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Blue91

09-10-2009 03:52 PM

Why does google search result show my site description in crazy symbols?...

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When doing a google search for PoMoFoRacing.com, I get the following... Can someone tell me why this is the case and possibly help me rectify the problem?

James Birkett

09-10-2009 04:55 PM

That's odd. It usually sets the description based on meta tags.

Are your meta tags in plaintext?

Brandon Sheley

09-10-2009 05:04 PM

turn off gzip, see if that helps

Blue91

09-10-2009 05:05 PM

I don't know. I guess I can check. I need to check the index.php file, right?

Brandon Sheley

09-10-2009 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue91 (Post 1882687)

I don't know. I guess I can check. I need to check the index.html file, right?

are you talking to me?
you don't have an index.html file
check your vboptions, see if gzip is enabled

Blue91

09-10-2009 05:09 PM

the index php page is the vbadvanced code. I don't see anything regarding meta tags in there. Hmm.

Turn off gzip? That helps keep my dbase size manageable though. I guess i can try it for a few days.

Brandon Sheley

09-10-2009 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue91 (Post 1882691)

Turn off gzip? That helps keep my dbase size manageable though. I guess i can try it for a few days.

That's just my suggestion, the strange characters look like the are being altered by gzip

ps, you might want to fix your title tag as well, you can remove the "powered by vbulletin" on your forum pages

Blue91

09-10-2009 05:11 PM

ok, disabled. Will see what happens in the next few days when the search engines refresh.

Brandon Sheley

09-10-2009 05:13 PM

ps,, what's up with these links in your cache?

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:...&ct=clnk&gl=us

Blue91

09-10-2009 05:20 PM

Regarding the cache, I have ZERO idea.

How do I remove the "vbulletin" crap that you talked about?

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