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74,705 | <p>If a server hosts the following domains:-</p>
<pre><code>http://exampleA.com
http://exampleB.com
http://exampleC.com
</code></pre>
<p>How is it possible to enable <code>mod_pagespeed</code> for only domains <code>http://exampleA.com</code> and <code>http://exampleC.com</code> <strong>but not</strong> <code>http://... | [
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```
http://exampleA.com
http://exampleB.com
http://exampleC.com
```
How is it possible to enable `mod_pagespeed` for only domains `http://exampleA.com` and `http://exampleC.com` **but not** `http://exampleB.com`?
I have read up on the [documentation for domains](https://dev... | After a little digging and playing around with this, I've managed to figure it out and now have a working scenario for `mod_pagespeed` to only work on specific domains (vhosts) on the same server.
My configuration is based on a CentOs 6 build Apache 2 that runs Parallels Plesk Panel.
Create a separate pagespeed conf ... |
74,718 | <p>We are building a review based website. We were currently building internal links to improve our SEO. From the information available on moz, it is mentioned that having the same anchor text from various pages can lead to google penalizing your website. This is what I read " If too many of a site's inbound links cont... | [
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My configuration is based on a CentOs 6 build Apache 2 that runs Parallels Plesk Panel.
Create a separate pagespeed conf ... |
74,742 | <p>I have built a website for a client following Google's multi-language website guide.</p>
<p>It allows to create a project (tutorial) in a user specified language. Depending on the project language the URL changes accordingly:</p>
<p>For English (no /en within URL)</p>
<pre><code>http://example.com/project/33/my-o... | [
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It allows to create a project (tutorial) in a user specified language. Depending on the project language the URL changes accordingly:
For English (no /en within URL)
```
http://example.com/project/33/my-own-trax
```
For Spanish (/... | You should only ever show Googlebot pages in a single language. New users from Google search should also only see a single language on the landing page. [Google asks that you not mix languages in a single page](http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-start-multilingual-site.html):
>
> Avoid mixing l... |
75,771 | <p>My site has heavy traffic because some bot. I checked access_log, some bot Baiduspider go to my site 10-20 times per minute. I do not need Chinese traffic. I have searched and read <a href="http://www.baidu.com/search/robots_english.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.baidu.com/search/robots_english.html</a> </p>
<p>I ... | [
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"text": "<p>You can try blocking specific IP addresses in your .htaccess file. You can find the ranges <a href=\"http://w... | 2015/01/07 | [
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I added rule into the *robots.txt* then restarted Aache, but it doesn't work. Baiduspi... | You can try blocking specific IP addresses in your .htaccess file. You can find the ranges [here](http://www.useragentstring.com/Baiduspider_id_4086.php).
In robots.txt you can also add the following
```
User-agent: Baiduspider
User-agent: baiduspider
User-agent: Baiduspider+
User-agent: Baiduspider-video
User-agent... |
75,775 | <p>Firstly, I want to redirect an old domain to a new domain, (old site to new site).</p>
<p>The old site has good ranking on Google, now if I redirect the site, I want to retain this site on the Google rankings and want to develop the new site's SEO.</p>
<ol>
<li>What would be the best redirect to use?</li>
<li>When... | [
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"text": "<p>Reading through your questions it seems to me that you think that you only need to do one redirect. That is ... | 2015/01/07 | [
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The old site has good ranking on Google, now if I redirect the site, I want to retain this site on the Google rankings and want to develop the new site's SEO.
1. What would be the best redirect to use?
2. When a Googlebot re-crawls the... | Reading through your questions it seems to me that you think that you only need to do one redirect. That is the case if you are moving a carbon copy of the site. If you changed things around then it gets a little trickier.
**What would be the best redirect to use?**
301 redirect is best if you are moving your site p... |
75,777 | <p>I have a social media website that uses AWS extensively.</p>
<p>Through the site we stream video stored in S3, and this video is delivered through CloudFront.</p>
<p>I have a Client who is one of our biggest users who wants our content to come from a Static IP Address.</p>
<p>Apparently he has a Firewall, and it ... | [
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"text": "<p>I guess, the better, more scalable approach is to find out what system your client is using, and educate that n... | 2015/01/07 | [
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Through the site we stream video stored in S3, and this video is delivered through CloudFront.
I have a Client who is one of our biggest users who wants our content to come from a Static IP Address.
Apparently he has a Firewall, and it can only be configured f... | I guess, the better, more scalable approach is to find out what system your client is using, and educate that network engineer.
But if you really need a static IP to serve for Cloudfront content for your really important client, and if a different subdomain is acceptable to you, you could set up a proxy on your side f... |
75,783 | <p>I want to track the stats for my website with custom <code>GET</code> parameters instead of utm parameters.</p>
<p>With UTM the URL gets longer and messy.</p>
<p><code>http://www.example.com/posts/scM21x?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=Social%20Media&utm_campaign=Facebook</code></p>
<p>What I would like is a URL... | [
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"text": "<p>You can set up Custom Dimensions in Google Analytics. First, I would recommend upgrading to Universal An... | 2015/01/07 | [
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With UTM the URL gets longer and messy.
`http://www.example.com/posts/scM21x?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=Social%20Media&utm_campaign=Facebook`
What I would like is a URL like this
`http://www.example.com/posts/scM21x?ref=f... | You can set up Custom Dimensions in Google Analytics. First, I would recommend upgrading to Universal Analytics then do the following:
1. Sign in to Google Analytics.
2. Click **Admin** from the menu bar at the top of the page.
3. From the dropdown menus, select an account and a property to which
you want to add custo... |
75,993 | <p>I am using following robots.txt file for a site: Target is to allow googlebot and bingbot to access the site except the page <code>/bedven/bedrijf/*</code> and block all other bots from crawling the site. </p>
<pre><code>User-agent: googlebot
Disallow: /bedven/bedrijf/*
Crawl-delay: 10
User-agent: google
Disallow:... | [
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```
User-agent: googlebot
Disallow: /bedven/bedrijf/*
Crawl-delay: 10
User-agent: google
Disallow: /bedven/bedrijf/*
Crawl-... | The last record (started by `User-agent: *`) will be followed by all polite bots that don’t identify themselves as "googlebot", "google", "bingbot" or "bing".
And yes, it means that they are not allowed to crawl anything.
You might want to omit the `*` in `/bedven/bedrijf/*`.
In the original robots.txt specifica... |
76,048 | <p>How can I change the background color for search box of google custom search?
It is white by default, I want to set it to gray, so that it looks like <a href="http://www.theadgency.ro/modernpublishing/homepage.html" rel="nofollow">this example</a>. </p>
<p>The V1 CSS code for the search box is as follows:</p>
<pr... | [
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It is white by default, I want to set it to gray, so that it looks like [this example](http://www.theadgency.ro/modernpublishing/homepage.html).
The V1 CSS code for the search box is as follows:
```
<div id='cse-search-form' style='width:... | Thanks for all who replied.
I found the solution explained in [this link](http://arindambose.com/blog/?p=102) as the most useful approach to customize the google CSE search box.
You can use the FORM tag as follows, and use any CSS customization on that tag div.
```
<div class="top-search">
<form method="get" id="sea... |
76,122 | <p>What is the right way of letting Google's crawler know about new Atom/RSS updates?</p>
<p>The documentation about sitemap is clear about how to ping the crawler, but when it comes to Atom/RSS, there is only a vague reference to PubSubHubbub in their docs <a href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2014/... | [
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The documentation about sitemap is clear about how to ping the crawler, but when it comes to Atom/RSS, there is only a vague reference to PubSubHubbub in their docs [here](http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/best-practi... | The official way of letting Google know of your updates is your sitemap.
Submitting your Google Site's sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools
>
>
> ```
> On your Webmaster Tools home page, select your site.
> In the left sidebar, click Site configuration and then Sitemaps.
> Click the Add/Test Sitemap button in the top... |
76,200 | <p>I have several document root directories, <code>/opt/lampp/htdocs/proj1</code>, <code>/opt/lampp/proj2</code>, etc, that have <code>AuthType Basic</code> password protection. I want their <code>uploads</code> sub-directory trees not to require a password. Except that the <code>private</code> sub-directory tree of <c... | [
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```
<DirectoryMatch "/opt/lampp/htdocs/[^/]*/public/(uploads(/[^/]*)?|(wp/wp-content/uploads(/[^/]*)?))$">
Req... |
76,212 | <p>I have only one cron configured in cPanel for WHMCS to run once per day at 12.00 AM.</p>
<p>The cron sends daily activity logs to my email. </p>
<p>A problem came up recently in which cron job activity logs sent to me from that email <em><code>noreply@yourdomain.com</code></em> which does not exist. Emails are com... | [
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The cron sends daily activity logs to my email.
A problem came up recently in which cron job activity logs sent to me from that email *`noreply@yourdomain.com`* which does not exist. Emails are coming from that address without repla... | Also, when you check the cron jobs for every user, check the first few characters in each line of the cron file.
If the first set of characters start with either "0 0" or "00 00" or two sets of zeros in any form, then it means midnight. The later numbers help define how many midnights the task is supposed to happen. s... |
76,215 | <p>I will be creating cPanel accounts in WHM where I need to create subdomain address and tie it with an IP. I will then setup a new website on this address. </p>
<p>I would like to know, after doing this how do I then point an already existing subdomain to this new IP. Do I just go to the domain registrar and change ... | [
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I would like to know, after doing this how do I then point an already existing subdomain to this new IP. Do I just go to the domain registrar and change the `A` re... | Also, when you check the cron jobs for every user, check the first few characters in each line of the cron file.
