How can you identify duplicate CSS rules?

I'm not talking about used/unused here. I have two stylesheets and some rules differ (either in selectors, rules or both) and some are exactly the same. So I'm looking for a way to extract and move those rules, which are the same in both files, into a third stylesheet. In other words: an intersection of two stylesheets. Strangely, I couldn't find a software for this. Would have expected this to be a more common problem. Background, for those who care: I'm converting a desktop website into a mobile one and I've started by duplicating the desktop stylesheet and changing it (throwing stuff out, adding to it).


What contributes to expanded company details being displayed in Google search results?

For some results returned in Google Search, on the right side it displays the company details, logo, contact numbers, etc... For example, see the following screenshot: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/fo5mS.jpg) I'd like to know what contributes to this so that I can try to achieve it for my site too.


How do I break the infinite loop that results when I try and link my Google AdSense and Google Analytics accounts?

It seems that it is currently impossible to link a Google Analytics and AdSense accounts. I this true? I am definitely an administrator in both accounts (both use the same Google login too)   1. From the homepage on my Adsense account I click on the link that says: "Integrate with Google Analytics" ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/nL6LI.png) 2)...and then on the "Go to Analytics" links, ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/jWwFt.png) 3) I receive a message on my Adsense page ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/2DkwR.png) 4) ...and I get taken to the home page of my analytics account in a separate window ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/V3iJ3.png) 5)...from where I navigate to the Admin | Data Sources | Adsense page: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/QxVjT.png) 6) I click on the Link Accounts link and I end up exactly where I started and when I go to Account Settings page in Adsense, I get this: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/3AqiU.png) **I seem never able to actually link the two accounts. What on earth am I doing wrong?** PS A similar question has been logged here, but I think it is very old and the answers are very out of date.


Is no cache meta tag bad for performance?

I see many websites, seemingly arbitrarily adding the no cache meta tag on every page. Like this:               <META HTTP-EQUIV="PRAGMA" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">     <META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">     <META HTTP-EQUIV="EXPIRES" CONTENT="-1">      What is it good for and why are they doing it? Is it bad or good for performance? Will it prevent http expires headers to function and ultimately slow down a website?


Best way to replace/publish the restructured website in SEO friendly manner

I had a website which contains several subdomains.               http://sub1.example.com/stories/23/job-done.html     http://sub2.example.com/stories/23/job-done.html      At present I decided to restructure my website to change all subdomains and links to a different structure like,               http://stories.example.com/23/job-done.html      **Both structures displays same content.** > Currently I am using Google Webmaster Tools and most of my webpages are > indexed in Google and have some PageRank also. Before publishing my restructured website, I thought about what are the options that I can preserve my Google rankings as:   * Remove whole old website and publish the restructured website and **do the relative changes in Webmaster Tools**   * Remove whole old website and publish the restructured website and **remove account and recreate new account in Webmaster Tools to restructured website**   * Publish restructured website **without removing old webpages** and **use 301 redirect on old pages to its related new webpage**. So what is the best way to publish my restructured website from above options or do I need to do something else to accomplish my goal.


Can one spread rich snippet breadcrumbs markup all over a page?

From here, we have an example of a rich snippet breadcrumb implementation:                    ...
       Books >       Literature & Fiction >       Classics
      The breadcrumbs are grouped under a `div`. Unfortunately, a page does not necessarily group its `a` links in one place. Can one spread rich snippet markup like this?                    ...
       Bla bla bla some text Books > bla bla bla.        Bla bla ble more text Literature & Fiction > bla bla bla.       Some more text about more topics bla bla bla Classics bla bla bla.
      Or will the following work too (i.e., the `itemprop` is inherited by all `a` links like css)?
       Bla bla bla some text Books > bla bla bla.        Bla bla ble more text Literature & Fiction > bla bla bla.       Some more text about more topics bla bla bla Classics bla bla bla.
      If breadcrumb links are spread all over a page, what is the right way to set the rich snippet markup for these?


Can I make my IP address look as if it is from another country, not from the US?

The top level domain .md is works as follows: (A) If you are from the US, Canada, or a few other countries, you have to register .md domains through max.md for exorbitant prices, because they figure doctors don't know any better. (B) If you are from anywhere else in the world, you get to register through nic.md for the much more reasonable yearly price of $39 So of course, I waited until I was on a trip to the Czech Republic, and then registered my .md domain when I was there. However, now I want to renew my domain, but because I am back in the US, whenever I try to access my account throught nic.md, I am being redirected to max.md. I am not going to be taking any trips overseas before my domain expires, so I wanted to know if there is a way to make my IP address appear as if it is coming from another country, like the Czech Republic, or elsewhere?


Styling input elements using CSS - Inset

Can anyone point me in a direction of how the following elements are styled/created? on http://www.tumblr.com/. What i'm looking for specifically is the gradient, and the nice inset border, where it looks like it's The input[type=text] elements as well as the input[type=submit]


Is Google Analytics Part Of Google's Search Engine Algorithm

I was wondering if anyone knows if Google uses the data it receives from Google Analytics to help determine a websites SERP (Search Engine Rank Position). For example, if my website is getting 1000 users visiting my website from Canada and only 100 users visiting my website from the USA, does that mean my website will be ranked higher on Google.ca and lower on Google.com? And, if a website is using Google Analytics will it be ranked higher for the organic search engine keywords?


How do i point my domain to wordpress blog

I would like to know that if we have our WordPress blog like: `http://koolkabin.wordpress.com` and our domain like: `http://www.outsourcingnepal.com` then Can we make it like working and posting all contents in `http://koolkabin.wordpress.com` and showing the contents in our domain i.e `http://www.outsourcingnepal.com` For more clarification: if user enters `http://www.outsourcingnepal.com` or `http://koolkabin.wordpress.com` in their browser address bar then both should show contents from `http://koolkabin.wordpress.com` but one more thing when user visit the website from `http://www.outsourcingnepal.com` the URL should remain `http://www.outsourcingnepal.com` not `http://koolkabin.wordpress.com`


Is it legal to host unlimited domains in an unlimited hosting plan?

I have an unlimited webhosting plan from http://www.domainindia.org/web_site_hosting_india.php. I want to give my users a registered domain name like usersite.com and provide a cpanel to them which will have basic features like e-mail, phpMyAdmin, databases and a file manager. I'll be registering the domains myself and adding them as addon domains in my cpanel so that they can use my web space, bandwidth and databases which should work since I have the unlimited plan. I know that the cpanel will be a shared one for all the addon domains, so I'm thinking to provide a zpanel (zpanelcp.com; demo: zpanelcp.com/zpaneldemo) to each user as it is free and easy also. Or develop my own basic cpanel like my3gb.com provides. I'm doing all of this in order to develop my own hosting site in a way by providing registered web domains, web space, zpanel for controlling the website, etc. Are there any legal problems I could run into by doing this?


Getting an agency to release a client's domain

A friend of mine has a website with Therapysites.com (they create therapy sites for alternative therapy providers). She wants to move to a different hosting, but the service provider is charging 15 USD for releasing the domain. It's a nominal amount, but principally I think its unfair. Is this keeping the domain hostage thing legal?


Access Forbidden! Apache Windows XP

This is a great tutorial on how to server websites other than in default htdocs folder in XAMPP. It worked for me the other day but then I had to reinstall XAMPP (1.7.7 was 1.7.6) and now I am getting this error when I try the same.               Access forbidden!          You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.          If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.     Error 403      I have put this in _http.conf_ file according to the above link               <Directory "C:/Blog">         Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI         AllowOverride All         Order allow,deny         Allow from all     </Directory>          Alias /blog/ "C:/Blog" # this goes inside the alias module      When I type the URL, I get these messages:               localhost/blog       #gets error, object not found     localhost/blog/      #Access Foribdden     localhost/blog2/     #this folder does not exist and it rightly says object not found      Note that I have added **_everyone_** user to blog folder but still have the problem. I have added a plain HTML file as well but still have the same problem. I cannot find a _.htaccess_ file.


How to identify spammy domains giving backlinks to my site (to submit in disavow links in WMT)

Google is out with much awaited feature. But out of 100's of domains giving backlink to my site I want to simply find the spammy ones and disavow domain- wise using "domain:" feature. I'm looking for a tool wherein I'll feed list of domains and then it should tell me a domain's spammy-ness in a scale. Currently I'm trying Netpeak Checker. Any suggestions?


Should I "disavow" all links from spammy directories?

Since I took over management of a site, I've noticed on Google Webmaster Tools https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/external-links that there are links from about 2000 different sites -- "social bookmark" sites, "directories" of all kinds, and some newspapers. My site is for a small local business selling a very common service with little if any differentiation and no online mentions except for a few Yelp reviews. Should I use the "disavow links" tool"? How do I decide which links are "spammy" and which are ok? Also, is there any reason the site would have so many backlinks except that the site owner previously hired a shady SEO firm who used "link schemes"? In other words, is it normal for a site like this to have backlinks from 2000 sites?


Do irrelevant links help PageRank?

I was recently asked for a link exchange between my PR1 site and someone's PR4 site. They are not related, and even in different languages. Disregarding the degraded user experience and assuming the link provides no traffic on it own, would such an exchange help my site in the search results? Could it hurt it?


Why my new web design increased in 20% my bounce rate?

