Choose preview of a GIF in Facebook when pushed from Mailchimp

I'm creating email campaigns in Mailchimp and they will also be automatically posted in Facebook. Facebook allows to create the thumbnail of the campaign by picking the GIF (http://eepurl.com/QokP). But I'd like to choose a specific frame of the GIF as the thumbnail. Do you know if there is a way to set a frame as the default frame for a GIF preview?


why does Plesk set up only one nameserver by default?

When using Plesk 9.5 the default DNS template only includes one nameserver. An NS record of ns. and an a record ns. pointing to the default ip. Two nameserves are mandatory, so why would plesk have only one in the template. Am I missing something? I have found several hosting company guides that all explain the process of adding an extra name server to the template, that explain what I mean. https://help.fasthosts.co.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/727/related/1/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xMzAxNjkxOTczL3NpZC9EemppX3Bxaw%3D%3D http://www.jodohost.com/plesk/Creating_Nameservers/creating_nameservers.html


How can I create multiple mini-sites with similar/duplicate content without hurting my search engine rank?

**Essential background** : I run a small company that lets members of the public post handwritten letters to their local politician (UK-based). Every week a number of early stage bills (called Early Day Motions) are submitted for debate in the House of Commons, and supporters of the motion will contact their local Members of Parliament, asking them to sign the motion. **The crux** : I want to target these EDMs with customised mini-sites, so when people search "EDM xxx", they find my customised mini-site, specifically targeting that EDM (i.e., "Send a handwritten letter to your MP asking them to sign EDM xxx"). At the moment, all these mini-sites (and my homepage) have **duplicate content** with only the relevant EDM name, number, and background image changed. (For example, http://mailmymp.com and http://mailmymp.com/edm/teaching-life- saving-skills-at-school-edm-550.php). **The question** : Firstly, will this hurt my potential search engine ranking? And, if so, what's the best way to target these political campaigns in an efficient manner without hurting my SEO prospects?


Why is the title of a RSS Feed coming as "unknown title" in RSS feeds reader?

The title of a feed is "unknown title" in Google reader. What could be the reason? Am I correct if I'm assuming that it should be appearing similar for all the subscribers of that feed and other feed-readers (other than Google reader) as well.


Are there any web log analyzers that produce something like Visitors Flow?

We currently run AWStats and Google Analytics. I've recently looked into several other options including Piwik, Open Web Analytics, and Webalizer. One thing that I'd like to track, and haven't found in anything (GA's Visitors Flow is closest) is statistics on referrers. That is:   1. For a page view, the page that linked to it   2. For static files (images, css, js) the page that called them Visitors Flow gives something of this, but:   * It doesn't handle service URLs   * It doesn't handle static files (we have a lot of these)   * It's very sparse (only gives the top few routes into or out of a page)   * It's not integrated with any other pieces (eg. I can't easily drill down into a path in Visitors Flow to see a breakdown of pages within that path) Are there any tools (preferably log-based) that can provide this information?


Is there any pros and cons of duplication content of meta description tag to keyword tag

On a Huge Website we have no time to add `keywords` manually so I'm same phrases for `Description` and `keyword` like this               <meta name='description' content="Hello how are you?">     <meta name='keywords' content="Hello how are you?">      Is there any pros and cons to do this for site's SEO


Feeds not working on Technorati

I submitted my site to Technorati but they prompt me that can not read from my feed url. I see it to be fine and it worked fine on other sites. Any ideas if there is a special requirement for technorati?


When buying traffic through Adwords, shouldn't I see an equivalent number of Adsense impressions?

Imagine if I purchase from Google 100 leads to my site through AdWords. I would expect my AdSense pageviews to be at least 100, so the ratio to be at least 1. Why is it that I get a 0.95, 0.97, 0.85? What do you think the issue might be? All cross browser testing has been done and apparently the website works fine with all browsers, mobile included. Any idea? Is this normal?


Server outputs the sourcecode of PHP page

I have a Shared Hosting package with HostGator. In it, I'm hosting around 4 websites. They are just some simple sites that doesn't likely to attract more visitors. But a few days ago, when I accessed one of my sites(via a browser), it outputted the PHP code of `index.php`, instead of outputting it as HTML. I think, at that time, the server was a bit busy or something. I heard that, Facebook also have got a similar condition where the home page's code was made available. So, how do I take preventive measures for this ? I always use phpBB forum's style of coding. That is, each sub pages, common functions, etc. are separated into subfolders. And in PHP, I would just `include_once()` or `require_once()` it. Also, these subfolders have a .htaccess file in which I have set the deny permission to the files inside it from outside. Also, in the main page(index), I would define a constant. And the first line of the subpages(which is situated in separate folders) is to check whether this constant is set. If not, calls `die()`. I am looking forward for solutions to this problem of outputting raw code when the page is accessed. Thanks in advance :)


Use Google Analytics to target different sections of a blog

I have a blog that targets different regions. The Europe region blog has different sections in different local languages such as English, French and German. I wonder how to track and analyze the different sections. My initial thought is to search the domain URL, but I found it is not a good idea. For example, the URL for the Europe blog is like www.myblog.com/europe. If you click the French section, the URL is like www.myblog.com/europe/language/french. If you click an article in the French section, it is like www.myblog.com/article_name. Notice the article link is not www.myblog.com/language/french/article_name!


Tracking values in Adobe Marketing Cloud

My company is using Adobe Marketing Cloud. We wanted to try and use analytics to log values like Google analytics dose it (Google analytics log values) I have been reading thru the documentation and cant find anything similar. Does anyone of you know if it's possible to do this?


How to get Google to index dynamic pages generated from user IP address

I am creating a local community directory site which identifies the location of the user by IP address and dynamically renders the content related to the specific community identified by the IP address. My question is since everything is generated by the user IP, how can I get Google to index the dynamic pages created since the Googlebot itself will present an IP address and thus the only pages it will see will be related to its IP address... I can generate and submit an XML sitemap for all pages, but again the script would revert back to the Googlebot IP no matter which link it follows from the sitemap. **Update:** Will Google penalize me if I redirect their bot through IP identification to the national version of this of the above mentioned site?


Parallel downloading of JavaScript files on page load

Below is a quote from one of the Yahoo performance pages: > While a script is downloading, however, the browser won't start any other > downloads, even on different hostnames. When I look at page load of our website, I can see that many scripts are being downloaded at the same time: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/wPrwc.png) **Am I mistaken, or should the quote should instead read like this?** > While scripts are downloading (there can be several scripts downloading at > the same time), the browser won't start any other downloads, even on > different hostnames.


DNS CNAME domain.tld, email address problem

After having bought a **domain** (`example.tld`) without webspace, I want to let this point to my other domain called (`myhomepage.somefreehoster.com`). I know this will work using DNS CNAME record and when someone looks for `example.tld`, the resulting IP will be this of `myhomepage.somefreehoster.com`. However, how do I let this pass for emails sent via domain `@example.tld` (like `webmaster@example.tld`)? I do not want to send my mail through `myhomepage.somefreehoster.com`. If this is not possible the way I am trying to do, let me please know some clever alternatives. Still, preferably, I would like to use a DNS redirect.


is it good to translate my competitor website's post?

my website Alxa rank into my own country is 24000 and my competitor website is 34. me and my competitor both translate the foreign post. i really don't know what kind of post should i have to translate. is it good to translate my competitor post again( i mean about a translation that is completely different(word and verb)). does it improve my Alexa rank?