If the first set of characters start with either "0 0" or "00 00" or two sets of zeros in any form, then it means midnight. The later numbers help define how many midnights the task is supposed to happen. s... |
76,218 | <p>I have Nginx + php-fpm + Mysql. With the php memory settings, I always set this in php.ini like this:</p>
<pre><code>memory_limit = 256M
</code></pre>
<p>Now, I bumped into another similar looking setting in <code>pool.d/www.conf</code> file like this:</p>
<pre><code>;php_admin_value[memory_limit] = 32M
</code></... | [
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```
memory_limit = 256M
```
Now, I bumped into another similar looking setting in `pool.d/www.conf` file like this:
```
;php_admin_value[memory_limit] = 32M
```
My questions:
**Although the doc says what that do... | There is no difference. There are different ways to set the same PHP configuration parameter.
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See <http://php.net/manual/en/configuration.chang... |
76,223 | <p>I am having a BIG problem. Most of the DNS lookups are suppose to be on the following site:
<a href="http://gtmetrix.com/reports/ytadvisers.com/6eIsggZE" rel="nofollow">http://gtmetrix.com/reports/ytadvisers.com/6eIsggZE</a></p>
<p>Again this one DNS lookup URL will not go away.
netdna.bootstrapcdn.com</p>
<p>I wa... | [
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<http://gtmetrix.com/reports/ytadvisers.com/6eIsggZE>
Again this one DNS lookup URL will not go away.
netdna.bootstrapcdn.com
I was using the Bootstrap CDN plugin for WordPress. I have uninstalled it and this annoying thing is... | In this situations, this is what I will do,
login to the server using ssh, and goto wordpress installation directory, and use the following command to find out in which file the cnd link is used,
```
grep 'netdna.bootstrapcdn.com' -lr wp-content
```
So from the file list you will know from which plugin or theme th... |
76,238 | <p>I have a hosting package that is hosted at Strato and a <code>.eu</code> domain that was registered via Strato as well. However, I want to use one of the new Top-Level-Domains for the website on my Strato-webspace. Unfortunately, the company that holds the rights to the TLD I want to use only accepts certain ICANN-c... | [
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login to the server using ssh, and goto wordpress installation directory, and use the following command to find out in which file the cnd link is used,
```
grep 'netdna.bootstrapcdn.com' -lr wp-content
```
So from the file list you will know from which plugin or theme th... |
76,256 | <p>I'm currently trying to improve my search engine results. I got a index page that lists all articles with a little teaser and then the article pages themselves.</p>
<p>Now when I e.g. google "websiteXXX rails development", it shows me the index page and highlights the one article that has these words in the teaser.... | [
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Now when I e.g. google "websiteXXX rails development", it shows me the index page and highlights the one article that has these words in the teaser. But I wou... | In this situations, this is what I will do,
login to the server using ssh, and goto wordpress installation directory, and use the following command to find out in which file the cnd link is used,
```
grep 'netdna.bootstrapcdn.com' -lr wp-content
```
So from the file list you will know from which plugin or theme th... |
76,329 | <p>We're expecting a large spike in traffic to our website this week. If the site becomes overloaded (i.e. visitors are getting a 503 error), I want to redirect visitors to another web address. How would I go about doing this?</p>
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] | We're expecting a large spike in traffic to our website this week. If the site becomes overloaded (i.e. visitors are getting a 503 error), I want to redirect visitors to another web address. How would I go about doing this? | When your website is too busy due to a large traffic, the best way of redirection is using custom error documents. So, when a user gets 503 error code, the server will redirect visitors to the custom error document page you have defined.
There are different ways for different servers to customize error document pages.... |
76,510 | <p>On my side, I use bootstrap modals (aka dialogs / overlays) with remote content to display the detail view of some things (for example for detail view of user reviews/comments).</p>
<p>The code looks like this:</p>
<pre><code><a data-toggle="modal" href="/detail-12.html" data-target="#myModal">Detail of this... | [
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] | On my side, I use bootstrap modals (aka dialogs / overlays) with remote content to display the detail view of some things (for example for detail view of user reviews/comments).
The code looks like this:
```
<a data-toggle="modal" href="/detail-12.html" data-target="#myModal">Detail of this comment 12</a>
```
Basic... | **rel="nofollow"** is the best & recommended way to stop *any* search engine from indexing any particular page.
Hence use it as
```
<a rel="nofollow" data-toggle="modal" href="/detail-12.html" data-target="#myModal">Detail of this comment 12</a>
``` |
76,514 | <p>Currently our main website is served without SSL at <code>http://example.com</code>. Our shop is served on a subdomain via at <code>https://store.example.com</code>.</p>
<p>Our main site uses the traditional Google Analytics code:</p>
<pre><code>var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(
['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXXX-X']... | [
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] | Currently our main website is served without SSL at `http://example.com`. Our shop is served on a subdomain via at `https://store.example.com`.
Our main site uses the traditional Google Analytics code:
```
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(
['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXXX-X'],
['_setDomainName', 'www.example.com']... | In order to get my view to work correctly, I had to go back to my filter for the new view and add in the "https://" into the hostname. Previously, I only had "store.example.com". Thanks to all who added their very helpful advice! |
76,540 | <p>I would like to setup a VirtualHost which allows for wildcard subdomains such as <code>foo.sites.example.com</code> and <code>bar.sites.example.com</code>. I do not, however, wish to allow multiple level subdomains such as <code>foo.bar.sites.example.com</code>. The following meets the first requirement but not th... | [
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"text": "<p>To restrict the use of <code>foo.bar.sites.example.com</code> you have to place another VirtualHost above the e... | 2015/01/27 | [
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] | I would like to setup a VirtualHost which allows for wildcard subdomains such as `foo.sites.example.com` and `bar.sites.example.com`. I do not, however, wish to allow multiple level subdomains such as `foo.bar.sites.example.com`. The following meets the first requirement but not the second. It could be accomplished wit... | To restrict the use of `foo.bar.sites.example.com` you have to place another VirtualHost above the existing one:
```
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName foo.bar.sites.example.com
ServerAlias *.*.sites.example.com
# ....
</VirtualHost>
```
Now you can block or redirect the access. However it's important that yo... |
76,582 | <p>I have a website where one section of website has top menu links in this manner</p>
<pre><code><li><a href=../memes/index.php>MEMES</a></li>
<li><a href=../facebook/index.php>FB</a></li>
<li><a class=active href=../twitter/index.php>TWITTER</a></l... | [
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] | I have a website where one section of website has top menu links in this manner
```
<li><a href=../memes/index.php>MEMES</a></li>
<li><a href=../facebook/index.php>FB</a></li>
<li><a class=active href=../twitter/index.php>TWITTER</a></li>
<li><a href=../youtube/index.php>YOUTUBE</a></li>
<li><a href=../quora/index.php... | It's absolutely fine to use trademarked terms on your website providing you cannot be perceived as [passing yourself off](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passing_off) as that company...
Simply linking to websites using the brand name as the anchor is certainly no cause for concern. |
76,597 | <p>I have a large amount of user profiles hosted in this schema <code>https://example.com/stats.php?player=name</code> (It's not the prettiest URL, but <code>.htaccess</code> dramatically slows down my site and I don't understand <code>apache2.conf</code>). Anyhow, how can I get Google to index all of these pages dynam... | [
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"text": "<p>Sitemaps can be dynamic just like web pages. Just have a PHP script grab those names from the database and ma... | 2015/01/28 | [
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] | I have a large amount of user profiles hosted in this schema `https://example.com/stats.php?player=name` (It's not the prettiest URL, but `.htaccess` dramatically slows down my site and I don't understand `apache2.conf`). Anyhow, how can I get Google to index all of these pages dynamically without having to enter all 9... | Sitemaps can be dynamic just like web pages. Just have a PHP script grab those names from the database and make a loop to echo out the XML for each one. Also, make sure you output the proper content type for your XML. That's it.
The code below is a basic script for generating a dynamic XML sitemap. Please not this is ... |
76,601 | <p>I use <a href="https://www.noip.com/" rel="nofollow">No-IP</a> so that <code>hello.ddns.net</code> points to a server that has a dynamic IP.</p>
<p>Is it possible to see the history of IPs a No-IP host took?</p>
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Is it possible to see the history of IPs a No-IP host took? | Sitemaps can be dynamic just like web pages. Just have a PHP script grab those names from the database and make a loop to echo out the XML for each one. Also, make sure you output the proper content type for your XML. That's it.
