FreeLists / webproducers / [webproducers] Re: ? Marks in Google Search Results

[Greg Glaser <g_glaser@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Evan -

Are you using unicode characters (&x####) in your <TITLE> tags? Some
browsers (Netscape and Firefox) will, if you're using Google (for
instance), interpret that string into its character and display the
special characters on screen and in that browser's TAB (not the title
bar). Try this link: 

http://google-yahoo.com/

You'll see a club and a smiley...IE and Opera will not do this. Also,
the browser's *title bar* will not decipher the unicode.

After that, I guess we have to begin the ol' troubleshooting story...

> What browser did you use for the search?
> What search engine did you use?
> What was the exact search string you used?
> What is the verbatim text within the <TITLE> tag of the found page?
Is it out of bounds for you to share the URL for this page?

Hope this helps (or starts to)

Greg


--- "Evan M. Silberman" <esilbe1@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Folks, 
> 
> I did some Search Engine Optimization for a client. Luckily, their
> site came up prominently in some search results. The descriptive text
> that displayed replaced dashes and quotes with question marks. 
> 
> So instead of, say, Welcome to "Our Town" it displayed Welcome to
> ?Our Town?.
> 
> Two questions: 
> 
> A) How/Why does this happen? 
> B) Can it be reversed or prevented? 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> On 11/29/04 10:16 PM, in article 41ABE5F9.7030200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> "m o r r
> y" <morry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > for multiple users. any suggestions?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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