PR zero for comment tag above html tag?

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PR zero for comment tag above html tag?

kapow

9:12 am on Sep 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

Could a site get PR zero for having a comment tag above the html tag?

The site has been PR4 for over a year.

I have a php tracking system for monitoring how the site is used. While making some changes recently I changed the php tags to html comment tags (so I wouldn't get an error viewing pages on my PC locally). I forgot to change the html comment tags back to php tags when I uploaded the pages a week ago. Now every page has PR zero.

Pages on the site had something like this for a week:

<html><head>...

I just converted it back to server side:
<? require ('../somecode.php');
xyz("info");?>
<html><head>...

Total Paranoia

11:43 am on Sep 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

No - a comment tag above the HTML tag will not cause a PR0. As far as I am aware, Google would just ignore these tags.

Bonusbana

1:39 pm on Sep 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

Google is doing some wicked PR stuff. Some toolbars are showing wrong or no PR at all. I have had sites for months without a uptade from google. Wait for at least 2-3 weeks before drawing any conclusions.

kevinpate

2:02 pm on Sep 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

i'm reminded of an old saying .. when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras.

creative craig

2:03 pm on Sep 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

Google does not ban or penalise sites that use comment tags. Comment tags are ignored by browsers and Google have adopted this as well, so have all search engines.