The code below is a basic script for generating a dynamic XML sitemap. Please not this is ... |
76,607 | <p>I recently bought a domain name from GoDaddy. I have a web server running in Google Cloud with a static IP. In the DNS configuration in GoDaddy, I added an <code>A</code> record (<code>@</code> -> To the static IP of the Google Cloud server) and also a CNAME record for www to point to <code>@</code>.</p>
<p>When I ... | [
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"text": "<p><strong>Be careful!</strong> The cited link (<a href=\"http://moz.com/search-ranking-factors/survey\" rel=\"... | 2015/01/28 | [
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When I go to `www.my_domain_name.com` (or `my_doma... | **Be careful!** The cited link (<http://moz.com/search-ranking-factors/survey>) is a list of reported *beliefs* from SEOs. It often does not reflect reality, but rather how far afield our so-called SEO experts are while living in an echo-chamber of their own making. This yearly survey is evidence of the echo which is g... |
76,626 | <p>When you seek speed score in <a href="https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/" rel="nofollow">Google Page Insight</a>, you may be seen a warning like "Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content ", i have been looking for a solution to fix this issue.</p>
<p>I know, there ... | [
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I know, there are already few geeks replied, to mo... | At last i found a solution my self,
By default CSS is treated as a render blocking resource, which means that the browser will hold rendering of any processed content until the CSSOM is constructed. Make sure to keep your CSS lean, deliver it as quickly as possible, and use media types and queries to unblock renderin... |
76,643 | <p>I have a website about things in Europe and I had an idea to make one specialized domain for specialized category of my website. So it is basicaly changing this:</p>
<pre><code>example.com/countries/germany
</code></pre>
<p>to this:</p>
<pre><code>germany.com/countries/germany
</code></pre>
<p>All this to get be... | [
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] | I have a website about things in Europe and I had an idea to make one specialized domain for specialized category of my website. So it is basicaly changing this:
```
example.com/countries/germany
```
to this:
```
germany.com/countries/germany
```
All this to get better positioning in search results. Is it worth d... | To begin, there is very little weight given to keyword matching domains these days. It is something you can do, but there is little to no advantage to moving your content to a keyword based domain name. However, if you want to do this for other personal reasons, then I say go for it. Making the change for other reasons... |
76,646 | <p>According to the <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en" rel="nofollow">Google URL Builder</a> document, <code>utm_source</code>, <code>utm_medium</code> and <code>utm_campain</code> are mandatory. </p>
<p>What happens in Google Analytics when you only fill out the latter two, for exampl... | [
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] | According to the [Google URL Builder](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en) document, `utm_source`, `utm_medium` and `utm_campain` are mandatory.
What happens in Google Analytics when you only fill out the latter two, for example:
```
http://example.com/utm_medium=text_link&utm_campaign=sponsori... | You can find the information you want by looking at the following [chart](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/platform/campaign-flow). It shows how each session's campaign & traffic source is processed in the servers of Google. |
76,733 | <p>I have hosted one of my website on <code>godaddy.com</code>. How do I enable compression to reduce the file transfer size? I need to compress the <code>.css</code> and <code>.js</code> files. I tried the following but it doesn't work :</p>
<pre><code>SetOutputFilter DEFLATE Header append Vary User-Agent
</code></p... | [
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"text": "<p>No SEO campaign is perfect. So please throw this notion out of the window. Since search engines change strat... | 2015/02/01 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/76733",
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] | I have hosted one of my website on `godaddy.com`. How do I enable compression to reduce the file transfer size? I need to compress the `.css` and `.js` files. I tried the following but it doesn't work :
```
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE Header append Vary User-Agent
``` | No SEO campaign is perfect. So please throw this notion out of the window. Since search engines change strategies and updates come on the average of several a day, it is impossible to have a perfect SEO score at anytime. However, you can have a highly competitive score regardless of the changes if done well.
Without k... |
76,741 | <p>Not a major issues, just a small thing that bugs me.</p>
<p>In so many websites and applications, when scrolling down to the footer, you see the year and it's not the present year (<strong>2015</strong>).</p>
<p>Why not auto-update webpages with:</p>
<pre><code><?php echo date("Y"); ?>
</code></pre>
<p>For... | [
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] | Not a major issues, just a small thing that bugs me.
In so many websites and applications, when scrolling down to the footer, you see the year and it's not the present year (**2015**).
Why not auto-update webpages with:
```
<?php echo date("Y"); ?>
```
For applications, am sure they can fetch the current year from... | Copyright protection law can be interpreted differently by legal systems in different countries. In the U.S., as indicated by the United States Copyright Office [here](http://copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#mywork), copyright protection begins:
>
> The moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that it... |
76,747 | <p>My domain is registered through a company that has gone bankrupt. The domain status (according to the <code>whois</code> database) is:</p>
<pre><code>Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateP... | [
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"text": "<p>The domain should be transferred to a new registrar appointed by ICANN. My first step would be to contact ICAN... | 2015/02/01 | [
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] | My domain is registered through a company that has gone bankrupt. The domain status (according to the `whois` database) is:
```
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: ... | >
> What can one do in such a situation to recover control over the
> domain?
>
>
>
Domain registration statuses akin to "Client Transfer Prohibited" displayed in a WHOIS record simply mean the domain is [locked](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/locked-2013-05-03-en) to protect against unauthorized changes a... |
76,765 | <p>Gmail is marking my email messages as Spam. The messages pass SPF and DKIM, but fail DMARC. Is there some way to make my messages pass DMARC?</p>
<p>I recently signed up for WordPress hosting at Flywheel, which uses Mandrill for transactional email. My site has several forms that send email notifications when they ... | [
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] | Gmail is marking my email messages as Spam. The messages pass SPF and DKIM, but fail DMARC. Is there some way to make my messages pass DMARC?
I recently signed up for WordPress hosting at Flywheel, which uses Mandrill for transactional email. My site has several forms that send email notifications when they are submit... | You'll need to add a Mandrill DKIM record for your domain. The SPF and DKIM pass, but it's based on messages being authenticated for mandrillapp.com, not your domain (ie, the Return-Path domain is being used for message authentication). In order to authenticate as your domain, and in turn pass the DMARC alignment check... |
76,786 | <p>Well, that is, I have developed some websites and what I usually do when someone is going to hire me is to show him/her some of my previous and similar jobs I've done in order to make them feeling comfortable.</p>
<p>Today I was talking with a guy and I did what I mentioned before, then he asked me: "How can I know... | [
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Today I was talking with a guy and I did what I mentioned before, then he asked me: "How can I know you reall... | Two unobtrusive ideas:
* Include an HTML comment in the page source.
* [humans.txt](http://humanstxt.org/)
The problem with having a visible link to your site (in the footer) is that it's less professional. |
76,815 | <p>I have a site that's available for different countries and the URL looks like: <code>www.example.com/country</code></p>
<p>The problem appears when I look for my site and I want to look for a specific country. For example I want to search for France, so I Google "my site France". The first result is <code>example.c... | [
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] | I have a site that's available for different countries and the URL looks like: `www.example.com/country`
The problem appears when I look for my site and I want to look for a specific country. For example I want to search for France, so I Google "my site France". The first result is `example.com/france`, that's fine bu... | Use `rel="alternate" hreflang="x"` to tell Google which pages are for which locales.
In the head of every page which is duplicated for multiple locales, list the alternate pages with the relevant hreflang set:
```
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="http://example.com/" />
<link rel="alternate" hreflang=... |
76,833 | <p>My website has two languages and different URLs for each language. The site is about learning English but the company is Spanish (and located in Spain). We also sell online courses for English students anywhere. </p>
<p>Should I develop a Keyword strategy for English and for Inglés? or should I just concentrate on ... | [
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] | My website has two languages and different URLs for each language. The site is about learning English but the company is Spanish (and located in Spain). We also sell online courses for English students anywhere.
Should I develop a Keyword strategy for English and for Inglés? or should I just concentrate on one of the... | Use `rel="alternate" hreflang="x"` to tell Google which pages are for which locales.
In the head of every page which is duplicated for multiple locales, list the alternate pages with the relevant hreflang set:
```
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="http://example.com/" />
<link rel="alternate" hreflang=... |
76,871 | <p>The code <em>.htaccess</em> below is working on all browsers, except for IE (I tested it on IE10 and IE11). The goal is to redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS, but IE seems to ignore it. Does IE need specific code?</p>
<pre><code># BEGIN GD-SSL
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
... | [
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] | The code *.htaccess* below is working on all browsers, except for IE (I tested it on IE10 and IE11). The goal is to redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS, but IE seems to ignore it. Does IE need specific code?
```
# BEGIN GD-SSL
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
R... | There are pro's and con's to both:
The **`m.example.com`** version is easier to build, you can use less CSS, and templates and JavaScript just for mobiles. It creates a more lightweight system.
This also allows for a [*switch to desktop mode*] button.
The con is when to redirect the site. Some users always want to ... |
76,879 | <p>This very related to this question <a href="https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/50575/x-robots-tag-noindex-on-an-http-301-response">"X-Robots-Tag: noindex" on an HTTP 301 response</a>, however I don't see a definitive answer.</p>
<p>We have subdomains we use for our affiliate links, the affilia... | [
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We have subdomains we use for our affiliate links, the affiliates publish a link to the subdo... | As of December 2022, Google **will** respect a `X-Robots-Tag` HTTP Response header that comes as part of a HTTP 302 response - Google Search Console will report: *"Indexing allowed? No: 'noindex' detected in 'X-Robots-Tag' http header"*.
I've verified this in my role as a developer on theguardian.com, ie, having [adde... |
76,921 | <p>I have a website with couple of pages.</p>
<p>In the home page I have fair amount of content with required amount of keyword density. Other pages are fine and having enough amount of content whereas contact page is just a simple page with no content except a contact form.</p>
<p>When I search for my domain name in... | [
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In the home page I have fair amount of content with required amount of keyword density. Other pages are fine and having enough amount of content whereas contact page is just a simple page with no content except a contact form.