Does Google really forget information that has been deleted?

I had this case where I wanted to move articles from Blogger website to hosted Wordpress. As I can't make 301 redirects, I simply deleted the selected articles and scheduled to be published after 1 month. My question is does Google will really forget about those articles, so when they are published once again, they are indexed by the search engine? Should I make that period longer than 1 month?


Correct usage of robots.txt file ("Googlebot-Image" and "Mediapartners-Google")

This is the current _robots.txt_ file I am using on a site of mine. I have excluded large parts of the IP.Board forum in order to try and cut down on duplicate content. I've also excluded some WordPress search pages (as well as admin pages). However, I want the Google Images to be able to crawl anywhere, and I also want the AdSense bot to be able to crawl anywhere. Have I done it right? I'm now a little confused after reading that the addition of `User-agent: Googlebot` may override certain other values. Does the position of things in the file matter?               ####################################################     # ALLOW MEDIA BOT TO CRAWL ANYWHERE     #####     User-agent: Mediapartners-Google     Allow: /          ####################################################     # ALLOW IMAGE BOT TO CRAWL ANYWHERE     #####     User-agent: Googlebot-Image     Allow: /          ####################################################     # ALLOW MAIN GOOGLEBOT SPECIFIC ACCESS     #####     User-agent: Googlebot     Disallow: /forums/calendar/     Disallow: /forums/gallery/     Disallow: /forums/members/     Disallow: /forums/user/     Disallow: /forums/index.php     Disallow: /forums/*&search_tags=     Disallow: /search/     Disallow: /*?s=     Disallow: /wp-admin/     Disallow: /wp-content/


Which domain better for language version?

My company is based in Russia and it's website is `mycompany.ru`. Now, we are planning to launch German language version and we have option for two domains:   1. `mycompany.de`   2. `germankeyword.ru` Which one is better regarding the seo point of view? (we will be optimizing the traffic for `germankeyword` phrase). I understand that the best option would be `germankeyword.de`, but these are already in use. So, which one would you choose: to have the language in top level domain, or the particular keyword. Will this mismatch affect our Search Engine Rankings?


What should my expires, cache-control, and pragma HTTP request header fields be set to?

I have a website in which I update the content approximately once monthly. When I check the HTTP request header fields, I get the following output:               Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT      Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0      Pragma: no-cache      My question is, given the frequency at which I update content, I am thinking about manually setting these fields to allow cache of the site. I am using the php header(); command to do so. Therefore, my question is: what should my expires, cache-control, and pragma HTTP request header fields be set to? Also, should I be setting any other fields in addition to those?


Can I determine if someone watched an embedded YouTube video with Google Analytics?

I have a video hosted on YouTube that I want to embed on a landing page. Is it possible that I tell who clicked on the video to watch / how long they watched it? They would watch it right on the landing page; they wouldn't click the video and be re-directed to YouTube.


Can I give access to database without access to cpanel

I'm going to give a freelancer access to the database. The idea was to give him the access with SSH (MySQL Workbench). But it came out that to do so, I would need to give him the password to my cpanel as well. Is there any other way, to give a database access without giving the access to the cpanel?


Resources to learn IIS on Windows Server 2012

I'm trying to learn how to manage IIS on Windows Server 2012 but I'm not sure where to look at. Can someone point out some books, videos, tutorials or other resources about that?


Can websites appear differently to different internet networks?

I just began launching a site for one of my clients, but I've come across a very strange issue. Whenever the client tries to access the website from an internet capable device in his office, he gets an error page. However, I have accessed the same site from both my house and from my office on multiple devices and browsers and the correct page has always come up. This problem has been going on for a few days now and the client says he has tried rebooting and clearing the local cache of the computers at his office. So, I was wondering why this might be happening and, in turn, how it might be remedied. Thanks.


301 redirect to the new website but without apostrophes in the URL

I am trying to 301 a page that has a `'` in the URL and regular redirect 301 doesn't work. Is there a way to match part of the URL until the `'` and use that to 301 to a new page? Example URLs are below: `oldsite.example.com/2011/06/cat-ate-martin’s-homework/` to `newsite.example.com/2011/06/cat-ate-martins-homework/`


What should the maximum length of a filename be, and would that affect SEO?

I am working on an artist's portfolio website. Let's say I want each artwork's image filename to contain its basic information, like so:   **Category - Artwork Title - Size, Medium, Year.jpg** In actual usage, the filename might become long, like this:   **Illusions and Existentialism Exhibit - The Imaginative Artwork Title - 12 x 18 inches, watercolor, 2010.jpg** My purposes for putting all that info in the image filename would be:   * to keep the image files organized and readable (in the backend)    * to retain that information in case people download the images    * to pull data from the image filename to be displayed on the webpage  I know from here and here that Google guidelines encourage descriptive image filenames, but my example filename is 103 characters long. - is that too long? Will there be any technical issues for filenames exceeding a certain number of characters? Does it significantly slow down loading time? I read here that 255 characters is a safe limit based on file system limitations, and that some browsers limit the URI to 1024 characters (but not sure what that means for my question). This other thread says 70 characters is a good safe limit, but I'm not sure how they came up with that number. Will there be any other issues, like SEO-related issues? Does it make it seem like it's spam / keyword stuffing? I think the filename structure is focused on the artwork's actual description, and not keywords, so I hope it doesn't seem "spammy". Can anyone point me to references that recommend a specific filename length limit, as well as the explanation for that limit?


What is HTML:imghack-a [Trj]?

One of my websites (Joomla) is being blocked by Avast when I try to go to the administrator page. I get the message that there is an HTML:imghack-a [Trj] threat. I guess its a trojan, but I cannot find any information about it on the net. When I log on with FTP and look at both the dates and the server-logs I cannot find any discrepancies or illegal activity. Does anyone know what this is and where to look? Thanks


Looking for a CMS for specific requirements (Javascript, import/export...)

I heard about Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress, etc. but I don't know about their detailed features. I am looking for a content management system meeting the following requirements:   1. Possibility to add simple text pages, with internal and external links (more or less the same features as a wiki)   2. Possibility to add complex JavaScript content pages (i.e., the content of the page is entirely determined by JavaScript, except the page frame itself, menu, headers, footers...)   3. Good back-up system. Something like export/import in svn.   4. Possibility to have a good control on HTML keywords associated with each page.   5. Multi-user, with some access control for editing   6. Good community support. Which framework is best suited for the above requirements? Points 2, 3 and 6 are the most important.


Do shared hosting providers typically let users run make?

I had an ersatz build server running on my website, hosted by Network Solutions. Recently, I lost permissions to run `make` via PHP, presumably because of some silent server move or configuration change. I have had problems with NS in the past, so this gives me another excuse to switch hosts. Before I do that, though, can I expect other hosts to give me the luxury of running system commands like `make`?