I do need your help and opinions. Last August, 1st, I have relaunched my website with a completely new design. As I have also moved it from Dreamweaver and .html format to Wordpress, the new website had also its urls changed to wordpress format, which were all duly and properly redirected using a htaccess file (already exhaustively tested and it is ok). I also keeped the same "Title" and meta description just to avoid surprises realted to traffic. Although in my opinion, the new design is much, much more modern, clear and easy to navigate, my bounce rate in general has increased from 40%-50% (old design) to 60%-70% (new design) and the traffic started to decrease also, especially from Bing and Yahoo, since this Monday. As I am already tired trying to figure out what could be causing this higher Bounce Rate and decrease in traffic, I do appreciate you could help taking a look at the old website design and the new one and let me know if you see anything that could justify these worse result. Old: http://saturn.relmax.net/~easyjob/ New: http://www.easyjob.net/ Thanks in advance for your help


Can I get JSP/ JSF hosting in shared hosting plans?

I want to use JSF with Facelets/JSP in my website. Can I get Java hosting in shared hosting plans ? I want to re-develop a company website for my client. Currently the website uses PHP & is hosted on Dreamhost.


Does Google AdWords care about duplicate content?

Our site offers several families of products, all of which have a common set of configurations. For simplicity's sake, we'll say we offer products A, B and C, each with configurations 1, 2 and 3   * Products: A, B, C   * Configurations: 1, 2, 3 We want to create landing page <-> ad group combinations that reflect each possible combination of each product and configuration. Each product and each configuration have their own page, and so each landing page would have include the product content and the configuration content:   * ourproducts.com/A-1 (Contains copy for A and 1)    * ourproducts.com/A-2    * ourproducts.com/A-3    * ourproducts.com/B-1    * ... etc... As you can see, this will lead to duplicate content across our product pages, though in different combinations. My question is, does this matter from AdWords point of view? Will there be any negative consequence to repeating portions of content this way?


Htaccess 404 & 301

The site is run on wordpress (latest) and is installed in /htdocs/www/ This htaccess file is in /htdocs/www/roh/ along with a bunch of images & some css. I want requests to the old html files to redirect to their new wordpress pages. I got most of it working, except the example below.               RewriteEngine On     RewriteBase /htdocs/www     ErrorDocument 404 /htdocs/www/     Redirect /roh/z1/q2lvl[1-9].html http://www.lunaz.com/realms-of-hyrule/legend-of-zelda/maps      I go to www.lunaz.com/roh/z1/q2lvl2.html, and it 404s and takes me to the main 404 page in my wordpress theme. I tried ErrorDocument 404 /htdocs/www/roh/404.html, but that just got me an isp redirected spam search page. The only way I got the main wordpress 404 page working was by going up directories untill something worked. I do not want to send 404s to an http:// address. My questions:   1. Why doesn't the range of numbers [1-9] work?   2. Why can't I get /htdocs/www/roh/404.html working for anything in /roh & below? Sorry for the basic questions, Not exatly sure what to search for, so Google is only giving me examples I've tried or have working already.


Do url shortening services shorten the id or directly the url?

Assuming the urls are saved to a database where they each have id and the URL saved. For example a URL `www.example.com` (let's say with id 1000) would possibly be shortened to `www.url.com/c1hd5` etc. Is the URL `id=1000` shortened to `c1hd5` with base64 or similar or are the ids shortened? The 566 id could be shortened like this: 1 = 1, 2 = 2, ... 9 = 9, 10 = a. The 1000 id would be _fE_ if we used every possible letter from a-Z and - _. Is it good idea to use ids from database to shorten urls?


Google Webmaster Tools linked from lists dead links

How long will Google Webmaster Tools try to crawl old links? We are seeing errors in the crawler that show "linked from" URLs that haven't existed in months. Will it just keep trying to crawl the link until we provide a redirect? Also, we're seeing 404s that say the linked from source is our homepage, and we have not had those links on the homepage in quite a while.


Display comments from a Facebook page link on my site's post page

I am not sure if this is doable, but whenever I post a bit of news on my site, I will post a link on my Facebook fan page. Lately, I've noticed the whole discussion is happening on Facebook, with comments there being way bigger in numbers than on my page. I notice FB has a Social Comments plugin. I was wondering if there was a way to embed comments from my Facebook fan page for a specific link with that plugin or any way otherwise?


htaccess rewrite problem

Maybe is best way to show my problem in one example. In my .htaccess :               RewriteRule ^catalog/[a-z0-9_-]+-([0-9]+)/[a-z0-9_-]+-([0-9]+)/[a-z0-9_-]+-([0-9]+)/  index.php?act=catalog&category=$1&color=$2&size=$3 [NC,L]      With the address `www.site.com/catalog/category-1/red-3/size-3/` this works excellent But if you leave out the size, like `www.site.com/catalog/category-1/red-3/`, I will be redirected to `www.site.com`. I want to show all articles with category ID 1 and color which is ID 3.


SEO: Nested List vs List, Split Over Divs vs Definition List

From an SEO perspective which, if any, is better: Option 1: Nested lists with h2 tags

Powerful Analysis

Charting and indicators

Daily trading signals

Company health checks

World Market Data

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Daily Market Data

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      Option 2: Divs with h2 and lists

Powerful Analysis

Charting and indicators

Daily trading signals

Company health checks

World Market Data

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Daily Market Data

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       Option 3: Definition List

Powerful Analysis

- Charting and indicators

- Daily trading signals

- Company health checks

World Market Data
             [List Items removed for brevity]
Daily Market Data
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      My instincts tell me that semanticaly the pure list options (1 & 3) are the best and that h2 may be more SEO friendly (1 & 2) which would point to option 1 as being the best option. I do love the lean makeup of the definition list but will I take an SEO hit by losing the h2 tags? Before anyone asks, h2 is not valid markup in a dt tag. Are my instincts right with a nested list being the way to go?


How to translate Umlauts and other International characters to US character set?

Is there a "translation table" that shows how International characters map to the US character set. For example, German umlauts can be translated like:               ä = ae       ö = oe      ü = ue      or French characters like:               è = e     é = e       etc ...


Is it illegal to use content in such a way?

I have a couple of questions about the legality of the content of some websites. I am currently working on two websites and I would like to make sure I am not breaking any laws, by using some content like I am...   * Do I need to get a license to use images from the Internet (such as google.images.com) in my site, assuming they aren't a company logo belonging to another company? If not, am I allowed to use it after I modify it with a image editing software?   * If content such as phone numbers, e-mail addresses, website addresses, and text from websites can be found for free online, and I gather this information for a search engine based site that I am working on and offering this information on a paid basis (similar to google, but more specialized), is something that is legal? **Note:** I am not 'copying' or redirecting business from anywhere, to my site. The exact opposite, the site I am working on actually helps advertise businesses and make it easier for customers to find them.


Intermittent silent failures when receiving email

I’ve had a company host my website and email for the last six months or so and I’m having intermittent and silent failures where emails sent to me are not received.   * The sender never receives a “delivery notification failure” message.   * This has happened on multiple domains (@gmail.com, @microsoft.com)   * I’ve experienced it happening first hand when I sent a mail to myself from another account but I was unable to reproduce the error.   * It’s very rare (one in every 300 emails or so)   * The mails are not routed to my junk folder :) Obviously I’m worried about the effect this has on my business – but what can I do? I don’t believe I have enough information to diagnose the problem (neither does my hosting company when I presented them with the same information) – should I switch to another host?


Does Google use the Meta Description Tag for Description of Page?

When you do a Google search, there is typically a snippet of sample content from the page. I seem to recall that the Meta Tags can influence this choice of descriptive sentences. Is that correct(?) and if so, is it the Meta Description Tag? Also, how many characters is Google's descriptive sentences limited to?


Why Google skips page title

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Does Google use the Meta Description Tag for Description of Page? I have no idea why this is happening. Title tag is: Unfurnished Office Space Wimbledon – Serviced Office on Lombard Road SW19 But is indexed as: Lombard Road – SW19 - London Office Space If you look in the source code and search for this portion ‘Lombard Road – SW19’ You then find that it's next to an office image alt=’Lombard Road – SW19’. The only thing I could think of is that the spider somehow ‘skips’ our title tag and grabs this bit, and then inserts the name of the site (but WHY?) Is there anything I can do with this? or is this a Google behaviour?


Problem with description of my site and google search

My HTML page : http://www.faressoft.com               <meta name="description" content="فارس سوفت الاسم الرائد في عالم البرمجيات العربية" />      When I search for my site name "فارس سوفت" using google, the description contains my description and the error message of my contact form. why ?


Strange description appearing in Google search results

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Does Google use the Meta Description Tag for Description of Page? I just noticed that when searching Google for the name of a website I'm working on, the search result description now has a broken English phrase which does not appear anywhere on that website, nor on the Google Places page: ![Screenshot of Google search result: "Company builds blogs and custom plug in software for the sites." ...?](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zbppG.png) Where might this text be coming from? How can I fix it?


Different description on Brand search and Keyword search

When we search for the company name and the company snippet shows up as a result, it takes a text from the HTML as description. On the other hand when we search a keyword and the homepage shows up as a result, the meta description will show up. It happens in Google, Bing and Yahoo. How is it possible? **--EDIT:** I found the solution, but since a MODERATOR, marked this question as duplicate, I will write my answer here: The problem was that: We didn't have the company name in the description, while the first word in the html body was the company name. Therefore, where we searched for the company name only, search engines found the html body a better match for the query and show the body (which was not a human readable text) However, when we searched the company name + a keyword that we mentioned in description, the description was chosen, not the html body. To fix the issue, we both changed the description to include the company name, and remove the company name from some html tags like logo's alt in the very first part of the page. Summary: Include all the keywords that you want to be searched in description including the company/website name.