When I search for my domain name in Google Search, o... | RDF is a W3C standard for representing data using three-part { identifier, attribute name, attribute value} data structures. SPARQL is the query language for querying RDF data. The W3C's RDF Schema Language (RDFS) lets you declare classes, properties, and relationships between them using RDF, and their Web Ontology Lan... |
76,947 | <p>I know there are a lot of similar questions and I searched around but I never completely found an answer, so here is my question:</p>
<p>Do search engine robots crawl my dynamically generated URLs? With this I mean html pages generated by php based upon GET variables in the url. The links would look like this:</p>
... | [
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Do search engine robots crawl my dynamically generated URLs? With this I mean html pages generated by php based upon GET variables in the url. The links would look like this:
```
www.myweb... | Yes. Search engines and any crawler that is coded properly can crawl pages with parameters and index them as separate pages. The fact that the crawler you referenced/used cannot handle this is an indication that I would not use this tool again.
I often recommend using <http://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/> if yo... |
77,006 | <p>I've had an issue for quite a while now that I don't know how to fix. </p>
<p>I'm running a VPS with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, it has the latest version of Plesk (12.0.18 Update #34). Annoyingly, it only has PHP version 5.3.10 which is too old. I thought it would be fairly simple to update PHP - but it turns out it's not f... | [
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I'm running a VPS with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, it has the latest version of Plesk (12.0.18 Update #34). Annoyingly, it only has PHP version 5.3.10 which is too old. I thought it would be fairly simple to update PHP - but it turns out it's not for some re... | I've run into this issue myself, and would recommend not using `apt-get` and instead installing PHP according to the directions here from Parallels for [Multiple PHP Versions in Plesk on Linux](http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/PP12/12.0/Doc/en-US/online/plesk-administrator-guide/72042.htm):
![enter image descripti... |
77,030 | <p>I have <code>.htaccess</code> containing <code>RewriteCond</code> and <code>RewriteRule</code>.</p>
<p>It used to work just fine (it's been a long time since I last checked), but now it has stopped working. I have narrowed it down to the following example.</p>
<p>Suppose I want to redirect <code>www.mydomain.com/f... | [
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It used to work just fine (it's been a long time since I last checked), but now it has stopped working. I have narrowed it down to the following example.
Suppose I want to redirect `www.mydomain.com/foo` but not when `foo` occurs anywhere else; so, for ex... | I’m not sure what the problem is in your case (I tested your snippet and it works as expected), but maybe this works for you:
```
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^foo$ /redirect.html [redirect=temp,last]
```
I’m not an .htaccess expert, but I guess this would even be faster, because the `RewriteRule` pattern gets proce... |
77,031 | <p>We are spending a considerable amount of money on creating fantastic illustrations that will accompany a learning guide. These illustrations are very unique and take 20-40 each to complete.</p>
<p>Once we go live with the site I know that a lot of people will be doing "Save Image As" and pass all of our hard work a... | [
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"text": "<p>No, if someone can see your images they can copy them. You can't stop them from taking a screenshot, and you... | 2015/02/09 | [
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Once we go live with the site I know that a lot of people will be doing "Save Image As" and pass all of our hard work and money s... | There are quite a few things you can do to protect images. However, if someone is determined you may not completely block image access.
1] You can add a watermark to your images. I use [Thumbnailer from SmallerAnimals](http://www.smalleranimals.com/thumb.htm) to do this. You can use it in trial mode of course, but the... |
77,034 | <p>I manage a website that has different Web pages that use the same URL structure, and I don't use <code>= & ?</code> But depending on your location we will show you different links. Let say you are in the UK and you are on the page <code>men/Polo.com</code>, since you are in the UK it might show darker Polo pages... | [
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1] You can add a watermark to your images. I use [Thumbnailer from SmallerAnimals](http://www.smalleranimals.com/thumb.htm) to do this. You can use it in trial mode of course, but the... |
77,075 | <p>My client is about to issue a bundle of offline materials (leaflets, posters, etc...) for distribution to various places for PR and marketing purposes. They've asked us to create a number of special URLs that all go to the homepage of their site, through which they can identify the place where the poster was hung / ... | [
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"text": "<p>Is it possible to hide the utm tags behind a vanity short URL?</p>\n\n<p>In other words, the printed/off... | 2015/02/10 | [
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1) Create a new Macro (Macro Type: URL -> Component Type: Fragment)
2) Create another Macro (Macro Type: Lookup Table)
a) enter all of your... |
77,145 | <p>I have a site <code>https://example.com</code>to ensure that all users go to the https:// I set up a redirect with APACHE (on the default.conf) as followed:</p>
<pre><code><VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
Redirect permanent / https://example.com
# DocumentRoot /var/www/example... | [
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```
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
Redirect permanent / https://example.com
# DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/
<VirtualHost *:80>
```
... | You could [disable ForceSSL within PHPMyAdmin](http://thebarton.org/forcing-ssl-with-phpmyadmin/) but there's a reason why its forced and this is to make the connection more secure. I recommend that you move to doing redirects using [.htaccess](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html) rather than usin... |
77,168 | <p>Some bots have been crawling my site for every link that ends with:</p>
<pre><code>?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
</code></pre>
<p>I haven't checked out its IP.</p>
<p>Then other bots (10+) follow the link rules <code>?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter</code> and also crawl my site. This resul... | [
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```
?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
```
I haven't checked out its IP.
Then other bots (10+) follow the link rules `?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter` and also crawl my site. This results in a huge amount of traffic which then causes my ... | If you have the *mod\_rewrite* module installed, then you can put this in your *.htaccess* file in the root folder of your website (which usually is the `public_html` folder):
```
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^\?utm_source\=dlvr.it\&utm_medium\=twitter$ - [R=403,NC,L]
```
You might have to remove the `\` from the `=... |
77,169 | <p>This is my current .htaccess file:</p>
<pre><code>RewriteEngine On
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
# 1
RewriteRule ^extra/([0-9]+)/(.*).html?$ pages.php?do=view&id=$1
RewriteRule ^special-bonus/([0-9]+)/(.*).html?$ pages.php?do=bonus&id=$1
RewriteRule ^thankyou/(.*).html?$ static.php?do=thankyou&prod=$1
# 2... | [
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```
RewriteEngine On
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
# 1
RewriteRule ^extra/([0-9]+)/(.*).html?$ pages.php?do=view&id=$1
RewriteRule ^special-bonus/([0-9]+)/(.*).html?$ pages.php?do=bonus&id=$1
RewriteRule ^thankyou/(.*).html?$ static.php?do=thankyou&prod=$1
# 2
RewriteRule ^list.html pa... | Using your example, you can use an *out* in your code.
```
RewriteEngine On
# Go to https if not on room.html
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/room.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.mycookiedomain.com/$1 [R,L]
# Go to http if you are on room.html
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77,188 | <p>I want to know if a page that contains links to my site is indexed by Google.</p>
<p>The classic <code>site:</code> works for URL like in: </p>
<pre><code>fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Râle_de_Platen
</code></pre>
<p>but not for URL like:</p>
<pre><code>http://jcfrog.com/shaarli/?EbY-kA
</code></pre>
<p>I am interested... | [
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The classic `site:` works for URL like in:
```
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Râle_de_Platen
```
but not for URL like:
```
http://jcfrog.com/shaarli/?EbY-kA
```
I am interested to know if backlinks to my site are on indexed pages, so I am not ... | I think the question you should ask yourself is "**Are these pages relevant enough to get indexed?**"
If you have a good title and a fair amount of content, the page should be interessing enough to get indexed. What if ***I*** go to your page now, will it be interesting enough to for me?
Might want to read: [First Cl... |
77,230 | <p>I'd like to redirect a single web page, it will be a temporary redirect so I don't want it to affect SEO rankings.</p>
<p>So I was thinking of using a method other than htaccess, but if it would be more efficient to use htaccess please let me know.</p>
<p>Also, is it possible to redirect the homepage to another pa... | [
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So I was thinking of using a method other than htaccess, but if it would be more efficient to use htaccess please let me know.
Also, is it possible to redirect the homepage to another page but have all o... | >
> ...if it would be more efficient to use htaccess
>
>
>
If you have access to .htaccess then there doesn't seem any reason not to use this. Note that this is a "302 Temporary", not a "301 Permanent" redirect as you had initially tagged in the question.
To redirect just the home page to `example.com` (an extern... |
77,271 | <p>I have installed Modx CMS on my hosting provider, but instead of installing it on my root directory where it usually goes, I put it in a folder on the root directory called makeabio. </p>
<p>directory loads fine but when I click on a link in my page it would take me to the index.php file located outside the folder ... | [
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directory loads fine but when I click on a link in my page it would take me to the index.php file located outside the folder in the mai... | ```
# Make sure RewriteBase points to the directory where you installed MODX.
# E.g., "/modx" if your installation is in a "modx" subdirectory.
RewriteBase /
```
As stated in the comments at the top of the file, `RewriteBase` should be set to your subdirectory:
```
RewriteBase /makeabio
```
This affects the relat... |
77,278 | <p>This question has been asked a million times before but my problem is that this still doesn't work for me, regardless of what code I use so I was wondering if I could have some help perhaps?</p>
<p>This is my current htaccess and it does successfully remove the www, but the https doesn't work at all. I want it to r... | [
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"text": "<p>Use this. It should save you from two headaches.</p>\n\n<pre><code>RewriteEngine On\nRewriteCo... | 2015/02/16 | [
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This is my current htaccess and it does successfully remove the www, but the https doesn't work at all. I want it to redirect al... | Use this. It should save you from two headaches.
