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[kaus]

Hi, I cant seem to PM a mod to ask why, so I thought I would post here. I posted a question earlier today and it looks like it has been deleted, I did read the [url=http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?act=boardrules]Forum Rules[/url] and unless I missed something I didnt see a wait period for posting just reviewing. Could I ask what it was that I did wrong that would cause for it to be deleted, or is it because of my new status

Thank you

[Randy]

Kaus,

You may want to review the [url=http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?act=boardrules]Forum Rules[/url] again then. Because of the legalities involved in different jurisdictions it was decided long ago that Gambling sites are off limits. I removed your question from public purview for this reason.

FWIW, I did look into your basic question and did not see the same thing you described in Google's cache. Which leads me to wonder if Google isn't also performing some sort of selective filtering based upon your location and/or the preferences you have set up with Google. So you may well be worrying over nothing. You may want to make sure you're not signed into Google when checking, or clear your Google cookies, or try your search using an anonymous proxy IP.

[kaus]

Thank you Randy and I understand, but I do appreciate you taking the time to look for me. I actually got somewhere with one of the gogle members who said the problem is this. I am still not sure what that means or if that is the problem with the SE's or just cosmetic but I emailed the designer none the less. One of the google people suggested that I fill out a reinclusion form, but I did find a page in the SE's so maybe its just time now. Anyhow I appreciate your time and you guys have some great articles here.

Thanks

What you are seeing is your page being inserted into another page and
the rendering errors resulting from that insertion.

The rendering errors only occur when inserted into Google's cache page
template.

It would be good to have a page that works at least partially when
viewed in Google's cache but a page being borked in Google's cache
doesn't necessarily translate to being borked when Google actually
crawls and processes the page.

The more than likely culprit in this case is that Google inserts a
given page into a div within its cache template with
position:relative, which sets it as the reference point for your
page. That normally works but if your page has any elements sensitive
to which parent it is relative to, problems can result.

[Randy]

Are you looking in Firefox by chance Kaus?

When I looked at the cache in FF I do see the black box. However it renders just fine in IE7, which I normally use.

Deinitely looks like a CSS issue. Look for something in your css rules that is allowing the black background(?) from your top nav to run wild. Could be one of several things. You might even be able to fix it by applying z-index settings.

In either case, I'd be surprised if it's affecting your rankings. You will want to make sure to clean it up though, cuz it could be affecting real users for all we know.

[kaus]

Yeah this CSS is funny. There are three parts to it and its not at all easy to read. So I switched the template to one that i use for a different site because I know this one works fine in all browsers..and am in the process of adding more content. We all know that never hurts. I don't think I am going to file a reinclusion report though. I have never done that and since the site is being crawled anyway I figure google may catch up to me at somepoint. There is no point in being pushy Thanks alot for the help.