Can a domain name forward AND resolve to a dedicated IP address at same time?

It is my understanding that domain name forwarding is binary: if a domain name is forwarded to a valid site, it _cannot_ simultaneously resolve to a valid IP address. Is this correct?


insert multi post page in sitemap or not?

i want to insert below links in Sitemap, Each page has its own unique content : http://poetry.qrosh.com/en/William%20Shakespeare/A%20Fairy%20Song/1/1/ so if i have multi post pages which include 10 pages: http://poetry.qrosh.com/posts/en/William%20Shakespeare/poetry/1 can i insert multi post page in sitemap for index or not?


Storing User-uploaded Images

What is the usual practice for handling user uploaded photos and storing them on the database and server? For a user profile image:   1. After receiving the image file from user, rename file to `<image_id>_<username>`   2. Move image to `/images/userprofile`   3. Add img filename to a table `users` containing their profile details like `first_name, last_name, age, gender, birthday` For a image for a review done by user:   1. After receiving the image file from user, rename file to `<image_id>_<review_id>`   2. Move image to `/images/reviews`   3. Add img filename to a table `reviews` containing their profile details like `review_id, review_content, user_id, score`. **Question 1** : How should I go about storing the image filenames if the user can upload multiple photos for a particular review? Serialize? **Question 2** : Or have another table `review_images` with columns `review_id, image_id, image_filename` just for tracking images? Will doing a `JOIN` when retriving the `image_filename` from this table slow down performance noticeably? **Question 3** : Should all the images be stored in a single folder? Will there be a problem when we have 100K photos in the same folder? _**Is there a more efficient way to go about doing this?_**


Google Analytics: Custom variables issue difference in data

We’ve set up tracking through custom variables in Google Analytics to measure which offices are getting the most traffic. The custom var consists out of the key (=office) and value = (office name). In our Custom Var tab in audience we get no data (actually we got 1 hit, but we think the data is way off). When we setup advanced segments with the filters on key and value we get the correct data. Now we are wondering why we aren’t getting that data in the custom var tab.


Can I do Google +1 for my own sites?

Is it safe to +1 my own sites with google's new +1 button. I've added this button to my web pages but would there be any detrimental effect of clicking this link myself and +1 my own pages?


What effect(s) does Google's Panda 2.5 update have on new websites in the SERP?

I recently launched 3 websites (within the past 7-10 months) that had been steadily increasing in the rankings on Google search up until this past weekend, when I noticed a huge drop across most of my tracked keywords. The websites are e-commerce sites. This drop coincided with the exact date and time (September 28) of Google's most recent Panda update, Panda 2.5. I am wondering what the implications might be for new websites like mine with Panda 2.5. What is this most recent algorithm change targeting? Duplicate content, poor content, bad URLs? Any new information on this would be of help.


How to track specific Referrals with Google Analytics

How do I have to alter a Referral link to my website to specifically track it with Google Analytics? I already discovered the URL Builder but isn't there are shorter way? For example:   * `http://domain.com?ref=special` => easy to filter/track/view in Google Analytics How are you doing this?


How to structure dynamic product browser for SEO?

I will be building a new website for a client of mine. SEO is very important. This website will have a product browser for cars, in which visitors can set feature filters to search for products that match those. For example, a visitor would select a make, model and a price range to view all cars that fall within that range. Programming is not a problem, also I have quite some experience with SEO. **How to display this dynamic product list so it helps for SEO? - or at least won't hurt.** I was thinking of adding a static product browser as well, mainly for SEO purposes. A static list with all products grouped by brand. Canonical product page would be:               http://www.somedomain.com/products/%BRAND%/%SHORT_PRODUCT_DESCRIPTION%      For the product browser index, how to handle:   * url structure (filter-values in querystring, POST or rather as url segments)   * use of canonical url?   * pagination   * etc


Create beautiful websites with "text free images"?

Most websites have images with text embedded into the images. Shure, they look great, but when it comes to translation into other languages, it immediately gets painful to maintain. Are there any examples of modern beautiful static websites,   2 - 5 pages, fixed with, top navigation, footer, 1 - 2 columns,   using only CSS, text and "images without text" ?


What marketplace / garage-sale software package does togoparts.com use?

See: OpenSource Marketplace Platform I want to start a site also for end-users to buy/sell used sporting goods of a particular type. When the scope of goods is narrowed like this, it is very advantageous to be able to filter by Brand, Size, Price Range, etc. **Nice features:**   * account reputation with user comments   * listings sortable by many custom fields   * auto resize and recompress image uploads I don't want to reinvent the wheel, so does anyone know where I can start?


Need Help With Finding SEO Company/Individual

I am fairly new to SEO and I have done all of the tactics and operations that I know to do to help my site rank to the number 1 spot on Google. I know that no one can guarantee the number 1 spot on Google or on any other search engine but I cannot even seem to get my website to the first page of Google's search results. My company is looking to hire a company or individual to work on our SEO. Does anyone here know of an SEO company or individual that has had good results in the past with getting a website to the front of Google, and preferably to the number 1 spot on Google? We are willing to pay a large sum of money for our keywords to rank on the front of Google search results. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks John


Trace user history in Google Webmaster Tools

I have more than one user for a website in Google Webmaster Tools. How can I trace the history of user actions such as "Remove URLs" and so on?


Finding bad links to use for the Google disavow links tool

So, I have found domains that link to my site, and they seem to be banned as searching for `site:domain.com` on them doesn't produce any results at all. I now need to use the Google disavow links tool to remove the bad links, but it asks to import a `.txt` file with links only and I don't have the links. Is there any automated way to find bad link URLs without buying expensive memberships to premium SEO sites/tools?


How can I point my site from my domain to another host?

I have websites running in a host & domain with the same company (CompanyA) Then I transferred some of my website (www.abc.com) to another domain company (CompanyB) My problem is www.abc.com can't able to read my index.html. Always Under Construction. What are the possibilities that causes for displaying the UndeerConstruction default ng site ng CompanyB instead of my index.html?


Are self-signed SSL certificates allowed by shared hosting providers?

I have contacted my hosting provider (`GoDaddy.com`) about how to implement self-signed SSL certificate in my server. Their support team replied to me that they don't provide this for shared hosting. Is self-signed SSL certificates using OpenSSL not allowed by any shared hosting providers? What might be the reason behind that?


How do I professionally manage a website?

My wife has started a business, and the website is an important way to reach potential customers. I'm a software developer, so 'of course' I'm taking care of the technical stuff. I arranged a webhost and uploaded and configured WordPress (which, together with a decent theme, fits our bill nicely). My wife has some knowledge of HTML and CSS, so she can customize the website herself. Now, I want to professionalize this stuff. If anything stupid happens (accidentally mess up a file, bug in WordPress update, site is hacked) we lose the entire site. What do I need to manage the site? When googling this subject, I only find FTP tutorials, which is not quite the level of info I'm after. I've figured:   * backup of files + database (I already have these, but I have not tested whether restore works)   * a local test environment for editing the theme and testing wordpress updates   * a test plan, containing some things to test before uploading the test environment to the live site   * versioning - should anything go wrong, we should be able to go to a previous version.   * uptime monitoring - if the site goes down, I won't have to hear it from customers Suggested by bybe, mostly security related:   * use a VPS. This will shield me from attacks on other shared hosting accounts, however it opens up another can of worms, because I have to keep the server safe _myself_.   * remove write permissions on all files that don't need to be writable (template files, .htaccess)   * subscribe to the CMS mailing list (Wordpress in this case) and update as soon as new releases are available   * minimize the number of CMS plugins - they have their own vulnerabilities   * remove the default admin account of the CMS   * put the website in maintenance mode when modifying. It allows for a consistent backup and is nicer to visitors. Is there anything missing from this list?


Selling/Generating Revenue from Unused Domain Names

I have a domain name which has a relevantly top searched keyword in it. I have not used this for over a year but I plan on doing so soon. Where is the best place to put it up for auction or see if anyone would like to buy it? (I am in the UK) and also Is there a way I can generate revenue from this unused domain name because at the moment I'm just paying for the domain name costs.


CMSs & ERPs for hospital management system

**What are the best free CMSs or CMS plugins or ERPs or any other free tools available for developing a hospital management system?** I want to develop it for a children's hospital run by my father. The hospital is small with two doctors. Currently, everything is done manually on paper. The main entities who will be using the system are: Receptionist, the two doctors, chemist and the medical laboratorist. They will use it majorly for keeping the records of the patient. The patients would not be interacting with the system directly. The system needs to be user friendly and should be easy to learn. I was thinking to develop such a system using a CMS or an ERP or any other free tool. I have used wordpress/drupal in past but never used an ERP. Can you please guide me to make such a system using free, and preferably open source, tools? Thanks,   Akshey


Spam prevention through IP tracking

I am building a website with user generated comments. In order to implement user moderation/spam-protection, users have the ability to mark comments as spam. When one comment is marked as spam, I want all comments from the same IP address to be deleted. I am not familiar with spam prevention in general, other than Captcha. Question:   * is this a feasible/good system for spam prevention?    * are there better ways, or improvements I can make?  Thanks.


Switching from GoDaddy Hosting to Bluehost Hosting with/without transfering domain names?

I currently have my Wordpress blog hosted with GoDaddy. I want to transfer my hosting to another hosting provider called Bluehost. I also have my domain name for that blog registered with GoDaddy. How can I either transfer the domain name and the hosting to BlueHost, or (for purposes of not losing that domain name) just transfer the hosting to BlueHost and keep the GoDaddy domain registered with GoDaddy?


SEO Help - Using Rich Snippets

I launched my web comics website, www.hittingtreeswithsticks.com, late November of last year and would like to improve its SEO. Go Daddy provides Search Engine Visibility assistance... so I'm trying to understand that. Right now, my SEO sucks. My goal is to have the search look like The Oatmeal's: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/X6WkM.jpg) But currently looks like this: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/WHkfW.jpg) So... my questions are: 1) How do I control the descriptive text under my URL. Currently it says "use of this website signifies your agreement to my terms and conditions", which is certainly not something I want to show up in search. 2) I've created a "Rich Snippet" which GoDaddy says I need to attach to each of my blog posts. I built my website from scratch using PHP, and did not use an existing framework. So, the way I'm displaying images is pulling rows from a MYSQL database... once someone clicks on the comic thumbnail, it displays the associated (by ID) full size comic on the "view comic" template. So I'm not sure where I should put this generated Rich Snippet code. Should I just put it in the section?               <link rel="author" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/104687106959620241243/about" />      Thank you!


Will search engines reindex a page that has been set to redirect on to a newer site page?

We were asked by a client to change a website so that any pages/Urls we were hosting on an older site would now redirect to a newer site hosted somewhere else and a different domain name to boot. We did this by changing each page in the IIS site management, to redirect to a url on their new domain instead of rendering a page locally. According to the redirect tool here: http://www.webconfs.com/redirect- check.php . What we have done is search engine friendly. Problem now is... the client has been on a course learning all about meta tags and so thinks they have a better understanding of the "matrix" (remember there is no spoon). As Google still has the older site appearing in a search, this isnt helping matters. I have tried to explain, we have to wait for Google to reindex. I'm not blowing smoke am I? I'm now starting to wonder... will the older site always appear in a search, even though the pages don't exist? Is there a better way I should be redirecting their site to ensure google will stop keeping an index of pages that no longer exist and would instead replace them with the content in the newer site? a suggestion on the site mentioned above is to use the code:               Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"     Response.AddHeader "Location","http://www.new-url.com/"      Does using the option in the IIS management tool to redirect the url not do the same?


An Email About Company "Brand Registration Confirmation", SPAM?

One of my clients has the domain _EXAMPLE.com_ for his company, today I received an email about someone trying to register _EXAMPLE_ brand for > From: ***** _**_[mailto: _*_** @ _ **-_**.org.cn] Sent: Friday, January 17, > 2014 To: info > > Subject: URGENT " **Example** " Brand Registration Confirmation > > Importance: High > > (It's very urgent, Please transfer this email to your CEO or appropriate > person, thanks) > > Dear Sir or Madam, > > We are a specialized company for domain name registration and protection. > Here, we have an issue about your intellectual property rights to confirm > with you.We formally received an application on January 15,2013 that a > company which self-styled "* * * Investments Limited"were applying to > register " **Example** " as their Brand name and some domain names through > our firm. > > Now we are handling this registration, and after our initial checking, we > found the name were similar to your company's, so we need to check with you > whether your company has authorized that company to register these names. If > you authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you did not > authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this > issue better. Out of the time limit we will unconditionally finish the > registration for "* * * Investments Limited".Looking forward to your prompt > reply. I am almost sure this is a scam, but thought of asking you if you have seen anything similar. Is their any chance that this is a legitimate message?


Fastest way to redirect dead URLs to home page

A client of mine scrapped his entire wordpress site of many years for a custom CMS. The URL structures both use the `/<post_title>` format, so a pattern based .htaccess rule is out of the picture for saving the old urls. The old site is effectively dead, but I'd hate to let all of those thousands of backlinks simply die a 404 death. Is there a faster way than listing _each_ url in a .htaccess directive to redirect 1000s of urls to the home page? (Faster as in load speed, not programming efficiency)


Does Google Analytics subdomain tracking need to be set up on every subdomain simultaneously?

I'm cleaning up the Google Analytics tracking for a complex corporate website. The website is spread across a bunch of subdomains (`www.example.com` for the main content, `dev.example.com` for developer information, `pages.example.com` for legacy content, and so on) and I've found that each subdomain uses its own tracking cookie, so Analytics treats them all as separate sites (when tracking referrals, for example) even though the data all feeds into the same web property. As Google recommends, I'm going to fix this by adding `_gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'example.com']);` to the tracking code on each subdomain, so that they all use the same tracking cookie. However, the site is very complex and several different groups maintain their own subdomains, so it's going to be difficult to coordinate the switchover. In particular, this comment gives me pause: > Yes you have to use `setDomainName(".mydomain.com")` on all `www` pages as > well. Otherwise cookies might get overwritten everytime you change > subdomains and data loss will occur. So, given that:   * the bare domain (`example.com`) just redirects to the `www` subdomain, and   * some of the subdomains currently have the `_setDomainName` method explicitly set to `'none'`, but some don't have it set at all, do we risk any data corruption if we stagger the tracking code update across the subdomains?


How to optimize keywords in URLs for SEO?

Can I write slightly different URLs for the same page and rank "equally" for both? For example, I have a post URL like this:               http://example.com/rio-de-janeiro/onetitle-...      But I also would like to rank for searches like this:               http://example.com/rj/onetitle-...      So if the user searches for "rj onetitle" or "rio de janeiro onetitle" it won't matter, I can rank for both... Can I use canonical URL's for something like this?


Why do servers need to know their domain?

Besides routing traffic, why do servers need to be configured with the server name?   It seems like a waste in all cases except for routing or hosting for a TLD. Nginx example:               server {         listen 80;         server_name myexample.com         ...     }      Apache also gives a warning `Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name` if you don't set the server name.


How does Web Disk compare to FTP for accessing files from a browser and version control?

I would like to know:   1. What is the difference between accessing my hosting through Web Disk or mapping it through FTP, in Windows?   2. With Web Disk... is there any way to access the files through a web browser?   3. I have heard that Web Disk allows version control. How can achieve this? In all cases, my hosting plan is managed with cPanel.


How can I track (funnel) if someone from a particular banner campaign watched our demo video?

I'm setting up a banner on a website with the caption `View our Demo Video`. The Banner has the UTM campaign tracking code setup and working. On our website I've got an embedded iFrame YouTube video that triggers two events: one if it is played, and one if it reaches the end. What I'm trying to figure out now is if there's a way to create a Funnel Goal that sees if someone came in from the banner, did they proceed to watch the video? This is a snippet of the code I used to capture the YouTube event               if (event.data == YT.PlayerState.PLAYING) {           ga('send', 'event', 'YouTube', 'Started', 'Promo from Main Page');         }


How can I get bloggers to use my widget?

I have developed a widget that shows a story of a hike or an outdoor outing on a google map. Here is an example: http://www.comehike.com/outdoors/widget.php?type=hike&hike_id=108&width=500&height=500 What I am wondering is - other than asking people one by one, how do I get outdoor bloggers to use my widget on their sites? I made a page to create the widget here: http://www.comehike.com/outdoors/trip_story.php But it all seems clunky so far. Any suggestions would be appreciated :)


Can someone cause me negative SEO by reporting to Google?

I've been getting emails like this: > Our site has been penalized by Google because of a handful of back links > pointing to our site (we have lost 80% of our traffic). I have opened a line > of communication with their WebSpam team and am working to clear the > penalty. HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU? We have isolated the back links causing our > penalty which we need to have removed, ONE is from your site and I need to > get that link taken down asap. Heres the thing... In order to get out of the > penalty they have asked me to submit to them all the paid or unnatural links > which are currently pointing to our site and in the next 30 days I will be > submitting to them this list and unfortunately your site is included. HOW TO > AVOID NEGATIVE ACTION FROM GOOGLE If you can take the links down to > hisdomain.com then of course I will be able to leave your site off that > list. I really don't want to be the cause of a penalty to you, nor report > anyone else's website to Google hence I'm reaching out to you now, and if > you can get that link taken down ASAP then of course I won't include your > site when I report back to them! Do Google request such lists and can this cause a problem for my SEO? (of- course I have no idea who this is and have never sold a link to him or anyone else for that matter on my site, it's just User-Generated-Content)


Will adding nofollow to alternate language links prevent Googlebot from crawling so many of them?

I have a site with many pages (30MM+ indexed) and have been getting a `extremely high number of URLs on your site` warning message for a long time. I'm thinking of reducing the numbers of URLs Google sees especially between similar pages, specifically on pages that have a different language template but have the same content. Current for every page I have this in my `<head>`:                 <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en x-default" href="http://mydomain.com/dir/page" />       <link rel="alternate" hreflang="ja" href="http://ja.mydomain.com/dir/page" />       <link rel="alternate" hreflang="ko" href="http://ko.mydomain.com/dir/page" />       <link rel="alternate" hreflang="th" href="http://th.mydomain.com/dir/page" />       <link rel="alternate" hreflang="es" href="http://es.mydomain.com/dir/page" />       <link rel="alternate" hreflang="pt" href="http://pt.mydomain.com/dir/page" />      Will adding a `rel=nofollow` or a robots.txt disallow help Google focus on the more important pages he has to crawl instead of crawling a different template of the same page?


Google follows JavaScript string as relative path - produces 404 error

This is my first question on here so I hope I'm not breaking any rules, but I have a problem: I have a site that uses an Adobe Site Catalyst for its online analytics. The suite supports tagging through JavaScript and when implemented, it looks something like this that is placed on `http://www.mydomain.com`:               <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">     s.channel="/my-tracking-tag/"     </script>`      The problem is that Google is reading this JavaScript and interpreting the `s.channel` string as a relative location on my website and is crawling it. I then get a 404 error in Google Webmaster Tools saying that the URL `http://www.mydomain.com/my-tracking-tag/` does not exist, and that it was linked to by the URL that the JavaScript tag code was on. Is there any to avoid this behavior? I thought about adding URL with a 404 error to my _robots.txt_ file but tracking campaigns are constantly updating and it would be burdensome to update the text file with the constantly updating tags. I also though about structuring the string in `s.channel` as something like `'s.channel= "/" + "my-tracking-tag" + "/"` but I'm not sure if that would due the trick, and would also require implementation guidelines to be developed for the future.


Where can I track campaigns in Google Analytics?

I'm trying to track campaigns in Google Analytics. I was able to create them, but I'm not sure where I can check the stats for them in Google Analytics.


How do I set up Google PageSpeed Service for my site?

It seems I can't set up Google's PageSpeed Service. When I do it in the Google services panel, a message comes up like: "Your site may be directing live traffic." What can I do to resolve this and activate the PageSpeed service? It is for a Google App Engine app that has its own domain. **Update:** ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/l8fr8.png) I don't know what the above means. I must have succeeding in verifying the domain as I'm using it from google apps and google appengine.


Is it possible to exclude being found by search engines by certain words?

Say I have a page about strawberries and unicorns. I do want this page to be found by the word _strawberry_ , but I don't want it to be found by the word _unicorn_ - though both words are mentioned frequently on the page. Is this possible?


How To Get Alexa Sites Linking Using PHP

I am planning to get the Alexa sites linking of a given website. I am looking to do this in PHP. Please suggest me is Alexa providing any API. Is there any tool? Is it free? Is there any API that I can use?