```
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_PORT} 80 [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
```
this also allows any URL that starts with <http://www.example.com/> or that connects to port 80 (the standar... |
77,283 | <p>I'm going to try and keep this as terse as possible: when it comes to single quotes and commas in the URL, I'm damned if I encode and damned if I don't.</p>
<p>If I leave the single quote unencoded in the sitemap.xml <code>loc</code> entry, some crawlers (most notably, Bing) truncate the URL up to the point just be... | [
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If I leave the single quote unencoded in the sitemap.xml `loc` entry, some crawlers (most notably, Bing) truncate the URL up to the point just before the single quote... | Use this. It should save you from two headaches.
```
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_PORT} 80 [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
```
this also allows any URL that starts with <http://www.example.com/> or that connects to port 80 (the standar... |
77,387 | <p>I have a website that is showing that there are attempts to access <code>/rss</code> in my server logs, but we don't have an RSS feed.</p>
<p>What is the best way to show that there is no RSS feed for my site? Should I use a blank page? A <code>404</code> error? In other words, is there a defined way to indicate th... | [
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What is the best way to show that there is no RSS feed for my site? Should I use a blank page? A `404` error? In other words, is there a defined way to indicate there's: "No RSS here"
I'd like t... | It seems like you might have something like this on your site:
```
<link rel='alternate' type='application/rss+xml' title='RSS' href='http://example.com/rss'>
```
So search engines, RSS readers, etc... are attempting to access your `/rss` directory. |
77,493 | <p>I am having some problems with FTP using Sentora with CentOS 6.2 PROFTPD server installed by sentora (old zpanel).</p>
<p>FTP account created by sentora panel with full privileges, the SSH transfers by WINSCP works normally! But in filezilla (or other ftp program, even notepad ++) I can't upload or edit any file.</... | [
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"text": "<p>After search I see really a lot peoples with the same problem.\nPlease check the OWNER of file, in my ... | 2015/02/23 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/77493",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
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] | I am having some problems with FTP using Sentora with CentOS 6.2 PROFTPD server installed by sentora (old zpanel).
FTP account created by sentora panel with full privileges, the SSH transfers by WINSCP works normally! But in filezilla (or other ftp program, even notepad ++) I can't upload or edit any file.
Filezilla ... | After search I see really a lot peoples with the same problem.
Please check the OWNER of file, in my case the owner was ROOT.
To solve the problem just do it:
```
chown -R apache:apache /public_html/your_folder/sub_folder
``` |
77,514 | <p>In my Google Analytics real-time I now see a lot of visitors with referrer <code>forum20.smailik.org</code>
This link redirects to <code>http://www.aliexpress.com/</code></p>
<p>What does this traffic mean? (And should I block it?)</p>
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"text": "<p>I would check your log files to see if this is referrer traffic to your site as opposed to Google Analytics.... | 2015/02/23 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/77514",
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] | In my Google Analytics real-time I now see a lot of visitors with referrer `forum20.smailik.org`
This link redirects to `http://www.aliexpress.com/`
What does this traffic mean? (And should I block it?) | I would check your log files to see if this is referrer traffic to your site as opposed to Google Analytics. There is a new spam technique seen here: [How to fight off Google Analytics referrer spammers?](https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/75909/how-to-fight-off-referrer-spammers/75914#75914) though neither... |
77,527 | <p>I have set up a series of Twitter cards for my website.</p>
<p>The type of twitter card is [summary_large_image].</p>
<p>The meta-information included in the <code><head></code> of my webpage is:</p>
<pre><code><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
<meta name="twitter:site" con... | [
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"text": "<p><strong>2020 Update from @MattGreer:</strong></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It seems like now t... | 2015/02/24 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/77527",
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] | I have set up a series of Twitter cards for my website.
The type of twitter card is [summary\_large\_image].
The meta-information included in the `<head>` of my webpage is:
```
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
<meta name="twitter:site" content="@myTwitterAccount" />
<meta name="twitter:crea... | **2020 Update from @MattGreer:**
>
> It seems like now the image needs to be 1200x630, and not 2:1 anymore.
> Once I used that size, my image started showing up. [See **@johanv's**
> answer](https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/77527/twitter-card-summary-large-image-not-displaying-image/#answer-130911).
>
... |
77,534 | <p>I saw a subdomain of a subdomain: <code>meta.unix.stackexchange.com</code><br>
How is it possible?</p>
<p>Because in hosting/dns providers I only can configure subdomains, not subdomains of subdomains, i.e.: <code>subdomain.example.com</code>, etc... </p>
<p>If I buy a domain name or even a free no-ip.org s... | [
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"text": "<p>It's possible exactly the same way that <code>unix.stackexchange.com</code> itself is possible. <strong>DNS d... | 2015/02/24 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/77534",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I saw a subdomain of a subdomain: `meta.unix.stackexchange.com`
How is it possible?
Because in hosting/dns providers I only can configure subdomains, not subdomains of subdomains, i.e.: `subdomain.example.com`, etc...
If I buy a domain name or even a free no-ip.org subdomain i.e.: `example.no-ip.org` will I be a... | It's possible exactly the same way that `unix.stackexchange.com` itself is possible. **DNS does not impose any specific hierarchy,** like "subdomain – domain – toplevel", you can add as many labels as you need, and add delegations at any level.
(Take "www.theregister.co.uk" for example. Is "theregister.co.uk" a domain... |
77,585 | <p>I display my business's contact details on my website by using an image of my contact-card. Now I do want to mark up the data by using schema.org, so I did that by the schema creator tool, pasted it on my site, and set display to none. However, I read on Google's website that they will not use rich data that is not ... | [
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"text": "<p>Google will and always has accepted Schema.org as hidden data. With the adoption of JSON-LD, this is even mor... | 2015/02/26 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/77585",
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] | I display my business's contact details on my website by using an image of my contact-card. Now I do want to mark up the data by using schema.org, so I did that by the schema creator tool, pasted it on my site, and set display to none. However, I read on Google's website that they will not use rich data that is not vis... | The [google structured data policy](https://developers.google.com/structured-data/policies) describes a few exceptions such as including machine readable data to avoid ambiguity (dates, prices, etc). What is actually says it that the extra meta tags of hidden information are not *displayed* which suggests they may stil... |
77,596 | <p>I know I can use Mobile-Friendly Test and PageSpeed Insights to test usability but is there a way to manually run Mobile Usability test direct from GWT? If I have to wait until GWT runs this test, how often does GWT re-generate Mobile Usability test report?</p>
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] | I know I can use Mobile-Friendly Test and PageSpeed Insights to test usability but is there a way to manually run Mobile Usability test direct from GWT? If I have to wait until GWT runs this test, how often does GWT re-generate Mobile Usability test report? | The [google structured data policy](https://developers.google.com/structured-data/policies) describes a few exceptions such as including machine readable data to avoid ambiguity (dates, prices, etc). What is actually says it that the extra meta tags of hidden information are not *displayed* which suggests they may stil... |
77,603 | <p>I know when targeting a specific country or region the best way to do it with the the ccTLD. But if you choose the sub-directory route, should those sub-directories be named the same way you would use the ccTLD?</p>
<p>For example the ccTLD for South Africa is <code>.za</code> so should my sub-directory be <code>ww... | [
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] | I know when targeting a specific country or region the best way to do it with the the ccTLD. But if you choose the sub-directory route, should those sub-directories be named the same way you would use the ccTLD?
For example the ccTLD for South Africa is `.za` so should my sub-directory be `www.mysite.com/za/`?
Also, ... | The [google structured data policy](https://developers.google.com/structured-data/policies) describes a few exceptions such as including machine readable data to avoid ambiguity (dates, prices, etc). What is actually says it that the extra meta tags of hidden information are not *displayed* which suggests they may stil... |
77,625 | <p>At this moment our website both uses the language in the url like "en" and localizes the url itself ("books" in english and "boeken" in dutch). Because of the history of making our website multilingual we have a system that takes the browser language for the localization if the url doesn't contain a language like "... | [
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"text": "<p>I think that what you'll want to do is change the way your system works. If no language is specified ... | 2015/02/27 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/77625",
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] | At this moment our website both uses the language in the url like "en" and localizes the url itself ("books" in english and "boeken" in dutch). Because of the history of making our website multilingual we have a system that takes the browser language for the localization if the url doesn't contain a language like "en".... | I think that what you'll want to do is change the way your system works. If no language is specified in the URL, but you detect the language via the browser settings, then your site should *redirect* the user to a URL with that language in the path. This is for two reason:
1) Duplicate content. Spiders/Bots will come ... |
77,635 | <p>HI there over the last few days Google Webmaster Tools has been showing me 403 errors for a series of URLS. However when i FETCH them they come up as 200 OK and when I look in Google using keywords they appear in the index. Everything seems fine except for the errors. Is there any reason for this? Is there anywhere ... | [
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"text": "<p>Timing can be an issue. </p>\n\n<p>In the time that you tested the URL's that turned up with e... | 2015/02/27 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/77635",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
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] | HI there over the last few days Google Webmaster Tools has been showing me 403 errors for a series of URLS. However when i FETCH them they come up as 200 OK and when I look in Google using keywords they appear in the index. Everything seems fine except for the errors. Is there any reason for this? Is there anywhere I s... | Timing can be an issue.
