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Activity for Stephen Ostermiller
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| Edit | Post #288498 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Why is a self-referencing hreflang required? I recently implemented `hreflang` tags in my website to tell search engines about content translations in several languages. I was very surprised to find that a self-referencing hreflang is required. Pretty much every guide I looked at had that advice. For example, A Guide to Understanding Self-... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288497 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Will improving my domain authority (DA) as measured by Moz help SEO? I've been working on improving my site's domain authority as reported by Moz in the hopes that it helps our Google rankings. I have some doubts about it though. Google won't be able to see Moz's computation of the domain authority. Does Google compute it for itself? If so, are there differences ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288495 |
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| Edit | Post #288495 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Tagged "Webmasters" vs "webmasters" — tag sometimes hidden Some of the posts in Incubator Q&A are tagged `[Webmasters]` (with a capital `W`) and some are tagged `[webmasters]` (with a lower case `w`). The posts with capital letter in the tag have that tag show up in the questions list, where as posts with the lower case letter in the tag do not. Tag li... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288373 |
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| Edit | Post #288373 |
Post edited: tag correction |
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| Edit | Post #288494 |
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| Edit | Post #288494 |
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| Edit | Post #288494 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: When importing Creative Commons licensed content from another site, how to ensure that search engines won't penalize my site? Search engines don't want to index multiple copies of content. They prefer to index content at its original and official URL only. Search engines use shingling algorithms to detect duplicate and near duplicate pages hosted anywhere on the internet. Unfortunately, that means that mass importing con... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288493 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Can I ask Google to stop indexing every URL that isn't in my XML sitemap? I have an XML sitemap containing all the URLs that I want search engines to index. Unfortunately Google is indexing some URLs that are not in my XML sitemap. Is there a setting in Google Search Console to have Google index only the URLs that are in the XML sitemap and stop indexing any URLs tha... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288491 |
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| Comment | Post #288375 |
In this case you don't even need your own security certificate on your origin server because Cloudflare can do the redirects without an origin server set up at all. I've written an answer with the steps required to set it up. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288491 |
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| Edit | Post #288491 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: How do I configure Cloudflare to redirect my alternate domain name with HTTPS support? Cloudflare lets you add many domains and each will get their own free tier of service. Here is a screenshot of my Cloudflare account. Each of those domains is an alternate domain that has been configured to redirect: Cloudflare account websites After you add your domain to Cloudflare, you nee... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288477 |
I'm testing with whatever is installed on my web host. Looks like they have a separate binary for Python 3 installed so I'll try that next. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288466 |
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| Edit | Post #288477 |
Post edited: This has nothing to do with Syslog. This is common log format for access logs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Log_Format |
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| Edit | Post #288466 |
Post edited: Link to common log format docs |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #288477 |
Suggested edit: This has nothing to do with Syslog. This is common log format for access logs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Log_Format (more) |
helpful | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288477 |
With Python 2.7.18 I got "File `parse.py`, line 10 `timestamp: str` SyntaxError: invalid syntax."
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— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288473 |
I ended up drilling a small hole in the back of the plywood and rotating it around a nail sticking up out of a piece of scrap wood. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288473 |
Rotating the plywood worked great! (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288472 |
How did you tie the pencil to the string? I'd think you'd have to tie it pretty near the tip to ensure that the pencil doesn't wobble around and make your circle less than circular. (more) |
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| Comment | Post #288472 |
In my case I need the circle on the front of the plywood because I'm not cutting it out. Is there a way to attach the center of the makeshift compass without making a mark in the center with a tack or nail? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288471 |
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| Edit | Post #288471 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Can I use Selenium to automate CLS testing? I've been bitten several times by cumulative layout shift (CLS) issues with my website. I've found out about them when I view the reports in Google Search Console. We have a good set of tests for our website that we run on our staging server using Selenium. I was thinking it should be possible t... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288469 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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$sitename in FAQ Looks like the variables didn't get filled in in the proposals FAQ. I see `$sitename` several times in the copy: FAQ page with variables (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288467 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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How do I draw a perfect circle on a square of plywood? I'm working on a string-art project on a 3-ft square of plywood. It will have brass nails in a circle with different colors of string connecting the nails in a pattern. I'm trying to figure how I can draw large enough circle on the plywood. I've thought about: - Finding a bowl to trace, but n... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288368 |
Post edited: Formatting consistent with Arts and Crafts proposal |
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| Edit | Post #288466 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Aggregate 404 errors from log file on the Linux command line My web server is logging in combined log format and my host gives me SSH access to my server where the logs are stored. I see entries in the log file for 404 errors like: `10.10.10.10 - - [10/Jun/2023:10:00:00 +0000] "GET http://example.com/some-page.html HTTP/1.1" 404 - "https://referringsite.ex... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288465 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Can I get a list of broken links to my site from Google Search Console? I've been looking through Google Search Console trying to find a place where it shows me broken links to my site, but it may be that the information I'm looking for isn't available there. I've found the 404 error report, but it is a mix of URLs that are 404 for a variety of reasons: - External... (more) |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #288460 |
Suggested edit: spelling correction in tag (more) |
declined | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288459 |
I feel honored that you used so much of the template from my webmasters proposal. :)
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— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288455 |
Post edited: Make name suggestion bold for easy scanning, remove fluff. |
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| Edit | Post #288457 |
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| Comment | Post #288452 |
A very important question. Thank you for starting this discussion, trichoplax! (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288457 |
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| Comment | Post #288455 |
Can you add a URL to your proposal? `webdev.codidact.com` maybe? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288458 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |