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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Feb 03, 2004 - 03:44 PM

  Wow, I didn't realize that having this one thing in my theme.php would mess up my google ranking.
  
  search on "PBX", my site use to be first, http://www.pbxinfo.com
  
  But I added a Javascript Menu and now if you look in my header you can see a ?> PHP code but I don't know why its showing up.
  
  can anyone tell me what I need to do to close this tag up??
  
  Thanks
  
  

  Code

  <?codewas here fixed now
  
  ?>

  
  
  Thanks for any help.

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• nate_02631
  
  

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  Posted: Feb 05, 2004 - 03:45 AM

  Hi, rixride - this extra tag has nothing to do with affecting your Google ranking. Google is going through some *ahem* changes and applying new algorithms which is makeing the "Google Dance" a bit more chaotic than usual.
  
  I think I addressed this issue in another post of your's, but you appear to have an improperly closed off "echo" statement:
  
  

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  ."<br /><font class=\"pn-slogan\">$slogan</font><br \><br \><br \><br \></td>?>
  
  <table><tr><td><script type='text/javascript'>

  
  P.S. and those
  tags are wrong ;)
  
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• markwest
  
  

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  Posted: Feb 05, 2004 - 04:01 AM

  nate_02631

  P.S. and those
  tags are wrong ;)

  
  
  Actually thats not strictly true. While
  is an XHTML element rather than HTML element (
  ) i've found that this form of XHTML element will validate correctly both in the transitional and strict HTML 4.01 doctypes. So you can ease the move to XHTML by adding all singular elements using the XHTML format.
  
  Then all you need to do is change the header and doctype; interesting the same rule doesn't apply to header elements (meta tags and the like) which is a pain....
  
  This is documented in this compatability guide.
  
  -Mark
  
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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Feb 05, 2004 - 04:51 AM

  nate_02631

  Hi, rixride - this extra tag has nothing to do with affecting your Google ranking. Google is going through some *ahem* changes and applying new algorithms which is makeing the "Google Dance" a bit more chaotic than usual.
  
  I think I addressed this issue in another post of your's, but you appear to have an improperly closed off "echo" statement:
  
  

  Code

  ."<br /><font class=\"pn-slogan\">$slogan</font><br \><br \><br \><br \></td>?>
  
  <table><tr><td><script type='text/javascript'>

  
  P.S. and those
  tags are wrong ;)

  
  
  Thanks guys, Well The reason why I thought it messed up my Google Rating is because in the Site description on Google it now indexes the ?> as part of the description along with some of the commented out Script comments.
  
  See This:
  

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  Pbx Info Your Free PBX, PABX and Telephone System Information Resource,
  ?> Your browser does not support script. ... Welcome to Pbx Info.com. ...
  Description: Information on PBX and other Telecom systems, including Voicemail, VoIP and Unified Messaging.

  
  
  Thanks I guess I should delete that close tag?
  
  Thanks again.
  -Rick

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Feb 05, 2004 - 04:57 AM

  That worked Thank you again nate.

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• nate_02631
  
  

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  Posted: Feb 05, 2004 - 04:58 AM

  Not delete - fix...
  
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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Feb 19, 2004 - 07:23 AM

  rixride

  
  Thanks guys, Well The reason why I thought it messed up my Google Rating is because in the Site description on Google it now indexes the ?> as part of the description along with some of the commented out Script comments.

  
  
  See This:
  

  Quote

  Pbx Info Your Free PBX, PABX and Telephone System Information Resource,
  ?> Your browser does not support script. ... Welcome to Pbx Info.com. ...
  Description: Information on PBX and other Telecom systems, including Voicemail, VoIP and Unified Messaging.

  
  
  Thanks I guess I should delete that close tag?
  
  Thanks again.
  -Rick[/quote]
  
  Ok just an update, after changing this back The next time Google indexed I got put back on top.
  
  check it out, I added the word "PBX" to the error message for my script, and google indexed it.
  
  Go to google and and type in "PBX" and you will see my new description. I am also back at Number 1 so I conclude that it had everything to do with that simple mistake. :)
  
  
  New Google Description:
  

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  Pbx Info :: Your Free PBX, PABX and Telephone System Information ...
  Pbx Info Your Free PBX, PABX and Telephone System Information
  Resource, Your PBX browser does not support script. ...
  Description: Information on PBX and other Telecom systems, including Voicemail, VoIP and Unified Messaging.

  
  
  Nate: I realize its probably not fixed properly but the symbol doesn't show up anymore and my rank is fixed so I am happy. Thanks again for your help. :)

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