

Time for more clicking...

Zophael

Thanks for the plug, Zophael. Welcome to all the new Invaiders! It's clear we're making waves already.

I wanted to know what sort of help we can get from the fan fic angle. Since I have very limited experience in the world of fan fics I was wondering if someone who's a little bit more in the know could post a list of some of the more major fan fic websites.

Once we get a good list, maybe some of our excellent writers of fan fics could begin posting some of their best works on those sites and include a link to VTM which says, "This work was originally posted on www.veritaserum.com in their excellent fan fiction section" or something to the sort.

So, who knows what some prominent fan fiction sites are?

Albus,

I know of a couple of sites... there is Everything2 which is pretty decent and is well-frequented by Harry Potter fans. FictionAlley isn't bad either except that it claims to be the #1 Harry Potter website (*ahem*) but anyway... For adult Harry Potter fans, there is Diagon Alley.

Hope that helps...

Z

I like to join. One thing that I like about Veritaserum is that everyone is nice to everyone else. I mean I've been by the Mugglenet boards and there's just so much negativity there. And I've found that the news on this page is exactly the same as other news sites, and that things have been put on here before anywhere else sometimes.

As of now, you're an Invaider Amy - Welcome.

I'm no troubleshooting manual when it comes to Fan Fiction. My suggestion for another site host is FanFiction[.net]. It is vast, huge, labyrinth-like and full of spectacular works by various people. It obtains a heck load of hits everyday according to the Hit Counter they installed way back then, however, since now and the last time I checked - it's disappeared.

I agree with Sam, once we get a list of stories then we'll be able to spread our genious to the public. We watermark it with our links and we're good to go.

You see what happens when you take a month off to go on vacation!? People come up with incredible ideas for fantastic causes, and you miss out on all of the fun!

Sam, I have to applaud you for starting this. We all know that Veritaserum is the best Harry Potter fansite on the web, but unfortunately for many fellow fanatics, they have not come to such a realization. It is about time we promote this awesome place, and allow some others to see what the site is really about!

I could go on and on about why VTM is the best, but I would just be repeating what everybody has already said. All you have to do is look around, see the in-depth discussions, and get to know your fellow member. The site is welcoming to everybody who might wander into it!

So, definitely count me in on I.N.V.A.I.D.!




_daviD

Haha, welcome David, and don't worry, I know exactly how you feel like.

As for fanfiction sites, the most visited one I know is the one Jordan said. Another one is harrypotterfanfiction.com. It seemed to me as though it's the largest HP fanfic site. Oh, and of course, there's Ashwinder, which some of us on here love.

Oh, and another thing, there's this website called 'Grab', and I've put VTM as my homepage on it. I might post a bulletin on it as well.

I want to join INVAID as well! I'm been clicking as mad since someone first came with the idea... so of course I want to join I really want to help VTM, since it deserves it.

Ill join I.N.V.A.I.D. as well if thats alright, always wondered what it was now that I read it I think its a good idea, Hooah Veritaserum!!!!!!!

Sam, the main, the big (and i mean really big) fanfiction site is fanfiction.net It's not just Harry Potter but pretty much every fandom you could imagine. Another one is skyehawke it's a smaller fanfic site (again does lots of fandoms) but it's a closed community, (only certain people can be members and post fanfiction there) so i'm not too sure that it would be the best one as it takes a while to become a member. But, as because it only allows certain people to post their work on, people would think that the fanfiction site on VTM was also wonderful and intice people to VTM that way

Another site is sugarquill i'm not too sure how that one works as i'm not a member of it, but i know it's pretty popular.

Also, there are communtiies on LiveJournal which post fanfiction.

Hope that helps a bit

Hey! I think VTM is an awesome site because it has fast updates, an amazing forum, all the movie and book gossip and so much more! I can't see how anyone wouldn't like this site! Also it has devoted members that want VTM to soar above the rest. I think INVAID is a smart "group" to join because VTM does deserve all the glory and respect any other site does.

The joining frenzy has calmed a bit, so I won't feel bad mentioning specific members as they join. Welcome Caoo, Spencer Potter, and just_like_hermione! We're glad to have you here.

