‘the_permalink’ not working…

I’ve been using this as an introduction to WordPress; however, I ran into trouble as I was customizing my index.php file. When trying to use php to post a permalink, I’m getting this:

http://skaramouche.awardspace.com/”http://skaramouche.awardspace.com/?page_id=2″

instead of this:

http://skaramouche.awardspace.com/?page_id=2/

The same sort of error is happening with the call for the title of the links. Here is my index.php:

<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<h3>About</h3>
<?php query_posts('pagename=about'); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”>
<span class=”more”>More...</span></a>
<h3>Services</h3>
<?php query_posts('pagename=services'); ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”>
<span class=”more”>More...</span></a>
<?php else : ?>
<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>