Site description not showing up in Google search

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Problem with description of my site and google search   >  Does Google use the Meta Description Tag for Description of Page? When we search for our site on Google. What do I need to do to change the description? When I inspect the `<head>` element, I see something like:               <meta name="description" content="foobar blah blah blah blah">      I see the title, though (which displays correctly). But the description is some random content that can be found on the homepage. It's not the actual description specified in the `meta` tag. I hear that it takes up to a month until Google updates the description for a site. Is this true? Unfortunately, I am unable to post the URL of our site here. Company policy, since we are still in private beta. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.


private domain registration

I have seen many people hide their personal details like address and phone number while registering a domain. Sometimes they pay for this private registration. So that their information doesn't display in a whois lookup. What is the advantage of doing it and paying extra amount?


Domain Content at Different URL

I know next to nothing pertaining to this topic, so I will do my best to describe my situation. I tried looking for answers, but I think I just need someone to put it into layman's terms for me. I am working with a client who is planning to make a subdomain on their parent company's site. Let's call it "foundation.example.com". Example.com will create the subdomain, but is not allowing the client to host any files on their server. The solution proposed would be to purchase hosting elsewhere, but have the site point to foundation.example.com. The goal is to make it seem as if the user is on foundation.example.com, since that is what will show up in the address bar. How can I achieve this? All responses appreciated, thanks!


CSS just for most basic HTML

I've read that my note system Wikidpad, which exports to very simple HTML, can use CSS (http://wikidpad.sourceforge.net/help/HtmlCss.html) The elements in the output are not more than basic headings, bullet points and tables. I'd like to try some kind of improved style, but I as I have no knowledge about CSS, so the best I can do is to save some Myfile.css to a directory :) However if I google "CSS template" I get all sorts of complicating results that I cannot make sense of :( Am I using wrong terminology? Can you suggest what I should search for or maybe you even know a ressource where a get a simple CSS file with some decent standard HTML elements. I do not wish to make custom adjustments.


Are there any clear indicators that my sitemap file is beneficial?

I have recently created a sitemap.xml file and uploaded it to my Google Webmasters Tools account. Google didn't report any issues or errors with the uploaded sitemap of my site. _Now my question is:_   * **How do I know if my sitemap is working within Google Webmaster Tools?** The reason I ask is I don't know what I'm suppose to being seeing or looking for, and it feels like I've uploaded an useless file.


How should I offer hosting to my clients?

I'm starting a little web development company mainly using rails, but we've also got clients with existing joomla and php code. How do people generally package hosting into web development quotes? Is it usually a pass-through cost, or is it common to charge an additional fee? Also, since we do want to outsource the hosting, but we realise there'll most often be some configuration and maintenance to do, we're wondering how the hosting account is generally managed by development firms? Does each customer have a master account, or are there setups that allow some sort of hierarchy?


Recommend a web service that handles location within a specific radius?

We have a client that wants a store locator on their website. I've been asked to find a webservice that will allow us to send a zipcode as a request and have it return locations within x radius. We found this, but it's maintained by a single person, and doesn't look like it gets updated or supported very well. We're looking for something commercial, ideally that updates their zipcode database at least once per quarter, and that has a well-documented API with PHP accessibility. I won't say price isn't an object, but right now we just want some ideas, and my google-fu has failed me.


Google showing H1 text instead of page TITLE in search result?

I always thought Google shows page title (whatever is in the `<title>` tag of the page) as 1st line of each result. But looking at the search "orologi da collezione" below, it seems Google is showing as 1st line of content the `<H1>` tag. ![alt text](http://i.stack.imgur.com/YjWKD.jpg) Am I right? **Is Google showing the content of the H1 tag as 1st line of the serach result** or something else got from meta description? Even more and more interesting when searching for "vendita orologi" the same site comes out, but this time it shows the real page title as 1st line: ![alt text](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ltynB.jpg)


Can I configure Apache's HTTP Authentication (.htpasswd) to require the name/password of a local user account?

I'd like to restrict access to a certain directory in my webroot to all users that belong to a specific group. I know that I can create a .htpasswd file that specifies a user, or even several users, that should be accepted for HTTP Basic/Digest Authentication, but is it possible to have Apache accept any username/password from the local Linux machine's users? To go a step further, is it possible (through .htpasswd or other means that anyone is aware of) to allow any valid user within a specific group?


Payment gateway performance comparison - is there any site which provides this data?

This is a question specifically addressed towards site owners who use payment gateway solutions for India. Is there a site which provides regular updates on the performance of payment gateways? I know about the Indian Railways performance reports. Is there any other site which covers payment gateways like EBS, CCAvenue and the other payment gateways?


Is switching WordPress frameworks later on bad?

I just read that if you get a site established in Google with one WordPress framework, lets say "Thesis", and then change to another one, lets say "Genesis", that you could lose all your traffic from Google (if you have any). Is there any truth to this?


How do I leave mail at the registrar while serving the web from host?

Client's domain is registered with GoDaddy where they have a mail-only plan at the moment. Now web hosting has been set up elsewhere and we need to point web service to the new host while retaining mail at GoDaddy. (For reasons not important here, this is not negotiable.)   What needs to be edited to carry this out correctly?


> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do I leave mail at the registrar while serving the web from host? What should I do if I host my email with a different email server, while using another web hosting for hosting my website? How it is done? I want a separate email hosting.


Can I have a webhost with one company and an E-Mail host with another?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do I leave mail at the registrar while serving the web from host? I was wondering if it was possible to use one company (and respective name servers) for email hosting, and another (and NS) for the web hosting? My email host mentions changing all the NS records for the domain name to theirs, but wouldn't that disable the web hosting? I'm using cheapdomains.com.au for my E-Mail hosting, and Web24 for the web hosting. The domain was registered through Web24 also. Web24's domain management panel has a heap of options regarding DNS Zone records, such as an 'SOA' type, 'A' type and 'NS' type. If it can be done, which records should I point to CheapDomains' nameservers? (ns4.syra.net.au and ns5.syra.net.au respectively). I'm not sure if I'm allowed to mention company names on here, so tell me if I'm in the wrong...


How to keep website(www) parked at GoDaddy but manage e-mails elsewhere?

I have a domain registered at GoDaddy and a dedicated server I want to use to manage e-mails. If I want to keep www.mydomain.com loading from GoDaddy(at least for now) yet when e-mails are sent to mymailbox@mydomain.com these are managed over at my dedicated server, do I simply have to add a new Hostname in the GoDaddy control panel like this: Hostname: MAIL   IP Address: IP of the dedicated server Would this be enough, or I also need to add an MX record and if yes, how? In my dedicated server control panel, I added this for the domain: Existing DNS records               Hostname: @     Type: MX     Content: mail.mydomain.com     Priority: 0     Time to live: 300


How to map a domain to a website?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do I leave mail at the registrar while serving the web from host? I am using Network solutions. I would like to point my domain to a website. I have both the NameServer1 and NameServer2. However, I would like to keep my email routing as it is now. I believe I need to do it through the A records but not sure exactly how (which field correspond to nameserver 1 and 2). Please advise, where do I enter the NamerServer1 & 2 in the advanced settings so that I don't affect the MX records for my email. Also, I DO have the IP add dresses corresponding to the two name servers. Any help is appreciated.


Keep mail going to old server while hosting on a new server

I'm trying to figure out how to keep mail going to an old server/MX record (which is the same as the domain for the website), after I change the A record for the domain. Here's what I have now (with made up IP addresses):               example.com A 95.134.27.5 < old server     example.com MX example.com.      What I need is:               example A 12.9.149.143 < new server     example MX 95.134.27.5. < old server      Can I just use the IP address of the old server? Is there anything I need the current host to do to continue to have email processed through the old mail server?


Separate Nameserver and MX server at different providers

I have a DNS + Mail service with hosting company HostA for a domain `mydomain.com` and would like to use the servers of FreeDNS as nameservers so that they will resolve web requests to my home server's dynamic IP. At the same time however I don't want to host myself the email but use the mail servers at hosting company HostA, so I can download my `info@mydomain.com` mail. I thought this was a simple matter of adding a nameserver record which pointed to FreeDNS and a MX record which pointed to hosting company HostA domain. However they tell me either I use their nameservers for both web and email or I must use FreeDNS nameservers and I cannot edit the MX record anymore but have to deal with it at FreeDNS website. Is it true? can you explain me why?


MX record setup to another domain?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do I leave mail at the registrar while serving the web from host? I have a website aaa.fr with MX record correctly configured and working. Now I'm buying the domain aaa.es. Can I just configure the MX record of aaa.es pointing to the IP of the mail server on aaa.fr? What I mean is, can I avoid buying email boxes associated with the new domain aaa.es and rely totally on aaa.fr email server? thx


how to cope with a 10 000 person accessing server in one hour?

I have a share hosting, and I charge 150$/years to host company website. Those websites have a maximum of 2000 person per month accessing the site, mostly WordPress site. So everything is fine until a person in Facebook, with 300 000 friend talk about the website. You know, if just 10% go see the site, it's 30 000 person at the same time accessing the site, and what should append just append, the site crash, and then after 1 hours, it's back on... So the question, how to cope with that kind of load ?