Now, since I've taken to writing lists to make sure things stay organized here, I'll jot down the fan fic sites that have been mentioned so far:

1. Ashwinder
2. Diagon Alley
3. everything2.com
4. FanFiction
5. FictionAlley
6. harrypotterfanfiction.com
7. skyehawke

Please be aware that I know nothing about any of these sites, so I cannot vouch for any of them. Please be careful when visiting any site that you are not already familiar with!

If you have written any fan fics that you are pleased with, evaluate the websites and see if your fic would fit in any of them. Also note and report back to us whether it is acceptable to post that the fic was originally posted on VTM with to veritaserum.com. Then post your fic so that we can get more people interested in coming over here. Good luck!

I'll definately join. At first I only went on to post and read fan fiction, but it quickly became my first place to look for Harry Potterv news. Great Fan-Fic, Great Forums, Great News - Great site.

Al

I'm all for the idea!

My name is Liz, you can call me that, or whatever version of that you can come up with. I own my own HP Role Playing Site, and teach on several others, so some of you may already know me. I think that I am a lot like Hermione (from the books), for what reasons, I'm not really sure.

I used to come on here a lot, just to check for HP updates and news, and I just recently found out how awesome the forums are. I joined, and here I am, trying to get more people to find V.

Id like to join, because i came to VTM from google, and i am on about as much as possible, checking for updates, and discussing HP on the forums, id agree that VTM deserves more recognition, and id be glad to help.

A warm welcome to big_al, Liz Sharpe, and hp6. We appreciate your support.

Take a look through the thread to get an idea of what sort of things have been suggested, and if you have any suggestions on what we can do to bring more people to the site, please let us know. We need all the help we can get.

Also, don't forget to check out the GO PEEVES thread, as it's the first operation underhand.

Count me in!I cant wait to join.I think Veritaserum is the best HP website ever.I was looking for a good website for HP and i came across Veritaserum.I am so happy i did.I am glad i can give some back some recognition to the site.

Since I read this I've been using google to link to the site, rather than my address bar or bookmarks, but I've noticed something disturbing. When I first searched for "harry potter" veritaserum was third down on the second page. A few days later it was fifth, now it's dropped to sixth. Something seems wrong with that to me . . .

Anyway, just doing my part . . .

id like to join plz.

this is by far the best website that i know. i spend about 4 hours a day on it talking or just reading. i hate the other muppet sites that think that they could be this good. but they never will be. this is like the best website ever.

Well here's a brief description of me. My name is matt, i'm 14 and i live in Grimsby, in England! I've been a member here for about 1 year. I think i found the site through google or mugglenet, i cant remember really.this site was like the first forum thingy i'd bin on and ive loved every moment of it.

Go I.N.V.A.I.D.

Hi matty-g! I see you've been around a while, but could I ask you to have a quick look at the rules, again, mate? I spotted some minor netspeak in your post (plz = please, bin = been). We don't allow netspeak, because it makes it difficult for non-English members to understand what's being said.

Anyway, glad you like Vtm - it is the coolest site, huh? If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact any mod or prefect - we'd be happy to help!

I am a total newbie, so please forgive me if I have absolutely no idea what's going on.

Regardless of my name "Death Eater By Nature" I somehow landed myself in the Ravenclaw house. My real name however is Emma (Wishing last name was Watson) . . .

im totally for I.N.V.A.I.D. Sounds wicked!

Seriously gotta go. I hear mom yelling.
Later!

Here I am again, with a fresh report.

www.google.nl ------ 15.2 --- (-1.5)
www.google.fr ------ 11.9 --- (-2.1)
www.google.de ------ 27.3 --- (-8.3) !!!
www.google.co.uk --- 4.10 --- (-0.8)
www.google.com ----- 2.10 --- (-0.5)

VTM positions are down compared to last Friday's positions.
When this is the result of a hundred members clicking, it doesn't seem to be very effective. What will happen if we stop clicking, I wonder. Will it then slide down much more rapidly? What are we doing wrong?
There must be a way for G.O. P.E.E.V.E.S. to make a little more impact!

Oh-oh ... this is supposed to have gone into the G.O. P.E.E.V.E.S. thread. Feel free to move it, mods...

That's okay Annie. GO PEEVES needs another infusion of enthusiasm. I think it's almost time to launch Project:FAWKES. It seems like people may be getting a little relaxed about getting VTM to the top. That's okay though. A little rest is okay. Not too long from now we'll launch a new wave and I think we can get a couple of the Google pages to page one.