Domain renewal/transfer gandi.net

I'm in kind of a difficult situation here: I have a domain (a .at domain) and transfered it to gandi.net a couple of months ago. Now it's time to renew my domain but when I tried to do the renewal it just said the renewal could not be done online. After that I got an invoice from the nic.at (registry for .at domains) which stated that gandi wouldnt pay any more invoices for my domain. I can't access the domain over the gandi.net website so I cant change any dns/whois information. I can't transfer my domain back to gandi since the mail address in the whois was an @contact.gandi.net which doesnt exist anymore since the domain isn't listed anymore in my gandi account. I contacted the support of gandi and got no answer what so ever(for over 1 week now). The domain is about to run out + I have to pay the invoice from nic.at if I don't have it transfered within the next couple of weeks. Now my question is: What do you suggest my next step is towards regaining control over my domain? Did anyone experience simular issues with gandi.net? Thanks for the help guys, I'm desperate for ideas/suggestions


Will there be a conflict between my Sitemap.xml and robots.txt?

I have a _robots.txt_ with the following in it:               User-agent: *     Disallow: http://tests.compkerworld.com/report_question_error.php?question_id=*&url=*     Sitemap: http://tests.compkerworld.com/sitemap.xml      My _sitemap.xml_ , which is auto-generated, has all the URLs even those disallowed using _robots.txt_. I have no problem if the search engines crawl all the pages, but I want to know if such an entry will create any kind of conflict for crawlers. One more question: is the above syntax for disallowing correct?


Repeated calls with random Javascript append to the URL

I keep getting calls to my server where there is random Javascript appended on the end of lots of the calls, e.g.:               /UI/Includes/JavaScript/).length)&&e.error(     /UI/Includes/JavaScript/,C,!1),a.addEventListener(     /UI/Includes/JavaScript/),l=b.createDocumentFragment(),m=b.documentElement,n=m.firstChild,o=b.createElement(     /UI/Includes/JavaScript/&&a.getAttributeNode(     /UI/Includes/JavaScript/&&a.firstChild.getAttribute(     /UI/Includes/JavaScript/).replace(bd,     /UI/Includes/JavaScript/)),a.getElementsByTagName(      The user agent is always this: Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+6.0;+Windows+NT+5.1;+SV1;+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727) I have jQuery, Modernizr and other JS and originally thought that some browser was messing up it's JS calls, however this particular IP address hasn't requested any images so I'm wondering if it is some kind of attack. Is this a common occurence?


How do I prevent spam domains from pointing to my site or IP?

I came across an issue where I saw a domain `xyz.com` that is pointing to `mydomain.com`. How do I prevent spam domains from pointing to my domain? I read some posts about setting my virtual hosts and such, but nothing specific about how to prevent it in the first place. I searched on Google, but most answers are for Apache or IIS, and I'm using Tomcat 7 to serve content directly.


How to know whether this page has malware or not?

Google adwords is reporting that the following page has malware on it. Can anyone help me how to scan/track it properly? and what to do to remove this malware? http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/distress-tolerance-dialectical-behavior- therapy-0117134 I have tried with **"maldet" scan** already and nothing found.


easier way to include Google Analytics script code on every page?

I have a website made up of only HTML pages. Instead of copy pasting the Google Analytics code on every `.html` file, is there a better way to include the Google code on every page?


widget / template code for +1, Like, Follow on Twitter etc

I am trying to setup a website for this design studio and need to put in a widget which would allow people to "Like, +1, follow on twitter" etc. I have been writing code for some years now, but I am relatively new to web development. I was wondering if a widget or some online tool exists that would let me generate html/script code for this.


Can I change the magento logging timestamps offset?

Is there a way to change the `Mage::log()` timestamp in magento? I would prefer it to match my timezone.


How to find all feed directories where a particular site has submitted his feed

I am looking for a list of working sites which accepts feeds, then I struck with an idea that I can find those places by following other sites of my niche which would have already submitted their feed? So is there any way I can do this?


How to get an image 100% in the middle of every single screen in the world

I have a website with some images, and I want them to be in the middle, now on my screen they are in the middle. Because I've put them there by moving them to one side, when I get my friends to look at it, the image is off to one side. On a 13.5" screen it will look to be in the middle.


Does the line-ending format of robots.txt matter?

Simple question: Should I make sure to use Unix line endings for my robots.txt, or does it not matter?


Statistics about development of average connection speed and latency over the years

Are there any statistics about the development of average internet connection speed and request latency from households to major sites over the years? I find this information very useful for ajax related software design (i.e. feasibility studies of several webapp use cases).


Can I expect browsers to cache static content served over SSL encryption?

With all the talk about FireSheep I am thinking of switching my web applications to use full https accross the entire site. However, I am concerned about caching. I use a lot of JavaScript, CSS files, images, and other static content that I expect the browser to cache. If it doesn't that could mean significant delays for users. Is there a way to get browsers to cache static content served via SSL? Will the `cache-control: public` HTTP header help? How do the different browsers handle this? Do they never cache the data? Do they cache for a single browser session? I don't want to serve the static content from an unsecured connection if that means some browsers will put up the warning that some resources are not secure. Is there an alternative solution? Thanks!


Flash site loads slowly

I have a simple html page that embeds an swf, that downloads other xml, swf and image files. The total count of the requests reaches about 90. I am aware that it should take a while until the content is available and I am OK with that. All the needed files are hosted by two different providers in the US: flashxml.net/monochrome-demo.html and u1.flashcomponents.net/samples/8751/index.html From two different countries in Europe, the content shows up a lot later (almost twice as later) from flashxml, than flashcomponents. I've done mtr tests and the ping difference is about 40ms and the flashxml server load is below 1. Do you have any other suggestions as to what should I look at?


Sqaure payments for Joomla

I'm having trouble finding a Joomla component that supports payment though Square. Does one exist or, is Paypal and Google checkout my only options.


Are there any technical issues with having an 'internationalized' domain name?

In my language there are numerous characters that are not allowed in the standard domain name. However, most of these can be easily replaced with safe equivalents (mostly dropping accents `í` becomes `i` etc.). So while we have often registered both forms (e.g. `timarit.is` and the proper Icelandic `tímarit.is`) we have always made the 'safe' form the default and the other merely redirects to it. However, we are now in the position where the substitution is less favorable (`æ` becomes `ae`) and would prefer to use the internationalized name by default. My question is simply if there are any known issues with this? Browser incompatibility comes first to mind, but I'm equally worried there are other things that _aren't_ coming to mind. **BOUNTY** I started a bounty on this so I won’t have to post a duplicate question. I’d like to hear if there are any practical consequences using IDNs with (1) FTP and (2) e-mail servers/clients; and (3) which browsers struggle with the domains? (4) What about mobile devices‽ Also (5) has anything changed on the subject—it's almost a year since the question was asked.


What kind of redirect (301 or 302) for an email links tracker?

We are developing an email sending application ("à la" Mailchimp). Hyperlinks inserted by our users, in the emails they want to send, are replaced by a tracking URL on our application (`https://ourdomain.com/trackingurl?blablabla`) which then redirects the email reader to the original URL our users included in their emails. This allows us to record statistics about link clicks. Until now, we used 301 for those redirections, but we noticed that Google began indexing pages on our application which are in fact redirects to other domains. (The title and snippet in Google results are from the other domain, but the link in green is from our application). We took action by adding those urls to our robots.txt, but Google seems to take forever (months!) before removing them for its index and removing them by hand in Webmaster Tools would take a lot of time since there are lot. I would like to know which kind of HTTP redirect (301 or 302) is best suited for this kind of opreation ? Do you think switching to 302 redirects could improve this situation since we don't really want Google to index redirected links from our clients emails ?