Need help with DNS. Registrar is NS, Web Site at WinHost, Email at eHost

Need help moving a web site for a client, which I will call ClientABC. The web site is ClientABC.com, which is hosted at Rackspace, with their email hosted at eHost. We are transferring the site from Rackspace to WinHost and are keeping the email hosted at eHost. I would like the transfer to happen with little to no down time for the web site and email (email is most important). **Current Config:**   * Client owns domain and registrar is Network Solutions   * Domain name is managed by VendorX at Rackspace   * Web site is hosted on Rackspace servers   * Email is hosted at eHost **Post-Move Config:**   * Web site is hosted at WinHost   * Keep Email at eHost **Here is my plan for the transfer:**   * Copy the site files to WinHost and test to assure site is fully functional   * Set up the MX record in the WinHost account to point to eHost servers   * Change the DNS in Network Solutions from Rackspace to Winhost **Questions:**   1. Will this work?   2. What am I missing?   3. Should I expect down time or any issues with email?   4. I understand that there will be a period of time that traffic to the site is handled at both Rackspace and Winhost and that email traffic will be routed through both hosts as well. Will this cause issues?    5. How will I know when the change is fully propagated and that Rackspace is out of the equation and WinHost is handling everything (so I can kill the Rackspace account) Thanks in advance!


Can DNS point to specific port?

I got virtual machine on some server and my URL is something like this. > 111.11.11.111:8002 Can I get DNS who will point to specific port ? One more thing. If I cant do that, can my virtual machine on server be sub- domain of that server DNS ?


How to specify expiration of cacheable resources?

I'm trying to speed up a wordpress site -- this site: http://richardclunan.net I'm following the observations here: http://gtmetrix.com/reports/richardclunan.net/9ps7Zc0j The first item says: "The following cacheable resources have a short freshness lifetime. Specify an expiration at least one week in the future for the following resources:" How do I specify expirations for those things? (I'm not very technically-minded, and likely won't know relevant terminology -- really appreciate baby-steps explanation if possible :)


How to syndicate partial-page content and maintain SEO?

How do we share our partial HTML content without losing our SEO? Since we're not sharing full HTML, we can't place "rel:canonical" in the header. I've thought it'd be interesting to enclose our content in an article tag with a cite attribute to the original source. Would Google respect that for SEO purposes?
     This is syndicated content...


How does home web server work?

I'm trying to understand how home web servers work? Don't you need an IP to access it over the internet? Do you need to buy an IP before you can access your web server from anywhere? Or could someone please give a resource that explains why you don't need an IP?


How to register a domain for someone else?

I want to buy a domain name as a present for a non-technical friend. I therefore want to pay the initial setup cost, but have the account management, and repeat billing under their control. What is the easiest way to do this?


Does CSS formatting of <h1>, <h2> tags have effect on search ranking?

I have a web page where I made some style into `<h1>`, `<h2>` tags, will it make some effect on my SEO ranking?


Does Lucida Sans Unicode font in Windows 7 have a bold style?

I am trying to set an alternative to Mac Lucida Grande font with Lucida Sans Unicode for Windows users and found out that I see no bold style of it in my Windows 7. Is that common for all Windows 7? How about Windows XP?


Three word domain name

I need to buy a new 3 word domain name. Which domain name is more worth or more preferred by users? > my-example-domain.com or > myexampledomain.com Thanks Tom


Email Forwarding Server

We have a ton of websites on multiple different webhosts. The way we have our email setup is we forward all of our email to gmail accounts (e.g. name@domain.com > whatever@gmail.com) The problem is most of our webhosts now send a lot of legitimate email to Gmail's spam. We're looking for a service that will only manage the emails (we don't want to switch webhosts as the actual hosting of the website is fine). So we only want the emails to be managed, and all legitimate emails to be sent our way forwarded to our gmail accounts. Any recommendations out there?


DNS question and Google PageRank from domains

I'm not so good at DNS at all but I do know some basics. A while ago i have noticed, that my blog have different Page Ranks, PR 3 for domain `www.example.com` and PR 1 for domain `example.com`. In dns records i have this setup:               A - IP - `www.example.com`     A - same IP - `example.com`      Should i replace this record "A - same IP - `example.com`" with row with CNAME instead of A? Like that:               CNAME - same IP - `example.com` - alias `www.example.com`      Will this combine Page Rank value of both domains? Or i can just create 302 redirection inside .htaccess file, verify example.com(without www) inside Google Webmaster Tools as my domain and inside `www.example.com` options set as main domain? Thanks ;)


Do tabs, spaces, and line-breaks in HTML markup affect search engine optimization?

I am looking for information regarding tabs, spaces, and line-breaks in HTML/XHTML markup and whether it affects SEO. I have found sources which state that extra white space hurts search engine optimization. Example:

             Text for a paragraph

             More text for another paragraph

      Should be written like this for SEO:

Text for a paragraph

More text for another paragraph

      The second version of the code is much harder to maintain so I would far prefer to write code like the first example, but SEO concerns are the top priority. Does white space negatively affect a site's search engine rankings? Also, if you have any sources for your answer, please post them or explain your reasoning if you are the source.


Analytics data from google.com?

While browsing around for browser statistics today I figured that it would be nice to see a dataset from www.google.com, it ought to be somewhat well balanced and should provide a pretty decent "general" cut of the netizen population. However, googling (oh, the irony) for a while I couldn't find any such public datasets available. Is any data like this (from Google specifically) available, either for free or subscription?


Unable to download microsoft excel files from a IIS SSL site

The web master at my corporation added SSL to the web site and now none of my users can download Microsoft word and xcel files the sites generates. According to Microsoft the following must be down. Web sites that want to allow this type of operation should remove the no-cache header or headers. Typical of MS they don't tell you what to do, how to do it, or what the best practice is. The web master says its a web config setting. But all i can finds is               <configuration>         <appSettings/>         <connectionStrings/>         <system.web>         <httpRuntime sendCacheControlHeader="false"/>      and I don't know if this is the best way to achieve the result. I would greatly appreciate some advice on this subject.


Specifying image dimensions to improve browser performance

I recently ran an audit on my web site using Google Developer Tools. My images are all the same size (500 horizontal by 300 vertical pixels) so I thought it would be better if I left out the image size attributes as there would be no need to calculate an image size when it already is the correct size. Under Networking Utilization, Specify Image Dimensions I see the following               A width and height should be specified for all images in order to speed up      page display. The following image(s) are missing a width and/or height:      Now, I'm confused. Should I really add width and height attributes to my images, even though they are already the right size? It seems redundant.


Does it matter where a server's physical location is?

I am located in the UK, and most of my clients are also in the UK. However. I find some of the products available in the US to be easier to use. I won’t name specific companies, but the price and features attract me the most. Does it matter if the websites are located in the USA? I understand that when pinging my existing sites, there are around 7-8 more hops involved. All my sites use CMS’s, so they aren’t as fast as static sites (even with caching turned on). Would hosting the site abroad and using a CDN make any difference?


Found Odd File on Site: Should I Be Concerned?

I found a php file that was uploaded to our web server that had sneaked past our form validation. I did some searching and there was very little information regarding this file, however the small amount I found definitely made it seem malicious. Here is the content of the file: http://pastebin.com/zfbHMe9M What was this file trying to accomplish? Is there anything I should check or be concerned about? I have removed the file from my site.


Why can't I download an image from this website?

I tried downloading the blue image in myheritage.com by right clicking. But somehow I always get the picture with parachute no matter where I right click in the blue area. I downloaded the complete page in firefox and then opened images the blue background was missing. How did they manage to do that? Would like to know the method. PS: I went through FAQ of webmasters.SE, nothing was said regarding the explicit mentioning of a third party domain name in the question so I am going ahead and posting it. Edit: How is the image above 955M profiles is also not available to download when we right click?


How can set a local host ip address to forward to local host virtual host domain name

I want to forward different domain names to single IP Address (local for testing), but how can i recognize in pc that which domain name should be linked to which folder? For example in my windows host file I have added the following entries:               127.0.0.1       abc.com     127.0.0.1       test.abc.com     127.0.0.1       test1.abc.com


AddThis Counts vs Facebook Counts

Recently I changed Facebook Like buttons on several of my sites for AddThis counting buttons which include the Facebook count (or so I assume that is what the number in the box next to 'f like' is). From a code point-of-view this is simpler and gives also counts and sharing buttons for other services. **However, the counts were mostly reset to 0 or at least to a much lower number than before.** **Why the discrepancy? What could the two things be counting differently?**


Multi-Domain SSL and redirections

I have one server with the main domain being: `WebSiteA.com`. I've got 2 others domains on the same server: `WebSiteB.com` and `WebsiteC.com`. I want to have one website architecture with 3 different sections, with 3 differents domains. So, when someone visits `WebsiteA.com/mycategory` I want them to see `WebSiteB.com` on this page and all the others in this category. **So this :** >   * WebsiteA.com/mycategory/page1 >   * WebsiteA.com/mycategory/page2 >   * WebsiteA.com/mycategory/section/page3 > **Becomes this :** >   * WebsiteB.com/page1 >   * WebsiteB.com/page2 >   * WebsiteB.com/section/page3 > **Problem 1:** I first tried to change the DNS in the `WebsiteB.com` domain to point to `WebsiteA.com`. It works, but for the entire site. (I suppose I should use alias instead to limit to one section?) **Problem 2** : I have an SSL setup on `WebsiteA.com`, but when I'm trying to reach the page with `WebsiteB.com`, I receive an error. So I suppose I should use a Multi-Domain (UCC) SSL certificate?