Welcome to HPFan792, LLTWK, matty-g, and Emma. We appreciate your membership. Have you got any ideas?

Anyone had any success with fan fictions. I've actually started working on one with the express purpose of being able to post it on other sites to get people to come here?

What about the Live Journals, and the linking? If someone posts something on a Live Journal, let us know. We can go by and post positive comments about it and maybe draw even more attention to the site.

Do you want me to put in a "Hey check out Veritaserum.com where they have nothing except pure Harry Potter wizardry" in every review I do for fanfiction and would you like me to put it in an author's note in my fanfiction?

Yes, definitely, but only if they allow that sort of thing on the websites where you post your fic and do the reviews--remember we don't want to get other websites mad at us, and we especially don't want people to get the impression that VTM is a place where people don't care about the rules.

Since I haven't frequented the fan fics recently, I'm not sure what fics you've posted here, but maybe you can put something like "If you liked this, check out my other fics at www.veritaserum.com". Or if you review someone's Harry Potter fan fic, in the review you might put "You should consider posting some of your fics on www.veritaserum.com -- they have some of the best HP fan fics on the internet. You're a great writer and would fit right in on the fan fic forum."

Oh ok, sure I will do that, I will look through the rules tomorrow on fanfiction.net and see about it...I am too lazy now and I am watching a Horror movie *Is scared*. So I will do it later.

Hi People! I'm all for the idea on getting VTM on the top. I'd like to join you in this mission.
Great fanfics, great forums, great discussions and great threads. It is all that Albus said in the very first post of this thread. I found some great theories around here. Cheers Guys!!!

I keep trying to think of other ideas of how to help. I have added links to Veritaserum onto my website and decided to try to direct people during reviews and fanfic to Veritaserum. Hmm, I click all the time on Veritaserum on google..anything else I can do?

well lets see... a little story about me... my name is Smurfette Smobinson i live in the USA, i enjoy harry potter, i love harry potter, i adore harry potter, i like harry potter, i found veritaserum in november 2005 looking for info on dan radcliffe and i am now forever hooked. however, i didnt kno how to sign up to be a member until a little over a week ago. now im REALLY addicted. i have yet to find a better website for harry potter facts and info. i dont think theres one out there! i love veritaserum! it spits out all the cold hard facts and pure truth! its awesomness! its the only place i can find the best info about harry potter! please let me join!

Well I think hp-lexicion has more facts than Veritaserum. I only go there when I am doing serious work on Harry Potter or if I just fancy some research. It is massive, biggest potter site I have ever come across.

I think that VIM is the best harry potter site there is around because you can do anything from chat to post and join groups . I totally want to be part of this group because it will be really cool

Hello all, Im angie (AKA Nymphadora), and I actually discovered VTM on a search engine while I was doing a project at school on famous people with my name a few months back, and I got hooked, often spending several hours on VTM at a time. I searched the internet to see if there were any other HP sites that were this good, and I just couldnt get used to anything, and i liked how VTM was organized, rather than places like mugglenet and HPANA. I would love to help get the ratings back up on VTM, because more people deserve to have as much fun on VTM as other people have.

later,
angie

A big welcome to smurfishpotterluver, firecrab, and NyMpHaDoRa! Thanks for showing your support.

It's nice having new support because we need some fresh ideas on how we can give VTM a boost, so any ideas are welcome!

Also, if you haven't already, try to swing by GO PEEVES so you can help us get VTM higher on Google's search pages. Thanks!

Well gosh! Where have I been? LOL! I want to I.N.V.A.I.D. too.

I don't want to bore you all with a long intro, but I'm Cori and VTM is my cyber home. I first discovered this wonderful gem of a site when looking for updates for P.o.A. It took me a while to venture into the forums, but once I did, the rest's history. I'm utterly addicted!

Anyhoo, you know, I was thinking that in most of our personal e-mails, we have the ability to use a signature (like with our business e-mails, right), so what about putting a VTM link in our personal e-mail addresses? This way when we e-mail our friends, and maybe a few relatives, etc, it will at least expose them to to the site. That's my probably not so brilliant idea... but I'm sticking to it.

Cheers!