In the time that you tested the URL's that turned up with error 403, they referenced files on the server with bad permissions. Make sure that the world has at least read and execute permissions to the file. In linux, you can use
```
chmod 755 (path/to/file with issue)
```
The fetch time mu... |
77,665 | <p>How can I determine the background color of a site (so I can use that color in Photoshop)? I looked at the source code, but I don't know code well enough to figure out what's what...</p>
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"text": "<ol>\n<li><p>View the source code using a tool like Firebug or Chrome Developer Tools will make that easier to ... | 2015/02/28 | [
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] | How can I determine the background color of a site (so I can use that color in Photoshop)? I looked at the source code, but I don't know code well enough to figure out what's what... | Right click with your mouse on the web page and then click "Inspect Element". Then look to the right under the "Styles" tab (assuming you're using Chrome), and then under where it says:
```
.site {
background-color: #f8f3ef;
```
This is the color (#f8f3ef). For future reference, you may have to do some looking arou... |
77,683 | <p>I've developed a site, and I'd like to apply the exact same theme with the same HTML markup but different CSS styling to multiple different sites on different domains. The sites will be related in genre, but they will have completely different content.</p>
<p>I plan use a tiered linkage approach, where that one of ... | [
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] | I've developed a site, and I'd like to apply the exact same theme with the same HTML markup but different CSS styling to multiple different sites on different domains. The sites will be related in genre, but they will have completely different content.
I plan use a tiered linkage approach, where that one of these site... | Right click with your mouse on the web page and then click "Inspect Element". Then look to the right under the "Styles" tab (assuming you're using Chrome), and then under where it says:
```
.site {
background-color: #f8f3ef;
```
This is the color (#f8f3ef). For future reference, you may have to do some looking arou... |
77,735 | <p>I have <strong>example.com</strong> and <strong>m.example.com</strong> which both <code>rel=canonical</code> and <code>rel=alternate</code> to each other. On my mobile site I have a "desktop site" link that links to <strong>example.com?mobileOut</strong> that opts out of the mobile redirect. The issue is <strong>exa... | [
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"text": "<p>Your best bet here is to do a 301 redirection.</p>\n\n<p>On your mobile site, you must have li... | 2015/03/03 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/77735",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
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] | I have **example.com** and **m.example.com** which both `rel=canonical` and `rel=alternate` to each other. On my mobile site I have a "desktop site" link that links to **example.com?mobileOut** that opts out of the mobile redirect. The issue is **example.com/?mobileOut** is getting indexed with the **?mobileOut** param... | Your best bet here is to do a 301 redirection.
On your mobile site, you must have link code formatted like this:
```
<a href="example.com/?mobileOut">Desktop site</a>
```
First change all those to:
```
<a href="http://example.com">Desktop site</a>
```
Because when someone access just the domain name (without par... |
77,759 | <p>I am keep getting this 404 page not found error on my Google webmaster account. I am using a WordPress website. I checked every broken link but I didn't find where these links are coming from. </p>
<p>Here are some errors. I have more than 2000 similar errors:</p>
<ul>
<li>90s-unforgetable-memories-just-have-a-lo... | [
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"text": "<p>Google uses heuristics to find \"links\". These may not come from broken links at all. Google... | 2015/03/04 | [
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] | I am keep getting this 404 page not found error on my Google webmaster account. I am using a WordPress website. I checked every broken link but I didn't find where these links are coming from.
Here are some errors. I have more than 2000 similar errors:
* 90s-unforgetable-memories-just-have-a-look/2308/2317
* 90s-unf... | Google uses heuristics to find "links". These may not come from broken links at all. Google scans your sites source code for anything that "looks" like a URL.
You might have some JavaScript in the page like:
```
var s = "2370/2317"
```
Or a data attribute like:
```
<div data-counts="2370/2317">
```
Because of t... |
77,760 | <p>Can I use enter or line break to separate HTML attributes within an HTML tag?</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<pre><code><input
type="text"
name="usrnm"
placeholder="Username"
/>
</code></pre>
| [
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"text": "<p>Although it is not completely conventional (in terms of <a href=\"http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp\"... | 2015/03/04 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/77760",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
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] | Can I use enter or line break to separate HTML attributes within an HTML tag?
For example:
```
<input
type="text"
name="usrnm"
placeholder="Username"
/>
``` | Although it is not completely conventional (in terms of [industry standards for the markup language](http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp)), it will function. Just put your example into a `.html` file:
```
<html>
<head>
<title>
Page
</title>
</head>
<body>
<input
type = "text"
... |
77,769 | <p>I'm trying to translate a tutorial of a software. The tutorial is all in HTML, with CSS and some javascript. I'm noob in web development, so I'm a little lost.</p>
<p>The problem is: I found the source-code but when I open the html documents with a browser I can see only the raw pages, without the styles. Different... | [
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"text": "<p>Although it is not completely conventional (in terms of <a href=\"http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp\"... | 2015/03/04 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/77769",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I'm trying to translate a tutorial of a software. The tutorial is all in HTML, with CSS and some javascript. I'm noob in web development, so I'm a little lost.
The problem is: I found the source-code but when I open the html documents with a browser I can see only the raw pages, without the styles. Different from when... | Although it is not completely conventional (in terms of [industry standards for the markup language](http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp)), it will function. Just put your example into a `.html` file:
```
<html>
<head>
<title>
Page
</title>
</head>
<body>
<input
type = "text"
... |
77,841 | <p>So I'm moving my website from one domain to another. In this process I'm using the "change address" function in Google Webmaster Tools on my <code>old-domain.com</code>, "switching" it to / choosing my verified <code>new-domain.com</code>.</p>
<p>In Step 2 of this process, Google Webmaster Tools <strong>will check ... | [
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"text": "<p>Your .htaccess actually looks OK, and you say the redirection is working OK for you. The only possibility is th... | 2015/03/06 | [
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"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
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] | So I'm moving my website from one domain to another. In this process I'm using the "change address" function in Google Webmaster Tools on my `old-domain.com`, "switching" it to / choosing my verified `new-domain.com`.
In Step 2 of this process, Google Webmaster Tools **will check whether 301 redirect is setup properly... | Your .htaccess actually looks OK, and you say the redirection is working OK for you. The only possibility is that if Google is requesting the `www` subdomain? In this case, Google would not see the redirect since you are specifically checking for the bare domain.
Since your `old-domain` is a separate hosting account t... |
77,926 | <p>I have a website and Google webmaster account that shows 404 errors that do not belong belong to my website. For example, I have never had any URL like: </p>
<pre><code>http://example.com/typography/itemlist/category/78-lastest-news
</code></pre>
<p>I've never had a page with an address like that since I started m... | [
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"text": "<p>There are more than likely, existing links on the web that point to these URL's that are 404'ing which used... | 2015/03/09 | [
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] | I have a website and Google webmaster account that shows 404 errors that do not belong belong to my website. For example, I have never had any URL like:
```
http://example.com/typography/itemlist/category/78-lastest-news
```
I've never had a page with an address like that since I started my website. I have 40-50 40... | There are more than likely, existing links on the web that point to these URL's that are 404'ing which used to exist on a former version of the website hosted on your domain.
You can check if any links point to those URL's by running them through a backlink checker like ahrefs or Majestic. You can also check if any of... |
77,929 | <p>On my website, I have several sidebar widgets with internal links relevant to the content. But, the links go to certain sections of a page, not to the whole page.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code>http://example.com/page/#section1
</code></pre>
<p><code>#section1</code> is important as the user will end up right whe... | [
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] | On my website, I have several sidebar widgets with internal links relevant to the content. But, the links go to certain sections of a page, not to the whole page.
Example:
```
http://example.com/page/#section1
```
`#section1` is important as the user will end up right where he needs on the other page, but does this... | There are more than likely, existing links on the web that point to these URL's that are 404'ing which used to exist on a former version of the website hosted on your domain.
You can check if any links point to those URL's by running them through a backlink checker like ahrefs or Majestic. You can also check if any of... |
77,968 | <p>I have the following structure in my navigation menu: There is a span inside an anchor tag which makes the navigation look better. </p>
<pre><code><nav class="navbar-collapse navbar-collapse-header collapse">
<div class="navbar-right yamm dropdownnav" >
<ul class="nav navbar-nav smart-men... | [
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"text": "<p>As you can see, it sees the content as plain text, no matter if there's a span. It will see the same as a use... | 2015/03/10 | [
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```
<nav class="navbar-collapse navbar-collapse-header collapse">
<div class="navbar-right yamm dropdownnav" >
<ul class="nav navbar-nav smart-menu dd-menu">
<li><... | `<span>` tags don't generally add white space around elements. It looks like you may be using your CSS to make it so. Text browsers and Google are not likely to add space around spans, however. It would be better in your markup to put in a space:
```
Try & Buy <span class="subline">Hosting List</span>
```
Instead of... |
77,987 | <p>I have found this rule that does about 90% of what I want, but not quite everything. My main goals for the redirect are to 1) force www. 2) redirect .com to .org. This does that, but if I were at www.domain.com/page, it just redirects to the home page and not www.domain.org/page. How can I get it to do this last ste... | [
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In your .com site:
```
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.org/$1 [L,R=... |
78,018 | <p>I have a web app project located in a directory called <code>issues</code> with several sub directories.</p>
<p>The folder structure is as follows:</p>
<pre><code>-issues
-applications
-cli
-library
-public
-css
-js
index.php
</code></pre>
<p>If you point the url to the <co... | [
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The folder structure is as follows:
```
-issues
-applications
-cli
-library
-public
-css
-js
index.php
```
If you point the url to the `issue` folder nothing happens. To load the web... | Rewrites are what you're looking for as long as you don't *redirect* (the `R` flag):
```
# placed under root, ie /.htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
# to prevent infinite redirection and 500 error:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/issues/public
RewriteRule ^issues(/?$|/.*$) /issues/public$1 ... |
78,028 | <p>Most of the traffic on my website (85%) comes from Google. Most of visits are local to the country of the domain.</p>
<p>I see suspiciously repetitive amount of visits each month, round 12.500 with only a small variation. This includes a month where most of people in my country go to vacation. </p>
<p>Is Google ra... | [
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I see suspiciously repetitive amount of visits each month, round 12.500 with only a small variation. This includes a month where most of people in my country go to vacation.
Is Google rationing a number ... | Google's search ranking algorithms are commercial secrets, so it is hard to prove one way or the other whether they are rationing clicks. However, we can do some simple statistical analysis that gives us an indication of whether this may be the case.
If Google was not rationing clicks, we would expect the distribution... |
78,030 | <p>What's the best practice for index pages in subdirectories which aren't being used (have no content)?</p>
<p>Example</p>
<pre><code>root/subfolder/index.html
</code></pre>
<p>My thoughts were to set up a redirect to either the 404 page or the homepage.</p>
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Example
```
root/subfolder/index.html
```
My thoughts were to set up a redirect to either the 404 page or the homepage. | Google's search ranking algorithms are commercial secrets, so it is hard to prove one way or the other whether they are rationing clicks. However, we can do some simple statistical analysis that gives us an indication of whether this may be the case.
If Google was not rationing clicks, we would expect the distribution... |
78,042 | <p>Is it possible and usefull to add a google sitelinks search box to a sub path of the website?</p>
<p>For instance we have following structure with site in sites for our clients:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Main search:</strong> <em>www.example.com</em></li>
<li><strong>Site of client 1:</strong> <em>www.example.com/clien... | [
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For instance we have following structure with site in sites for our clients:
* **Main search:** *www.example.com*
* **Site of client 1:** *www.example.com/clients/client1*
* **Site of client 2:** *www.example.com/clients/cli... | Google's search ranking algorithms are commercial secrets, so it is hard to prove one way or the other whether they are rationing clicks. However, we can do some simple statistical analysis that gives us an indication of whether this may be the case.
If Google was not rationing clicks, we would expect the distribution... |
78,054 | <p>I have searched and read through a lot of questions regarding this subject, but cannot seem to find anyone that directly addresses my problem.</p>
<p>I have a CDN for all my static images <code>img.domain.net</code>, it's pulling from my main domain <code>domain.net/static/images</code>. I do not store any other co... | [
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I have a CDN for all my static images `img.domain.net`, it's pulling from my main domain `domain.net/static/images`. I do not store any other content than static images on img.... | Google's search ranking algorithms are commercial secrets, so it is hard to prove one way or the other whether they are rationing clicks. However, we can do some simple statistical analysis that gives us an indication of whether this may be the case.
If Google was not rationing clicks, we would expect the distribution... |
78,146 | <p>I get visitors on my website from redirections, for instance <strong>tinyurl.com</strong> or <strong>ask.fm</strong> (Ask.fm does a redirection automatically when people share a link).</p>
<p>In Google Analytics, all these visitors are displayed like if they were coming from India (city: Faridabad): I suppose that ... | [
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In Google Analytics, all these visitors are displayed like if they were coming from India (city: Faridabad): I suppose that ask.fm servers are based there and i... | That does not make sense. If ask.fm generates a 301 (I know tinyurl.com does) then the user is redirected. This means ask.fm and tinyurl.com reply to the browser with a header like this:
```
Location: http://go.here.instead.please.com/
```
And the client's browser will then make the request to your server directly. ... |
78,149 | <p>We are using tracking software that reports how many clicks advertisement links on our website get. This is not matching with the stat given by Google Analytics.</p>
<p>Does Google Analytics track sessions instead of clicks to links? What is the difference between sessions and clicks on Google analytics? </p>
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Does Google Analytics track sessions instead of clicks to links? What is the difference between sessions and clicks on Google analytics? | That does not make sense. If ask.fm generates a 301 (I know tinyurl.com does) then the user is redirected. This means ask.fm and tinyurl.com reply to the browser with a header like this:
```
Location: http://go.here.instead.please.com/
```
And the client's browser will then make the request to your server directly. ... |
78,220 | <p>I run a website where the static content changes at least 4 times a week and I'm trying to figure out the best header arrangement to use.</p>
<p>Currently I have all caching related headers in use. I have cache-control set to must-revalidate with a super low max-age value (60 seconds max). I also have Etag header s... | [
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Currently I have all caching related headers in use. I have cache-control set to must-revalidate with a super low max-age value (60 seconds max). I also have Etag header set to an e... | When new content is launched, it may not be absolutely critical that users see it *right away*. In that case you could relax your cache controls and allow your content to be cached for an hour or two and not require that the user re-validates. Actually with "must-revalidate", I don't see any point in not allowing your ... |
78,279 | <p>I have a site for creating random passwords: <a href="http://passwordcreator.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://passwordcreator.org</a></p>
<p>I was very surprised to get a notice that the site has mobile problems because it is mobile friendly. Here are the things that Google is complaining about:</p>
<h3>Siz... | [
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I was very surprised to get a notice that the site has mobile problems because it is mobile friendly. Here are the things that Google is complaining about:
### Size content to viewport
Google is complaining about the tables at the bottom of th... | As you know the major problem here is that you tables are causing the lower part of the page to overflow. While this may only seem a problem until you get to the bottom it actually becomes a problem on some devices the moment they stroke their screen. This is because they may stroke the touch screen at an angle and wil... |
78,290 | <p>I am trying to update/create a .htaccess file for my apache2 server so that my webpages can be accessed without file extensions (e.g. www.example.com/whatis.php can now be accessed as www.example.com/whatis/). I have tried following instructions on editing .htaccess and now created a .htaccess here: </p>
<pre><code... | [
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```
/etc/apache2/... | If you want a folder/directory to have its own htaccess rules, you can put a .htaccess file in that directory and that file will supersede the .htaccess file that's in your root directory.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------... |
78,294 | <p>I have a venue listings website with restaurants and bars and have sections for "latest comments", "latest listings", "latest reviews".</p>
<p>If 10 users have just commented on the same bar, that bar would be listed 10 times in a row under "latest comments" pointing to the same url.</p>
<p>Should I worry about th... | [
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If 10 users have just commented on the same bar, that bar would be listed 10 times in a row under "latest comments" pointing to the same url.
Should I worry about that? Am I not wast... | From what I understand, google only looks at the first link from the duplicate links on a single page, but what you may want to do, instead of having a resulting layout like this:
```
Comment 1 from bar: ThisBar (at http://example.com)
blablablablabla
Comment 2 from bar: ThisBar (at http://example.com)
ya... |
78,297 | <ol>
<li>I want to know lets say a person who lives in South Wimbledon, UK, runs a website and then outsource the website work (like writing articles and posting and other site management work etc..) to a Philippines based webmaster and he writes posts, publishes so might be his Philippine IP address goes to ping sites... | [
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```
Comment 1 from bar: ThisBar (at http://example.com)
blablablablabla
Comment 2 from bar: ThisBar (at http://example.com)
ya... |
78,305 | <p>After reviewing <a href="http://schema.org/Residence" rel="nofollow">http://schema.org/Residence</a> and the Specialisation under it, it seems that the wording is very west oriented. Especially in the sense of representing <code>Condo</code> buildings? and as an extreme example of "Village" </p>
<p>I am unsure if u... | [
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I am unsure if using `ApartmentComplex` to represent `Condo` is the correct approach, since ... | From what I understand, google only looks at the first link from the duplicate links on a single page, but what you may want to do, instead of having a resulting layout like this:
```
Comment 1 from bar: ThisBar (at http://example.com)
blablablablabla
Comment 2 from bar: ThisBar (at http://example.com)
ya... |
78,342 | <p>I was using <a href="http://tools.seochat.com/tools/search-spider-simulator" rel="nofollow">http://tools.seochat.com/tools/search-spider-simulator</a> to check what the crawler see and get from my website, but when I check my website, it says:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>ERROR!<br>
No description data found</p>
</block... | [
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>
> ERROR!
>
> No description data found
>
>
>
But I have in my HTML a `meta`-`description` in the `head` which is written like this
```html
<meta ... | I have a better answer.