When should i consider having text as an image in my website heading

i see many sites that have their heading as an image. what is the benefit of this? when is a best practice to use text as images as opposed to just having text in my html. is this just for supporting non standard fonts?


Design -> Crowdsourcing or hire a pro?

I'm a web dev since a decade now, but my design skills are... well, are the designs skills of a programmer! Anyway, I've been working on a personal project for some time now and I would like some advice on what I should do with the design of the website? Hire a pro or use 99designs (or website like that). Plus, what are the costs of the pros VS 99 designs?   I have no logo and no design. Anybody have any experience with this?


Concrete5-based site hacked

It seems my Concrete5-based site has been hacked - found this in my default and homepage templates footers:
          cheap Antibiotics      ... many more s ...
      Has anyone else come across this? Any idea how the site might have been compromised? I've changed FTP and c5 admin passwords but would appreciate any advice on reducing the odds of this happening again. It's 5.6.1.2 by the way.


Google's microdata for product images which aren't displayed in the page?

My internet shop displays thumbnails of products' images, and I see that these thumbnail are (slowly) being indexed by Google. I want also full images to be indexed. (I've seen some other questions on that topic, but this one is not a duplicate I think). So my question is:can I use microdata for this? Something like this:               <meta itemprop="image" content="/uploads/images/medium/product_img.jpg" />      Or:               <meta itemprop="image" src="/uploads/images/medium/product_img.jpg" />      Would it do the trick?


Google's microdata and html5 validation errors

According to Google's documentation about product microdata, when I want to mark product's availability in my internet shop, I should do the following:               In stock! Order now!      And I do similar:
Produkt dostępny
      Unfortunately the W3C validator reports an error on this: > Blockquote Line 569, Column 73: Attribute content not allowed on element p > at this point. So... what is wrong with my code or with google? **EDIT:** I also have warnings:               RDFa Core attribute content is not allowed on the p element in HTML5 + RDFa 1.1 Lite documents. Consider checking against the HTML5 + RDFa 1.1 schema instead.      But if I understand specs correctly, HTML5 implies RDFa 1.1, not 1.1-Lite? My DOCTYPE is `<!DOCTYPE HTML>` **EDIT2: I got the solution now** Despite my code in question not being correct HTML5 code, it was correctly recognized by Google's tool for testing rich descriptions. It did not satisfy me, so I decided that if `content` attribute was only allowed on `<meta>` tags, let's go with `<meta>`:
Produkt dostępny
     <meta itemprop="availability" content="in_stock"/>      This way the code is:   * unambiguous - the meta element is a child of the itemscope element,    * accepted by HTML5 validation tool,   * still recognized properly by Google's tool.


Getting domain & hosting together or separate

some people suggest getting hosting and domain names separate as hosts that bundle domain names with hosting make it difficult to switch hosts. how true is that? i am considering host gator. i see a .com is $15. and at godaddy, its $11.44. should i get a domain name @ go daddy and use hosting from host gator? i see bad reviews for godaddy about their hosting. hows their domain name? or where would recommend for hosting and domain name?


Real example of Google Analytics profile

I am going to make a deal with owner of some website, that he will pay me for redirection from my website if it will end with transaction. ASAIK, he should enable e-commerce tracking in his GA profile, and integrate GA tracking code in his custom made online shop. That is the easy part, which I can handle (I mean, I can explain my client, what he should do). My client asked me, how to generate proper report, which will be base for our monthly payments. I don't know how to do that, because I never had GA profile with e-commerce data. I can't wait for first data in my client profile, and then figure out on his profile, because I will not get access to his account (and this is out of the discussion :( ), because in this profile there are a lot sensitive information. So I thought, maybe there are some fake/example Google Analytics accounts to learn how to use it or create proper report. Do you know any or can you give me some information, how this situation can be solved?


The closest free Magento extension to replicating the enterprise enhanced CMS functionality?

Are there any/what is the closest free Magento Community extension that features the 'menus and page hierarchy' functionality of the enterprise edition?


Legal rights over TLDs (country specific - UK)

My question is regarding the legal "right" to a domain name and/or TLD given certain circumstances. For example, I have a company called Example Limited which registered in the United Kingdom. I own the domain name `example.co.uk` but not `example.com`. I'd like to have the domain name `example.com` for brand consistency and ease of use but it seems I was too late and someone already purchased the domain name. On their site is the standard ad links with a "This site is for sale for $40,000!" banner. Of course, I don't particularly wish to part with $40,000 for a domain name. So my question is how little (or indeed much) must be done in order to be able to claim a `.com` if I own the `.co.uk`? Does any of the below change the "rights" I have to a domain name?   1. Being a legally registered company in the United Kingdom.   2. Owning the other domain names (`.co.uk` but not `.com` for example).   3. Having the name trademarked (UK).   4. Having the name trademarked (EU).   5. Having the name trademarked (US).   6. Being a legally registered company in the US.


Multi Language URLs

I'm building an online store that will be supported in 3 languages: English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. My question is whether or not it is a good idea to make language specific URLs for SEO purposes. So if I'm viewing the site in english, the urls on the product page are in english, but if I view the site in traditional chinese, then the urls are written in traditional chinese. E.g.   www.mysite.com/items/1/blue_cup (english)   www.mysite.com/xxxxx/1/xxxxxxxx (traditional chinese)   www.mysite.com/yyyyy/1/yyyyyyyy (simplified chinese) **EDIT**   I should note that this is a site primarily built for a Traditional Chinese speaking country so it should cater towards that audience and their dominant search engine: Yahoo


Is it a bad idea to start a forum in a shared web hosting server?

I'm launching a forum for foreigners in Taiwan. Right now, I don't have much money so I purchased a shared web hosting server at Dreamhost (The Happy Hosting Plan, which is around 9 US dollars a month). Is it a bad idea? I can just migrate the site to a new dedicated server when I get more users, but I'm not sure if this waht most forum web masters do.


Should I pay for search engine submission as a web hosting extra?

When people buy hosting at Go Daddy or other shared hosting, there is a $1.99/month additional fee to be submitted to search engines. What is involved in that process? How can I do the same thing if my shared hosting provider doesn't offer this service?


Auto-apply a role to new phpBB user with password or code

Is there a way, with phpBB to have a new user enter a password which would automatically move them into a specific role? I'd like to be able to allow certain people to sign up and automatically have access to certain forums, without having to wait to be approved. If not, would someone point me in the right direction on how to set this up? I'm not as fluent in PHP as I am in C# and javascript, but if I got the general idea of where to make the changes, I could probably whip something up. I pictured an "Authentication ID" field, where I could provide a code in advance... a guid or something. When they registered, it'd automatically move them from the new user role to a specific one.


Pros and cons of long-term domain registrations

What are the pros and cons for long-term domain registrations, such as 5 or 10 years? One benefit I can think of is locking-in the domain price. I can't really think of any cons (beyond just not using the domain), especially since transferring between registrars is so easy.


What happens if I let my domain expire?

