Search engines unable to read coding properly - Page 2

Rulu · 10-13-2007, 02:28 PM

I need the help of your intelligent eye. A friend of mine loaded my index.html page into his software and submitted to many search engines in May and then in July. To date my site cannot be brought up by entering a keyword into search engines. When I entered my URL at sutrasmantras.info into Google, it gives me the first Doctype tag in my source program as follows:
˙ţ< ! D O C T Y P E H T M L P U B L I C " - / / W 3 C / / D T D ...
˙ţ< ! D O C T Y P E H T M L P U B L I C " - / / W 3 C / / D T D H T M L 4 . 0 1 T r a n s i t i o n a l / / E N " " h t t p : / / w w w . w 3 . o r g / T R / h t m l 4 / l o o s e . d t d " > < h t m l > < h e a d > < M E T A H T T P ...

All of my web pages have passed the W3 School's site validation, and I don't understand the problem. The source program of my home page is copied below for your scrutiny. I'd appreciate your comments and suggestions. Thanks a lot.
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
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<META HTTP-EQUIV= "Content-Type" CONTENT= "text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8">
<title>Buddha Sutras Mantras Sanskrit</title>
 
<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="This website presents the English translations of a few Mahayana Sutras, Buddhist prayers and mantras, Buddhist terms, as well as a pronunciation guideline for the Sanskrit alphabet."> 
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="buddhist sutras, buddhist mantras, sanskrit pronunciation, sanskrit alphabet, mahayana sutras, buddhist prayers, buddhist terms, chinese pure land school, amitabha buddha">
 
<META NAME= "AUTHOR" CONTENT= "Rulu">
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<h1><img src="lotus2.jpg" width="36" height="30" alt="Lotus"><img src="lotus2.jpg" width="36" height="30" alt="Lotus">* Buddha Sutras Mantras Sanskrit* <img src="lotus2.jpg" width="36" height="30" alt="Lotus"><img src="lotus2.jpg" width="36" height="30" alt="Lotus">
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oṁ mune mune mahāmunaye svāhā<br>
One who reads a sutra is receiving the teachings of the Buddha in His presence.</font></p>
 
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Updated 9/09/2007
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