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    • KnutDSvendsen
      KnutDSvendsen last edited by

      Does Google spider read registered trademarks (the 'R' or 'TM') or do these marks impede anything if they are featured in meta tags or text?

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      • Highland
        Highland last edited by

        We have a registered trademark. I've not seen any problems with either. The only potential problem I could see would be in using the raw character instead of the HTML entity (®) and you're not using UTF8 on your site it's possible that it could appear garbled in some contexts.

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        • David-Kley
          David-Kley last edited by

          Agreed. if you do not use the proper formatting when adding the text, you could wind up with strange characters showing up when Google/Search engines index those descriptions. We have used them many times in the past, without any issues.

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          • KnutDSvendsen
            KnutDSvendsen @Highland last edited by

            Thank you, Deverish!

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            • KnutDSvendsen
              KnutDSvendsen @David-Kley last edited by

              Thanks, David!

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