Structured data: Is it okay to have more than one image, description and SKU per page?

In a few pages in a website, similar products are displayed in the same page. Each item has its own description (almost identical) and its own SKU (also almost identical). How can I use microdata correctly here? I have tried, for testing purposes, to add the code for image, description and SKU for all 3 items in one page, and I have tested the page in Google's Structured Data Testing Tool. Google read the data and displayed the URL for all 3 images, all 3 descriptions, and all 3 SKUs. Is this the correct approach, or is this wrong? Not sure if it makes a difference, but at the moment, this is not an e-commerce site.
     Test name 1          Description test 1     #001

     Test name 2          Description test 2     #002

     Test name 3          Description test 3     #003


I am trying to add a valid sitemap to Google Webmaster. Yet, it says: > Network unreachable: robots.txt unreachableWe were unable to crawl your > Sitemap because we found a robots.txt file at the root of your site but were > unable to download it. Please ensure that it is accessible or remove it > completely. and > Network unreachable: robots.txt unreachableWe were unable to crawl your > Sitemap because we found a robots.txt file at the root of your site but were > unable to download it. Please ensure that it is accessible or remove it > completely. Yet, I can access both my robots.txt and sitemap.xml. I have reading other posts here and there, but could not solve/understand what is causing this issue. Anyone knows?


Tomcat WebDAV root directory

Is it possible to configure WebDAV in such a way that it serves content outside the root directory? I basically want to serve content via WebDAV from an absolute path `C:\Content`. (A third party application will drop files in that directory.) I'm running Tomcat 7.0.


If my page titles are dynamically created with PHP will Google be able to read them?

My page titles are dynamically created with PHP: I set my page title in my PHP functions, and when the function is triggered the title is set. Is Google able to read the page titles?


How to reliably determine server stack of a site (eg .Net vs Open Source)

I've been trying to figure out how to determine the use of the .Net stack compared to Open Source OS's. I have read that Netcraft.com is one place to find out. But when I put in one of my own sites (which is .Net), it comes up as unknown, and when I put in StackOverflow.com, it comes up as a Linux OS and "unknown" server. I thought SO was .Net MVC (has that changed)? Given that Netcraft came up with wrong/incomplete answers in these instances, do you think their statistics overall are still reliable? http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://stackoverflow.com


Do we need to block repeated pages content for SEO relevance

I have multiple purchase pages with the same content like:               product1red.php     product2green.php      Should I block them with robots.txt ?


I suspect our agency artificially increased traffic

I had a first suspicion when I compared our previous CPC campaign, managed in house with the one who was done by agency. In previous campaign there was no traffic increase from organic traffic, while in the campaign managed by agency there was a large and correlated increase of traffic from both - CPC and organic traffic. Look at the image. I have looked into various things in Analytics, but the strangest thing was appearance of CPC searches with plus sign, like +very +best +product. Now I doubt that there are lots of people doing search like that. Also, here was significant increase of average duration and pages per visit. We did some other marketing activities at that moment, but it looks like a very unlikely coincidence. Please advice how can we bust them, because my boss is about to sign up a contract to do SEO with them...


Need a good, free, light help desk package

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Helpdesk software I'm launching a new web site that needs a basic help-desk system-- something that will track ticket emails, keep a log, have some basic statistics and possibly power a knowledgebase/FAQ section on my site. My ideal solution would be hosted (I'd rather not lose a day having to fuss around with installing software on the server), MODERN and CLEAN (read: not feel like it was designed or developed in 1997, which is what I keep coming across) and easy. Simple. Clean. Current. (You know, like the stuff 37signals puts out, or Fog Creek's CoPilot.) Because we're talking about no more than 10 tickets a week right now, it seems reasonable that I should be able to have the features for free now, to determine if it's right for me. Of course, I'm totally fine with a package that I will pay to grow into, as my needs expand. If I have to install on my server, it should be Linux based (CentOS). Zen Desk seems to nail it in the features department but feels like overkill for my (currently, very small) needs.


Google Fetch issue

When I do a Google fetch on any of my webpages the results are all the same (below). I'm not a programmer but I'm pretty sure this is not correct. Out of all the fetches I have done only one was different and the content length was 6x below and showed meta tags etc. Maybe this explains other issues I've been having with the site: a drop in indexed pages. Meta tag analyzer says I have no title tag, meta tags or description even though I do it on all pages. I had an SEO team working on the site and they were stumped by why pages were not getting indexed. So they figure it was some type of code error. Are they right?               HTTP/1.1 200 OK     Cache-Control: private     Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8     Content-Encoding: gzip     Vary: Accept-Encoding     Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5     X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319     X-Powered-By: ASP.NET     Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:45:41 GMT     Content-Length: 1054          <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">     <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">     <head>         <title></title>         <script type="text/javascript">                  function getCookie(cookieName) {                 if (document.cookie.length > 0) {                     cookieStart = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName + "=");                     if (cookieStart != -1) {                         cookieStart = cookieStart + cookieName.length + 1;                         cookieEnd = document.cookie.indexOf(";", cookieStart);                         if (cookieEnd == -1)                             cookieEnd = document.cookie.length;                         return unescape(document.cookie.substring(cookieStart, cookieEnd));                     }                 }                 return "";             }                  function setTimezone() {                 var rightNow = new Date();                 var jan1 = new Date(rightNow.getFullYear(), 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);  // jan 1st                 var june1 = new Date(rightNow.getFullYear(), 6, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0); // june 1st                 var temp = jan1.toGMTString();                 var jan2 = new Date(temp.substring(0, temp.lastIndexOf(" ") - 1));                 temp = june1.toGMTString();                 var june2 = new Date(temp.substring(0, temp.lastIndexOf(" ") - 1));                 var std_time_offset = (jan1 - jan2) / (1000 * 60 * 60);                 var daylight_time_offset = (june1 - june2) / (1000 * 60 * 60);                 var dst;                 if (std_time_offset == daylight_time_offset) {                     dst = "0"; // daylight savings time is NOT observed                 } else {                     // positive is southern, negative is northern hemisphere                     var hemisphere = std_time_offset - daylight_time_offset;                     if (hemisphere >= 0)                         std_time_offset = daylight_time_offset;                     dst = "1"; // daylight savings time is observed                 }                      var exdate = new Date();                 var expiredays = 1;                 exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + expiredays);                 document.cookie = "TimeZoneOffset=" + std_time_offset + ";";                 document.cookie = "Dst=" + dst + ";expires=" + exdate.toUTCString();             }                  function checkCookie() {                 var timeOffset = getCookie("TimeZoneOffset");                 var dst = getCookie("Dst");                      if (!timeOffset || !dst) {                     setTimezone();                     window.location.reload();                 }             }              </script>     </head>     <body onload="checkCookie()">     </body>     </html>


How do I buy this domain name?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How can I buy a domain that has already been registered? How can I buy the domain name `www.autospell.com`. It seems to have a weird status with no website, but also it is not available to buy.


Getting a domain name owned by someone else?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Buy a registered domain? I'm in the process of creating this website, but the name I wanted for the hosting seems to be taken. Namejet seems to be auctioning it, but it seems a bit too fishy for my taste. I go to the link and there's nothing there, just ads. Can anyone recommend what the best way to get a domain owned by someone else is? My only alternative seems to be making an extremely long one nobody will remember! Sorry for the extremely noob question, but hey, need to start somewhere.


How to I register a domain name that has been registered?

I am writing to ask about a domain name I wish to own. I have contacted the domain owner (by performing a WhoIS search) by email and have not received a reply. I have tried contacting him for over a year. I have also contacted the domain registrar (`namecheap.com`) where the domain is registered, and they have told me that they cannot contact him on my behalf, and told me to contact him using the email address. Are there any ways of securing this domain name for myself? I have waited for it to expire but unfortunately, it automatically renewed!


FTP client says directory permissions are 0000

I encountered a problem that appears to be related to permissions (same as this one). When I looked at the permissions of various directories in FireFTP, they all were 0000, which is obviously nonsense, since all the other pages are served without any problems. I only have ftp access, and I think it’s a Windows server (The header says "Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5"). I’ve tried a different ftp client, with the same result. Changing the permissions results in a "'SITE CHMOD 764 [directory]': command not understood" error. A search on Google and SO for "permissions windows 0000" and similar queries didn’t turn up anything. How can I view and change the actual permissions?


