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Posts by Stephen Ostermiller
I have several alternate domain names that I would like to redirect to my site: misspelling.example -> example.com longer-domain-with-hyphens.example -> example.com old-brand.example -&g...
I've seen SEO advice that the ideal length for a page title is 50 to 60 characters and that the maximum length is 80 characters. Our site relies on user generated titles for our content and our us...
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...
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 c...
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 C...
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 co...
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...
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 fou...
My website has long articles. Many users click to a single article, read it, and leave our site. I want more of these users to engage more with our site. I have Google Analytics installed and I'm...
I'm hoping to move my website to cloud hosting using AWS. Can I use my existing domain with AWS, or do I need to buy a new domain at AWS? If I can use the domain I already own, how do I transfer ...
In Drupal, I've configured my home page to be served from /node/1 as recommended in Setting up your home page | Drupal.org. However https://mysite.example/node/1 shows the exact same content as th...
My web host only lets me upload static files. They don't support .htaccess or dynamic scripting. As such, I can't implement 301 redirects between pages. I should be able to put some JavaScript in...
The XML sitemap protocol defines a priority field that is says "... is relative, it is only used to select between URLs on your site." It doesn't give any guidance on how I should rank my URLs for...
I recently received and email from Google AdSense that says: Starting later this year, Google will requiring all publishers to use a Consent Management Platform (CMP) that has been certified by ...
I've been using Google Analytics on my site for years using the universal analytics tags. Google emailed me and said that I have to upgrade to Google Analytics 4 because universal analytics is goi...
I'm recommending sticking with Webmasters as the name with webmasters.codidact.com as the URL. It is the shortest and most succinct way to encompass the entire scope of the site. The problem with...
My .htaccess files doesn't seem to be doing anything. I've created one in my document root directory and put a redirect into it: Redirect 301 / https://othersite.example/ However, the redirect...
My website host gives me a single document root directory for all my domains. I'd like to separate out each of my domains into a separate subfolder. Can I use .htaccess in this directory to confi...
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/...
I'd like to add a rotating banner (known as a carousel) to the home page of my WordPress site. I've looked through the settings in WordPress and I don't see an obvious way to do this. I've seen o...
Site name Webmasters (Meta discussion of the name) Description Questions and answers about building, deploying, maintaining, operating, monetizing, and marketing websites. Topics Topics covere...
DNS specifications say that CNAME records can't co-exist with other records at the same level. That precludes using a CNAME at the apex because there are other record types that have to be attache...
Feeding five luminous stones to each dondon provides the best chance for them to produce rare gems. According to this Redit thread, dondons may never produce diamonds when you feed each dondon onl...
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