11 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}
11 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}

Anyone knows what this is?

by tiagofreitas
9 replies
  • SEO
    • |
I don´t know where to put this question, so I´m hoping someone here can help me with this, as I think it´s a bit strange

After doing a lot of tweeks to my website, now whenever I go to my site some strange characters appear right after the domain name, anyone knows what caused this? is it normal and safe?



I appreciate any type of help
  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    Stuff like that is common when you are passing on values.
    the # is like a place holder, saying that what is next is
    to be used in a special way. Similiar to ? in urls, but
    that # is not as common.

    My first thought was that each time a person visits, they
    are logged as a special session. I can't fathom why your
    site would be do that. Do you have anything like a forum
    on it?

    If not, then something thinks it needs to pass on a value.

    What other tweaks have you made?

    Server settings? Those are weird file paths for sure, for such a mundane
    site.

    Paul
    Signature

    If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8243024].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author tiagofreitas
      The relevant thing I can think of was from a backlink exchange with a PR5 website, I inserted some code in the footer, but I think it´s just anchored text...
      could it be that? :confused:
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8243038].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author paulgl
        It could be the histats counter.

        Is there anything Bulgarian on the site?

        Paul
        Signature

        If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8243048].message }}
        • Profile picture of the author tiagofreitas
          hummm
          Now that you mention, the first time I loaded the page in google chrome, it asked me if I wanted to translate to english... and the source was bulgarian, but.. all is in english :confused:
          {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8243158].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    Put this in the <head>
    <meta name="google" content="notranslate" />

    it should stop that translating nonsense bug in chrome.
    Lots of people use chrome now, so it just makes sense
    to add that...but..

    It's not foolproof.

    Paul
    Signature

    If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8243359].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author tiagofreitas
      Thanks Paul!

      I will try in now and let you know if it worked!
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8243991].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author tiagofreitas
    I don´t know if it worked for the translation, because I turned it off for this website, but it must have worked, as for the characters, they are still there, do I think I need to worry about this?

    And thanks again!
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8244001].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      You can always ask your host. Characted like ? ; # etc are URI's.
      They are to address other things involved with your website.

      Because it seems to give a unique one for each visitor, that must
      be a clue.

      # is not that common and it might be something not working right on
      the server.

      Paul
      Signature

      If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8244130].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author Carl Brown
        This happened to me immediately after I changed my site layout. I used a free css website layout, and a couple weeks later those characters began appearing. I took it down an reused a layout I coded myself in Dreamweaver. I have no idea what caused it either.
        Signature

        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[8244206].message }}

Trending Topics