Problems Using CloudFlare On Blogger

Here's the situation. I got a TLD for my blogger blog and set it up using the instructions from blogger. Blogger asks to:               Add two CNAME records. For the first CNAME, where it says Name, Label or Host enter "www" and where it says Destination, Target orPoints To enter "ghs.google.com" . For the second CNAME, enter "NHRILA4K2RJG" as the Name and      "gv-GQMUMYGHAMJWECXFLJXVXABIV23C55JIPNIAVD5IGFSXT653O5GA.domainverify.googlehosted.com."      I did that on my domain host, and everything was working smoothly. Here's the things that happened:   * Typing myblog.blogspot.com in the address bar brought me to my new address www.mynewaddress.tld    * Typing my newaddress.tld brings me to www.mynewaddress.tld Now, I went through the instruction to setup CloudFlare and did everything as required. I saw that CloudFlare is active and working on my TLD www.mynewaddress.tld, however, when I am typing the blogspot address, i.e. myblog.blogspot.com, it's showing a notice that the blog is not hosted on blogger and that I should click "yes" to get redirected to the new website. However, the blog is still on blogger. I think the problem might be with this particular CNAME record Google asks to create, which I did not find imported to the CloudFlare nameservers:               For the second CNAME, enter "NHRILA4K2RJG" as the Name and      "gv-GQMUMYGHAMJWECXFLJXVXABIV23C55JIPNIAVD5IGFSXT653O5GA.domainverify.googlehosted.com."      So I create that CNAME and added it to the CloudFlare panel. My question is - is that what will help Google determine that my blog is still hosted on Blogger? If so, should I turn off CloudFlare for that particular CNAME record or turn it on? Any help is very much appreciated :)


Do you know a good html mailing list management software with admin levels?

I'm basically looking for a program/app/script (can be commercial) which I can ideally install on a windows server (we can run asp, asp.net php mssql) we have different groups of people who send newsletters to web members, I want to bring it all into one app which I can monitor and control. Ideally it would be able to create html newsletters, (with some templates) track emails and click throughs. Manage email lists subscribe/unsubscribes. And importantly have different levels of admin, so a newsletter creator could log in and create and send off an email, it goes into a queue where a communications editor can have an overview of all newsletters and approve the sending of the emails or edit them before they are sent off. before I start coding something up myself I thought I'd ask if anyone has any advice! Cheers!


Looking for full web based booking system

I've searched around here but could not find any booking system that would suit my need. I hope maybe you can help me out. I've already seen question #11379. Solutions provided there are not helping and scripts not interesting. I'm looking for a booking system that support infinite number of hotels/rooms/pricingschemes. There should be unlimited number of hotel owner/users, who can access control panel and set availability for their hotel. Or create seasonal prices and adjust them. I should be able to have 15% booking fee paid through credit cart. I can work on integration with my system, it just needs to have correct APi/functionality to support this. I love wordpress so if there are some nice plugins for that, I'm open for suggestions. But this is not a must. It should be php/mysql based as I'm not good at anything else :)


Responsibility in case of copyright infringing user-submitted content

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but it seemed like one of the better options. Example here. Say, I have an online library where users can submit e-books and PDFs they created. All fine and dandy, until someone comes around and starts uploading books that are not their own. Sure, we have a moderation team in place that regularly checks new additions, but some may slip past the radar, especially when dealing with fairly unknown authors. The author of the (illegally) uploaded books finds the site, browses it for a bit, and to his shock finds that his books are available there for free. Copyright infringement! They sue me for hosting the library website, and I get in deep trouble because some user did something he wasn't allowed to. How can I avoid getting in trouble over this? Will I be safe is I state in the Terms of Use that it is not allowed to upload copyright infringing material, and that all users are responsible for what they upload? Or does the "web admin is responsible for his sites and their content" clause negate all others? Thanks! UPDATE: Also asked a lawyer online. They gave an answer pretty close to what the people on here said. See this link.


Customized 404 page on yahoo webhosting

I want to add my customized 404 error page. On Apache server an entry made in .htaccess file does this task.I have my website on yahoo web hosting. Yahoo does not support .htaccess file. Can anyone please guide how this can be achieved on yahoo web hosting.


What dodgy scams are there to get to the top of Google searches?

I was speaking to a relative and they mentioned that the designer/developer who produced their site had a way of getting them to the first page of google, I did advise him that this could be potentially dodgy and if he's not using legit SEO techniques then you could get thrown out. So what dodgy packages are there at the moment that he could be using, because from the look of the site and the number of orders it's taking, I really can't see how it could've organically risen to the top. Any ideas?


Embedding *.swf objects: javascript vs xhtml

I am a newbie in webdesign and I´ve been wondering which is the _modern_ way to embed swf objects. I've been using the following html code:               <object id="flash1" data="presentacion/prototipe.swf" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500">     <param name="movie" value="presentacion/prototipe.swf" />     </object>      However, I've noticed that some designers use a javascript to embed swf files. Like this one               <script type="text/javascript">     var flashvars = {     };          var params = {         menu: "false",         scale: "noScale",         allowFullscreen: "true",         allowScriptAccess: "always",         allowNetworking: "all",         bgcolor: "#ffffff",         base: "swf/"     };     var attributes = {         id:"flashMovie"     };     swfobject.embedSWF("swf/flash_movie.swf", "flashMovie", "550", "400", "9.0.0", "swf/expressinstall.swf", flashvars, params, attributes);     </script>      It seems that both ways produce the same results but: **what are the shorfalls of these methods?** **which method is the newest ?** **Are there any compatibility issues regarding the web-browsers?** Thanks in advance. I've posted this question in stack-overflow too. I don't know exactly where this question should be posted.


Should Schema.org be used on embedded YouTube videos or only self-hosted videos?

Google supports and recommends using the schema.org on-page markup for videos. However it is not clear if this should also be done when embeddeding a YouTube video. Or really even a Vimeo video. Or is the schema.org only necessary when hosting the videos yourself?


Which folders need to be backed up for migration in Joomla?

I'm helping someone update & migrate their old website, built on the Joomla framework.   Currently it is running on Joomla 1.5.8 which is an ancient version. I've convinced them to upgrade Joomla to at least 2.5 I have already made a backup of the database. Most links I have seen talk of backing up the entire `public_html` folder (The website runs on a shared host). But in my fresh Joomla installation there are several folders that are in the `public_html` folder. So which of the folders in the `public_html` folder are from the content of the website, and which are of the old Joomla framework? I'm afraid that I might overwrite files of the new Joomla framework with the old framework, if copy all the files and folders into the new installation.


How to add Default Document in a Windows Shared Hosting

I have a shared hosting plan where I have hosted my WordPress blog Now each time I want to access the page I have to type index.php after the domain name. If I try to access it without using index.php I get 404 error. Is this because index.php is not added to Default Documents list? Is there anyway I can add the default document list using plex control Panel?


URL rewrite to fix broken links into a subdirectory -- subdirectory was moved to the root directory

I had an e-commerce website hosted on `http://mydomain.com/beta` for more than a year, eventually I decided to move the website to root `http://mydomain.com` I had done quite a lot of link postings to forums etc, when my site used to be hosted in the sub-dir /beta. Is there a way to do a mod_rewrite by which all the old links that I have posted do not return as broken links, since now longer the site is hosted in /beta and is now hosted on the site root. I did read that mod_rewrite can help resolve this issue, but also read about that this has to be done with care. Just a tip that this site is using friendly URL.


Google Analytics - include filter not working

I just added an include filter this morning in my domain (`test.org`). I have: _Custom Filter > Include > Request URI >_ `^/test-a/46212$|^/test-a/46212|^/test-a/46315` Now after I go to _Content > Site Content > All Pages_ , I see stats for other pages that I didn't include in my filter. For example I see `/somethingelse`. I only want to see stats for `/test-a/46212` and whatever else in my filter. Please let me know what I'm doing wrong.


Do the "Contact us" and "Privacy policy" pages affect SEO?

Just like the title says, what are the effects of having a "Contact us" and a "Privacy policy" on your site? I've read that it could build up your trust with Google, is this true? I've also read that some people said that you should add a `noindex` tag to your "Privacy policy" page, would this be a good idea? I say this because many websites have similar privacy policies, and I don't want any duplicate content issues. (For example, many people could be using the same WordPress privacy policy generator). I'm wondering the same things for the "Contact us" page as well.


How to create sharing icons with the share count number showing?

See a sample article on theonion.com ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/GVCoW.png) I know how to create icons for these sites without using their standard widget, but how did they get the number of share, bellow each icon ? Is there an API to ask for it ?


Will using same colour H1 as background hurt SEO if I use background image?

Can it hurt SEO if H1 headings are the same colour as the standard body background colour, even if all H1 headings are placed in divs that have a contrasting background image? (So to be clear: the heading will be clearly visible) To illustrate: CSS:               body {     color:#4e4e4e;     background-color: #ffffff;       }          #section1 {     background: url('example.jpg');     }          h1 {     font-weight: bold;     color:#ffffff;     }      (example.jpg in this case would be an image with very dark colours) HTML:

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      While at first glance it may seem that H1 headings are hidden, in reality they are not because the white letters will contrast with the dark background image. Will Google (wrongly) see this as hiding text, as a result hurting SEO? And if so, would it then be better to define H1 colours per div like in the CSS example underneath?               body {     color:#4e4e4e;     background-color: #ffffff;       }          #section1 {     background: url('example.jpg');     color: #fff;     }      I ask this because, while the second example seems to make more sense if you want to make it clear you're not hiding text, I also have the feeling that this defeats the purpose of a separate CSS file. If I'm going to have to change the font colour for each div I use an H1 in, I might as well switch to inlining.


