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Re: Google update in January effect anyone?

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:51 am
by tubeman
vrocks wrote:What you need to do:

Copy your logo file to /scj/cgi directory.

Create a file called logo.php and put it in /scj/cgi directory.

Put inside it this code:

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<?
include('rot_in.php');
header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');
readfile('logo.jpg');
?>
In the above example readfile('logo.jpg'); should be changed to the actual name of your logo file that you copied into the /scj/cgi directory. example: mysitelogo.jpg

Now open the header template editor and look for the code that is currently loading your logo image.

example:

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<img src="/images/mysitelogo.jpg" border="0" height="250" width="1000" alt="my logo">


Modify it so that it matches below.

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<img src="/scj/cgi/logo.php?crc=<!--PAGE_CRC-->" border="0" height="250" width="1000" alt="my logo">
ALSO remove the old code from the header file:

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<img src="/scj/cgi/rot_in.php?crc=<!--PAGE_CRC-->" border=0 width=0 height=0 style="position: absolute; top: -100; left: -100">
It is no longer needed...

What you are doing is removing that code because it uses a height, width size that looks spammy and bad to google. It also uses CSS to locate itself outside of the viewable area. Another spammy looking thing to google. Instead you are doing the referrer detection and other information through your logo which will still show just like before.
Thanks for the clarification mate.

Re: Google update in January effect anyone?

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 1:31 pm
by admin
vrocks, great, thank you.

Re: Google update in January effect anyone?

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 1:46 pm
by vrocks
admin wrote:vrocks, great, thank you.
No problem.. When do you want me to rewrite the wiki documents in English?

;)

Re: Google update in January effect anyone?

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 1:52 pm
by admin
You are very welcome to do it anytime )
PM me plz if you really have an intention to get into it.

Re: Google update in January effect anyone?

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:33 pm
by happydg
How long should we wait before seeing any changes from google?

Re: Google update in January effect anyone?

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:12 pm
by admin
Few days I think
But I'm not google

Re: Google update in January effect anyone?

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:36 am
by tubeman
happydg wrote:How long should we wait before seeing any changes from google?
After applying the fix as per admin's advice in this thread I already see traffic coming back in as fast as 12 hours.

Re: Google update in January effect anyone?

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:40 pm
by admin
Great, new version is going to be w\o rot_in
Not sure that it's necessary now, but 'just in case'

Re: Google update in January effect anyone?

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:05 pm
by bladex21
admin wrote:Great, new version is going to be w\o rot_in
Not sure that it's necessary now, but 'just in case'
Sounds really good. When will it be ready?

Do not include it.

Re: Google update in January effect anyone?

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:18 pm
by admin
Hopefully as an addition to 51 beta - today.