```
<meta name="description" content="The Description Of My Page">
```
I see no point in having ID parameter in the meta tag because no value in the meta tags will be changed by javascript, and if they are expected to, then there is something wrong with your webpage.
Also, this answer saves ... |
78,360 | <p>I am a beginner with domains understanding and DNS configurations.</p>
<p>I already install BIND DNS server on my local centos machine and configure a domain <code>example.com</code> and set the virtual-host for Apache and it works very well</p>
<p>Can i do the same on my dedicated production server and assign any... | [
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I already install BIND DNS server on my local centos machine and configure a domain `example.com` and set the virtual-host for Apache and it works very well
Can i do the same on my dedicated production server and assign any non parked domain without b... | I have a better answer.
```
<meta name="description" content="The Description Of My Page">
```
I see no point in having ID parameter in the meta tag because no value in the meta tags will be changed by javascript, and if they are expected to, then there is something wrong with your webpage.
Also, this answer saves ... |
78,372 | <p>Is the below code problematic in respect to SEO and Google?</p>
<p>This is a small sample of how I intend to change my non-mobile friendly website into mobile friendly using CSS media queries and javascript.</p>
<p>The reason why I want to opt for this type of code is to of course avoid duplicate content in respec... | [
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This is a small sample of how I intend to change my non-mobile friendly website into mobile friendly using CSS media queries and javascript.
The reason why I want to opt for this type of code is to of course avoid duplicate content in respect to both HTML an... | The idea to make a site mobile friendly is excellent, but I don't think your method is best, especially if later you decide to monetize your website with adsense for these reasons:
1. You're scripting your site so that text is hidden if a screen resolution is under a specific value. Google may think you're playing gam... |
78,386 | <p>I have a chrome extension that redirects the user back to his dashboard. sometimes they might be on another domain and hit the extension and redirects to the dashboard on my website.</p>
<p>Google analytics show this as part of the traffic, when in fact it should not be! it has polluted a great deal of the traffic ... | [
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Google analytics show this as part of the traffic, when in fact it should not be! it has polluted a great deal of the traffic and I can'... | In Google Webmaster Tools you can exclude parameters. I would do this so Google will not index those parameters as separate urls.
You will see parameters like "utm\_source" and "utm\_medium".
Next add this to your .htaccess:
```
#Removes Campaign Url Parameters
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^((.*?)&|)utm_
RewriteRule... |
78,401 | <p>I need to redirect port :80 to :8080/ui. I know iptables lets you redirect :80 to :8080 but it doesn't accept the URL part, only the port. How should I do it?</p>
<p>It is acceptable to change the URL to :8080/ui (URL changing is OK). I can't use Tomcat AJP because I use websockets which is not supported.</p>
<p>A... | [
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"text": "<p>Is running a web server on port 80 (to send the redirect) acceptable? If not, it won’t work anyway.</p>\n\n<p... | 2015/03/21 | [
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It is acceptable to change the URL to :8080/ui (URL changing is OK). I can't use Tomcat AJP because I use websockets which is not supported.
Apache proxying do... | Is running a web server on port 80 (to send the redirect) acceptable? If not, it won’t work anyway.
I’ll go with Apache, since you already mention it in the tags. In your `httpd.conf` (or include file in `sites` or whatever), add the following line either to the top level configuration or the appropriate virtual host:... |
78,434 | <p>I have implemented user IP detection to several of my eCommerce sites, so that it shows the currency and delivery charges based upon the users location. All is good, and this system has been working for a while, but I have began to notice a worrying side effect with the search engines.</p>
<p>Google seems to only c... | [
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"text": "<p>Google's \"International\" section of their Webmaster Tools talks about \"<a href=\"https://support.googl... | 2015/03/22 | [
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Google seems to only crawl websi... | Google's "International" section of their Webmaster Tools talks about "[Locale-aware crawling by Googlebot](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6144055)". This appears to be a relatively new (seems to have been [announced in January 2015](http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/crawling-and-indexi... |
78,445 | <p>I have a website where the front-end developer has added 3 times the menu in the markup, e.g.: </p>
<pre><code>div.menu>home+about+news+contact us"
</code></pre>
<p>Update 1: The HTML markup is repeated 3 times</p>
<pre><code><div class="menu">
<span>home.html</span>
<span>about.h... | [
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"text": "<p>While this isn't an ideal practice Google is able to now detect the CSS used in a page to detect when... | 2015/03/22 | [
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```
div.menu>home+about+news+contact us"
```
Update 1: The HTML markup is repeated 3 times
```
<div class="menu">
<span>home.html</span>
<span>about.html</span>
<span>news.html</span>
<span>contact-us.html</s... | While this isn't an ideal practice Google is able to now detect the CSS used in a page to detect when elements are being hidden and when elements are visible as long as the robots.txt file isn't blocking access to the CSS and javascript files which control which version of the menus is visible. You shouldn't see any is... |
78,483 | <p>Ok I have built a resort guide for a summer holiday destination. This is how I have structured the site.</p>
<pre><code>www.domain.co.uk/resort-name-a/guide
www.domain.co.uk/resort-name-a/nightlife
etc.
</code></pre>
<p>Now, in my head I am future proofing the site, so I can add future resorts.</p>
<p>The sites f... | [
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```
www.domain.co.uk/resort-name-a/guide
www.domain.co.uk/resort-name-a/nightlife
etc.
```
Now, in my head I am future proofing the site, so I can add future resorts.
The sites front content is the same as the r... | I'd recommend expanding on your tree.
So far, you're on a good start with the first resort:
```
www.domain.co.uk/resort-name-a/guide
www.domain.co.uk/resort-name-a/nightlife
etc.
```
Now when you want to add another resort, use a similar structure:
```
www.domain.co.uk/resort-name-b/guide
www.domain.co.uk/resort-n... |
78,513 | <p>I want to exclude multiple domains from all my reports to prevent referral spam, but as more and more of these popup I'd like to do so via a single filter..</p>
<p>I tried adding a filter with settings:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Filter Type 'predefined'<br>
Exclude<br>
Traffic from the ISP domain<br>
Tried both ... | [
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I tried adding a filter with settings:
>
> Filter Type 'predefined'
>
> Exclude
>
> Traffic from the ISP domain
>
> Tried both 'equal to' and 'that ... | Regular expressions are only supported in custom filters. If you want to match multiple domains using a single filter, switch from a predefined filter to a custom filter. |
78,517 | <p>I have a link to a product page like this:</p>
<pre><code>/products/pandora-midcalf
</code></pre>
<p>The page can be linked to from our internal search engine to go to a specific color, by adding the id of the color like this:</p>
<pre><code>/products/pandora-midcalf:13761
</code></pre>
<p>All that happens is Ja... | [
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```
/products/pandora-midcalf
```
The page can be linked to from our internal search engine to go to a specific color, by adding the id of the color like this:
```
/products/pandora-midcalf:13761
```
All that happens is JavaScript changes the color selection and the pict... | Regular expressions are only supported in custom filters. If you want to match multiple domains using a single filter, switch from a predefined filter to a custom filter. |
78,588 | <p>I have a website with a number of long form content articles that I keep updated. The page generates two date snippets from this:</p>
<pre class="lang-html prettyprint-override"><code><time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2014-04-29T14:08:40+01:00">Published: 29 Apr 14</time>
<time itemprop="dateM... | [
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```html
<time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2014-04-29T14:08:40+01:00">Published: 29 Apr 14</time>
<time itemprop="dateModified" datetime="2015-03-22T14:59:33+00:00">Last Updated: 22 M... | Historically, Google said they ignored structured data which was not used to markup visible content.
Because your snippet shows both date published and date updated as visible on-page content but the Moz example shows date published as non-visible meta data, I'd try tweaking that and seeing if it works to get Google t... |
78,618 | <p>I am seeing an odd scenario in our apache access logs. We are running Magento EE and every once in awhile I will get an alert that DB connections have spiked. On several occasions I have been able to load the server-status page and see hundreds of connections to the same page, from the same visitor, with a "sending ... | [
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78,620 | <p>At the moment Google (I can not find similar informations for Bing, Yahoo!, etc.) <a href="https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/a/69312/23977">does not index Data-URI</a>.</p>
<p>But until it is possible I like to know if it is possible to exclude Data-URIs of being crawled. For example:</p>
<pre class="lang-html ... | [
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But until it is possible I like to know if it is possible to exclude Data-URIs of being crawled. For example:
```html
<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODl... | It's not supported at all since it is a not a HTTP call. It is embedded in the document and is essentially part of the HTML. |
78,622 | <p>I've noticed that Google Webmaster Tools is reporting a lot of blocked resources in my website.
Right now all the "blocked resources" are .css, .js and images (.jpg, .png) that I serve from Cloudfront CDN.</p>
<p>I've spent a lot of time testing and trying to figure out why google doesn't crawl these files and repo... | [
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Right now all the "blocked resources" are .css, .js and images (.jpg, .png) that I serve from Cloudfront CDN.
I've spent a lot of time testing and trying to figure out why google doesn't crawl these files and reports a "res... | So, the solution seems to be that Amazon cloudfront also evaluates my `robots.txt` and somehow uses different syntax rules from google.
The working version of my `robots.txt` is the following:
```
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Disallow: /
User-agent: *
Disallow: /homepage
Disallow: /uncategorized
Disallow: /page
Disall... |