I understand that ICANN does make the rules requiring this, but I don't understand why we have to? Each time we do transfer the domain, we have to pay to do so. That partially stops fraud. I also do know that it can take from a few hours to a month for the transfer process to be completed on both ends. **Why do we have to wait 60 days between each domain transfer?** Also, allow me to quote the ICANN FAQ > **If I bought a name through one registrar, am I allowed to switch to a > different registrar?** > > Yes. The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, applicable to all ICANN-accredited > registrars, provides that registered name holders must be able to transfer > their domain name registrations between registrars. You must wait 60 days > after the initial registration or any previous transfers to initiate a > transfer. It states that it is a _requirement_ without an understanding of the reason why it is.


How can I prove to google that a godaddy based site with instapage in my site?

I have registered a domain with godaddy and do not have their hosting services just the free instapage. I want my domain to be actually hosted at google apps. I have got to the point in google setup where google has asked me to verify that this my domain by adding some metadata in the header of mypage (there are couple of other options as well). The problem is that because I am not using godaddy's hosting I can not add any thing to the head as instapage only give me edit access to body and some templates. Is there a way I can verify that this my domain with having to pay for godaddy's hosting ?


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PHP not enabled by default on GoDaddy shared linux web hosting

I recently made the mistake of starting a web hosting account with GoDaddy. Let me start by saying that any comments or answers that I should walk away from the money I spent with GoDaddy and go with someone else will be flagged. I have heard this countless times and do not wish to hear it again. Perhaps I am naive but I thought that PHP was enabled by default on shared web hosting. Certainly PHP should be enabled, my account started with two webform mailer scripts, webformmailer.php and gdform.php. There also exists a php.ini file that cannot be modified or deleted. It seems to prevent certain things like registering globals and other security concerns on a shared hosting environment. PHP is not enabled though. A simple test script spits back text, telling me the PHP handler doesn't exist or it is just not installed.               <?php phpinfo(); ?>      The above just returns text. There was no .htaccess file so I decided to add one myself. It made no difference. > AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php > > Options +ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks The php.ini file that they provided in my account is as follows:               register_globals = off     allow_url_fopen = off          expose_php = On     max_input_time = 60     variables_order = "EGPCS"     extension_dir = ./     upload_tmp_dir = /tmp     precision = 12     SMTP = relay-hosting.secureserver.net     url_rewriter.tags = "a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=,fieldset="               ; Only uncomment zend optimizer lines if your application requires Zend Optimizer support          ;[Zend]     ;zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15     ;zend_extension_manager.optimizer=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3     ;zend_extension_manager.optimizer_ts=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-3.3.3     ;zend_extension=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3/ZendExtensionManager.so     ;zend_extension_ts=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-3.3.3/ZendExtensionManager_TS.so               ; -- Be very careful to not to disable a function which might be needed!     ; -- Uncomment the following lines to increase the security of your PHP site.          ;disable_functions = "highlight_file,ini_alter,ini_restore,openlog,passthru,     ;             phpinfo, exec, system, dl, fsockopen, set_time_limit,     ;                     popen, proc_open, proc_nice,shell_exec,show_source,symlink"      After contacting customer support they insist that there is nothing wrong with my account. I must be doing something very stupid here because I can't find any instance on the web where somebody experienced a similar problem with GoDaddy.


How do I build backlinks?

I've recently made a site and I want to know how to go about making backlinks?


What are new backlinking techniques

I am in search of new backlinks methods. I do know most of the traditional methods of acquiring back links but they are no more in the play. I there is something out of the box or not so common, please share your knowledge and wisdom.


How to increase backlinks of blog or websites

I know that this question is very easy and also Silly.But I don't know how to make **backlinks to my blog**.      I have tried **commenting in various blogs and websites** but in alexa there is **only 1 backlink** which is **my own blog**.      Do anyone know how to make a **quality backlinks for blog or website**....      I also want to know that by increasing **Backlinks** , **SEO** of my blog imporves???       _Thanks in advance......_


remove 'noindex' meta tag, under Tumblr

Is it possible to remove the meta tag for search engine 'noindex' in a tumblr blog ?   I have tried all options under the dashboard.   I think Tumblr add this option automatically when the HTML page is generated.   If I wrote another meta tag before, in a custom HTML style, is it used by googleBot or other ? > < meta name="robots" content="noindex"/ >< meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch- > control" content="off"/ >< /head >   >  < body > ... Also, these scripts are in the template :               <script src="http://static.tumblr.com/xsp9wak/WsCkloo8h/fluid.js" type="text/javascript"></script>     <script src="http://static.tumblr.com/xsp9wak/trzklb43b/jquery.fancybox-1.2.1.pack.js" type="text/javascript"></script>     <script src="http://static.tumblr.com/xsp9wak/6JXkli7dk/cufon-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>          <script src="http://static.tumblr.com/xsp9wak/g6Wklb4aa/tg.js" type="text/javascript"></script>      >


What could keep Chrome from downloading files?

I run a subscription-based site for poker training videos. In the recent past, some portion of our subscribers have developed problems downloading our videos. The affected users are exclusively seeing problems while using Chrome as their web browser, however there are other users who use Chrome with no problem. Here is the exact behavior they are seeing:   * Pasting the url of a video file directly to their browser produces about:blank and the file does not download   * Clicking the link normally produces no result (e.g. it behaves like a dead link)   * Right-clicking the link and opening in a new tab/window produces about:blank and the file does not download   * Right-clicking the link and choosing Save-As produces a 5 to 10 second delay, after which they get a Save As dialog. After they choose a location, the download proceeds at full speed. Again, this problem has only presented itself for a subset of users browsing with Chrome. All affected users have the latest version of Chrome, but so do some of the unaffected users. All affected users have Windows Vista or Windows XP. As far as we can tell (small sample size), none of the affected users have Windows 7 and none of our users on Windows 7 have been affected. What could be causing this problem? How could it be solved? Edit: Here is a copy of the headers from one of these downloads.               HTTP/1.1 200 OK     Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:35:56 GMT     Server: Apache     Last-Modified: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:57:29 GMT     ETag: "180cc292-5229699-4b00a208b3c40"     Accept-Ranges: bytes     Content-Length: 86152857     Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=29     Connection: Keep-Alive     Content-Type: application/octet-stream      Edit: Some updates. Chrome extensions do not seem to affect this. One of the affected systems was upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7, with no other changes made. That system now downloads properly. This issue doesn't only affect the WMV videos. It happens with FLV and M4V as well. A sample file is at http://www.grinderschool.com/videos/zbn9Y7TbeWcUbCPFNnLd/Carroters001.wmv


Do dynamic URLs have their own PageRank?

Do URLs with parameters have their own PageRank for the given parameters values or is the PageRank aggregated at basic page URL level ignoring the parameters?


Microdata reuse within another item

I've been reading around and I feel I've hit a wall. My intention is marking up my site with micro-data in a way I won't need to re-declare items that already exist in the page. For example, my header will always contain info regarding the "Organization" that the website represents. Within the "Products" that I offer I can specify the "Brand" of that product. So the product's property "brand" will replicate the "Organization" info mentioned in the header. Now I don't think I'm supposed to repeat the organization's markup within the brand property of the product item, since I feel there should be a way to reference that organization item directly. I just haven't found a way to do this, are there any ideas? I've checked this answer and although useful it doesn't address my issue. I tried messing with it however to give you an idea of my intentions:               <span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemref="myCompany">         <meta itemprop="name" content="Company Name" />         <meta itemprop="url" content="http://example.com/" />         <meta itemprop="description" content="description" />     </span>          <span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Product">         <span itemprop="brand" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">             <meta itemprop="id" content="myCompany" id="myCompany" />         </span>         <meta itemprop="name" content="Foo product" />         <meta itemprop="description" content="You can do Bar with it" />     </span>      This doesn't work since it adds the the "id" property to both "Organization" and "Product". **##### EDIT1: #####** zigojacko's answer didn't really go towards what I was expecting, since he uses a single container with all the information needed to present all the markup for his product. However in my case the site layout isn't broken down into a container that would hold all the necessary information, as my company info is within the header and the products/offers are near the footer (as the main form to define those offers is above the fold) and other info is scattered between each of those containers. As such I would eventually like to link the company (that resides in the header) to the brand of each product (that reside near the footer), I just wouldn't like to repeat all the code necessary to describe the company and therefor would prefer linking to some sort of item identifier. There is also the possibility of nesting every bit of content within the page to the company, but as a comment to this question I mention that specific question in the webmasters-stack-exchange. So I know how to pull that type of solution off, I'm just wondering if there's the possibility of referring to an existent item elsewhere on the page. **##### EDIT2: #####** In the comments of this question I might have found a better way to explain what I mean. > By pointers I mean an html attribute that could reference an Item. In the > code example I gave, I have a loose (not nested) Organization that I would > like to be inserted into my second item Product within it's brand property, > but without having to copy+paste or echo again within the Product. I tried > to simulate that behavior with the itemref attribute.


Will AJAX-fetched material be invisible to search engines?

With the new method of doing things that I've put together, my page content is not actually on index.html or any of the other pages. Instead, it is in index.txt and merely fetched by AJAX. Is my content, which is in index.txt, going to be invisible to the search engine spiders? Or will it load the AJAX-fetched material and then analyze the whole thing once the material is fetched?


Bots and scripts

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Will AJAX-fetched material be invisible to search engines? Can bots understand what's going on in javascript or vbscript? Most of the social networking modules and ad codes consist of just a js file which appends an iframe (google+ button, facebook like button, facebook likebox, google ads etc). Do bots understand that there are iframes involved in the site? Do bots run javascript and check the result? Or at least try to understand what's going in that js?


Does having a single image referenced from multiple pages affect SEO?

I would like to have a collection of images that are rendered into the browser. If for example I had **Images:**               [img1 ; img2 ; img3 ; img4 ; img 5;]      **Category:**               [cat1 ; cat2 ; cat3]      **Problem:** Assume image 1 belonged in both cat1 and cat2. Would it be better for SEO purposes to upload image1 with different alt tags? OR should I upload the same image twice using different URL's? **_Note** : I have folder pattern such as_   * `/dir/cat1/`   * `/dir/cat2/`   * `/dir/cat3/` The image goes in the folder in which category it belongs. So if the image is best not duplicated, I will use the first choice.


Why isn't my website in Google search results?

I've made a website one month ago and it still isn't indexed by Google. I haven't change any setting in the _robots.txt_ file. I've tried to search for `site:websitename.com` but I still can't see it, and I have a Google Analytics account. Why isn't my site in Google results?


Google not reading my website Content and Title, Meta tag and Description also?

I have a new website and my website Home page content, Meta tag also not reading google and not index, any one can help me my website: http://www.packerandmoversindelhi.in


How long does it take for Google Webmasters to index site after submitting sitemap?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Why isn't my website in Google search results? I have submitted my website today into Google search using Google Webmasters using sitemaps. The status on the sitemap says OK and it shows that 12 urls have been recognized. I was wondering how long does it take for the link to get indexed, as the indexed url option says > "No data available. Please check back soon." I am not sure if it is showing this message due to some error, or everything is fine.


Google pulls keywords from only two pages

When I sign into Google Webmaster and view Google Index > Content Keywords, it only shows keywords off of a single page, and from my site map. It's a small site with five pages, but it's only getting keywords from the single page. Also when I go under Google Index > Index Status it shows only two pages have been indexed, and it's stayed that way for about a month. I assume that this is the site map and the page where all of the keywords are being pulled from. My robots.txt file allows all pages to be crawled, and if I search "site:mysite.com" it shows all of the pages. I can't seem to find a way to see what pages have been indexed in Webmaster. The site has been up for a couple of months. I have submitted a sitemap which has all of the pages. Why isn't Google gathering keywords from the other pages? How do I get the other pages indexed?


Pages are not searchable by Google

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  I cannot see my website in google After migrating my website (based on Drupal CMS) to WebHosting (it's about two months there), I noticed that my pages aren't searchable by Google. It finds nothing, even though it should clearly find my website. Same thing happens when I want to know the ranking of my website. Do you know where the fault could be?


A relatively new blog seems to be getting very poor Google indexing

I have a new blog that is 2 months old. In the first few weeks, it was getting indexed nicely and my GoogleWebmaster reports were showing that it was getting crawled and began ranking for some terms. Then as I kept writing, the GoogleWebmaster report thinned out and showed less and less terms that this blog ranks for. Now there are only 4 terms with one of them being my name. Is there something I need to do to keep the old posts to remain indexed and crawled? Thanks, Alex


> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  I cannot see my website in google I have a strange problem with my website. I have a website, let's say Abcdefg.com. Website is live for 2 months and google still doesn't know it. While searching for my domain name 'abcdefg', google displays results for similar phrase (abcdef) but not fot mine. How to make google get to know my domain name? Website and sitemaps have been submitted via Google Webmaster Tools.


How to improve image indexing

I have a curious problem: In Google Webmaster Tools, it shows that from my sitemap 330 images submitted and only 6 are indexed. I try to put alt tags, descriptive names, everything by the book, but still no results. What can you suggest to improve image indexing by Google or any other search engine :).


How long did it take for your new website to be indexed by search engines

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Why isn't my website in Google search results? I have added my website to the webmaster tools of some major search engines already, and supplied the sitemap for the website. I have been waiting for exactly 3 weeks now and still no data in the webmaster tools. I have also did some link building, and the click-trough link to my website could be found in the search results from day one. How long did it take for your website to get indexed? And why does is take so long?


Google not showing the sitemap after submitting it

I am trying to submit the sitemap to the Google. I have already submitted the sitemap - xml path to Google 2-3 times. but when I put my website URL on Google search, it not showing the menus or it not showing indexes in search. What should I do ? Anything wrong ?


Multilingual subdmain on different hosting server: will this be indexed by search engines?

I have a Japanese language sub-domain: ja.example.com, which is hosted by server A. The root domain (example.com) is hosted by server B. They have completely different IP addresses: (e.g.) 205.56.78.15 vs. 56.45.03.12. Will the sub-domain be indexed by search engines? The sub-domain has been live for one month and there have been no visits by organic searches. Thanks


My Blog not not showing in Google Search Results

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  I cannot see my website in google Hello Everyone,   yesterday, i created two blog entries and published them on blogger but it is not showing up in google search results. How long do i have to wait before i can see it in google search results (before google crawls the blog). i have already shared the address on couple of sites and there are almost 80 page views from three different referrals. Any help/suggestion is highly appreciated.   regards


How do services that make subsites (ie. new subdomains) get those sites indexed by Google and other search enginex?

Services like tumblr, github pages, quora blogs, etc. make new subdomains when a user signs up or makes a site. So the subdomains are like: blogname.tumblr.com , pagename.github.io, blogname.quora.com, etc. How do google and other search engines find out about these new sites? Is it as simple as having a sitemap.xml file being "resubmitted" to google? See https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/183669?hl=en. I know that you can resubmit sitemaps to google via an HTTP request, but what about for new sites without a previously submitted sitemap? Or do the owners of the subdomain (the user who set up the new site) have to submit their site manually via https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit- url ? Just getting started learning about SEO and how google crawls the web. Couldn't find anything that answer this (or I'm just bad at Google), hoping someone can answer. Thanks! Edit: I read through this: Why isn't my website in Google search results? But the question still holds for sites where subdomains are generated dynamically.


Website Not Showing for Keywords in Google Search

I have a Website `www.rushinformation.com` 4 Months old and I always update my Website almost Everyday...But the Problem is that When I type my keyword 'Rushinformation' only in Google Search Results it is Not Shown anywhere in search Results. However when I type `rushinformation.com` or `www.rushinformation.com` it displays my site... I have submitted website to Webmaster tools and Analytics with my sitemap...So please tell me how to fix this problem.


Site not updating on Google

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  I cannot see my website in google I uploaded my site a week ago. Before, I only had "Very Soon" on the server. Google still shows "Very Soon" even though the content has been new for one week now! I pinged, resubmitted by site, but it still not showing up!


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My site is showing up in organic search of Yahoo and Bing. But no trace of it on Google. I am using wordpress and a plugin called Google XML Sitemap. Also signed the site in Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics. Still not appear on the site. Even typing the name of the site itself. What can be happening? It is possible the website of a competitor be blocking my website on Google?


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A friend asked me to take a look at their website, which had been online for several months, but did not show up on Google. I noticed that they had a subdomain which did show up, so the query               site:hisdomain.com      showed some results, but all of them were from the subdomain. The query               site:hisdomain.com -SubdomainTitle      resulted in zero results, since it blocked all results from the subdomain, and there were no results from their main domain. The following query yielded zero results, too:               site:www.hisdomain.com      Then I noticed that they had some SEO Wordpress plugin active which was configured to generate `noindex, nofollow` meta tags on their pages. I removed this and the meta tag was gone. I logged in to **Google Webmasters** , submitted some **Fetch as Google** queries and told Google to **Submit to Index** them (on both `domain.com` as well as `www.domain.com`). I told my friend his site would appear on Google the next few days or weeks. **This was several weeks ago, and his site still doesn't appear.** Then I checked their **Index Status** on both `domain.com` and `www.domain.com`. Here's how it looks for `www.domain.com`: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zWs8h.png) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/EXEjM.png) It's strange that the `Blocked by robots` count has always been `0`. If the `robots` metatag was the reason for Google not indexing their site, there would have been some `Blocked by robots` results, I suppose. **So, there must be another reason why Google doesn't index their site. Any ideas? How can I analyze the situation further?** **EDIT:** Here's the URL: http://www.lab25.ch. The subdomain is not directly related to the main URL: http://addon-katakunst.lab25.ch. And no, **it's not duplicate content**.


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A client of mine (for school) has a website hosted on GoDaddy which we wants my team to help him increase his marketability on Google, because currently, when his company name is Google searched no relevant results are displayed. So we were going to setup Google Webmaster Tools for him, so we can help him get there. Now we logged into his GoDaddy dashboard, and it turned out he already had one setup through GoDaddy, where they assigned him a gmail account. I cannot figure out why his site won't show up at all on Google. Does anyone know why it isn't, like what kind of settings can I change to help him out? Also, we were trying to change the gmail account his Webmaster Tools is associated with, is this possible? Ultimately, I'm trying to get his site seen on Google, through the Webmaster Tools, but i cannot figure out why it hasn't worked yet. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.


My website pages not getting indexed by Google

The website `www.itztechgadget.com` isn't getting indexed at all. When I check about it in Websmater Tools, it shows 0 pages indexed. I'm not getting why is this problem happening. Googlebot fetches and submits it to be indexed but none of website's pages are indexed.


Google not listing my web site

I have a site which is more than 2 months old and it's not showing up when you directly type the URL into Google. Here is the link of site: www.icarda.org However, the site is listed in Bing and Yahoo without any problem. Please help me to solve this issue.