I have a domain on GoDaddy which I want to transfer. Due to too much hassle (can't remove the privacy entries, lost email account password, etc. etc.) for a transfer, I just thought that I can let it expire to re-register it with a different host. Is this possible or will GoDaddy keep the domain for some time before I re- register it? TL;DR the domain expires 10/20/2011 - can I just register with a new host on 10/21/2011?


Tools to convert joomla and wordpress template to Drupal 7 theme?

Is there any tool to convert joomla and wordpress template to Drupal 7 theme?


how to design scoreboard?

I developed an online exam using .net and now I want to send score to mail. But I want it look like a certificate. How should I design it, or alternatively, are there any template designs available


My site is indexed in Google yet does not show in the SERPs

Please someone solve this mystery that has been plaguing me for months! All pages have been cached by Google recently yet still will not show up in a search. I'm guessing it's being penalized? How would I know/find out? Index page & Web Design page both show up:   http://infin80.com   http://infin80.com/web-design/las-vegas-web-design.php   These 2 pages can not be found unless you put in "site:infin80.com" into Google:   http://infin80.com/logo-design/las-vegas-logos.php   http://infin80.com/print-design/las-vegas-graphic-design.php   I test it by quoting any line of text directly into Google such as the 1st line of copy on the logo page "Creating a small business brand is every bit as important for your small" and always get "No results found for..."   ## Additional Part All the webmaster tools are submitted properly with a sitemap (only 5 pages) and a robot.txt file that doesn't block any pages. Why would one sub-page be indexed (web design) while the others are there if you put in the url "http://infin80.com/logo-design/las-vegas-logos.php" but not any of the text/images?!?


Finding what is causing my site to issue 301 redirects

I have an URL which is 301 redirecting but I cannot find where or how it is happening and wanted some checks to perform if possible?   * I've checked _.htaccess_ - it's not there   * I've checked cPanel in redirects section - it's not there   * In WordPress, I have the redirection plugin active and it's not there either Is there anywhere else that could be issuing redirects? I'm at a loss to find out where and how the page is redirecting!


Securing webserver from spam/phishing/malware - beyond RBLs?

We offer a service that requires URLs from our domain to be linked to external URLs. About ten years ago, we discovered that this functionality can be abused by miscreants -- to link to malicious URLs. So we have multiple protection mechanisms, using Google Malware database (hourly updated) to check the domain against, and similarly checking the domain and IP on spam Relay Black Lists such as SpamHaus and SpamCop. Yet, there are always new and upcoming domains to which people can link from our site, domains that are NOT YET in any RBLs. Some such domains have been (ab)used by people recently, and as a result, Google has included our domain on their misguided malware list too. Questions:   1. Apart from the automation of RBL etc, what am I missing, what else can we do to work against spammers of this kind? Our RBL check is basically "live", but how can we capture domains that are malicious before they're in RBLs?    2. Any good advice on getting Google to un-list our website?  (We actually blocked Google's News website on our site too, because `news.google.com` has a vulnerability where there "goto" URL can take any site behind the URL and forward the user to it...so we spotted many spammers using this functionality. Google has not fixed this weakness on their site, so we have blocked `news.google.com` from being used on our site. Could Google have added us to the malware DB as a result of this, in a vindictive move?) Many thanks for any pointers or advice regarding best practices for this kind of server protection.


SEO for a complex URL with multiple specifiers

I have a jobs website. There are categories and sub categories e.g the URL for builders is `www.mydomain.com/jobs/all/active/202/tradesmen/799/builders/county/all` Because of the framework I'm using (Elgg), the "all" and "active" come after the plugin name. Also, I need to do a lot of things with the URL: get the plugin (job), get the correct type of entities (all and active), get the category (202 and tradesmen), get the subcategory (799 & builders) and get the location (county and all). Is this URL SEO friendly or is it too messy? Is something like `www.mydomain.com/jobs/tradesmen/builders/all` better?


Duplicate content site skipped in Yahoo and Bing

I want to buy a 1 year old site which my friend had initially created with duplicate content. In the later months he removed all such material and placed original stuff. Now it is in top charts in Google. But it is completely skipped by Yahoo and Bing. Will it ever be able to come back in Yahoo and Bing given both give exactly same search results.


AdWords: how to optimize for only one or two conversion types?

I've checked: "Use my conversion tracking data and bids to optimize for conversions". I have 3 conversion types, but one of these is not relevant in terms of the optimization. How do I get AdWords to focus on one or two relevant conversion(s)?


Can I submit multiple domain sitemaps in Google Webmaster Tools?

My site is setup in Blogger with a custom domain name. Currently, `url.blogspot.com` is `301` redirected/forwarded to `www.url.mydomainname.com`. The naked domain `mydomainname.com` is returning a `404` status code. Can I submit a sitemap in Google Webmaster Tools for the `www.url.mydomainname.com`? Right now in my Google Webmaster Tools account, I only have `url.blogspot.com` with a sitemap.


Tools to track internal traffic

Google Analytics is a great analytics tool. However I find it's not easy when it comes to tracking INTERNAL traffic. For example, let's say I put a banner on my ecommerce advertising a specific product, and want to see how many people buy it thanks to this? Or maybe I add a "best seller" box somewhere and want to see what sales it brings me. Can I do that cleanly and easily with Google Analytics? Or are there better tools out there suited for tracking internal traffic?


How to professionally update your server configuration

I've installed several websites on my Ubuntu server and I need now to add an extension and some modules to my php configuration file. Since I have some e-commerce websites I was wondering if I should put all these websites offline before to proceed with it, and if this is the usual procedure. Let's say, any guideline for a professional procedure is welcome. thanks


Why won't google adwords spend my entire budget

I have a campaign on ad words. It's a "Test" area.. i give it $50 a day. One of the ad groups there was doing well with a 600% return. I moved it over to it's own campaign and gave it a budget of $500 a day. The day is almost over and it yet to even spend $50. It should have cleared 400 by now if it's going to spend my 500. Why is this happening? I am getting a good return why won't good spend all my money? Do they not want my money? Am i doing something wrong?


403 Forbidden on Images on my subdomains

I am pulling my hair out after multiple back and forths with 1and1 support both via email and telephone. I've setup multiple subdomains via the 1and1 control panel and that looks to work fine. The one in the screenshot below is http://x3.keefermadness.com Everything loads properly except images. Inspecting them, they're giving a 403 Forbidden. I've tried changing the permissions on individual files and the directories in that structure to no avail. 1and1 keeps blaming it on my image references, but they work fine locally via MAMP with no changes to anything. Any ideas? 1and1 has been completely worthless, and I'm very close to just moving to another web host. I've tried other web content, including a clean wordpress install. No images ever load. Everything else - html, JS, CSS, loads fine. ![403 forbidden](http://i.stack.imgur.com/43xsE.jpg)


Referrals websites

I'm using google analytics's, but I really can't manage to view referring websites (website url's where users are coming to my website from) I can check it only while checking real time stats. I have been googling, but couldn't find proper solution, will be grateful if someone can tell me which options should I enable, thank you.


Cloud Providers vs Traditional Hosts

I'm rolling up my sleeves and trying to tackle the fundamental concepts of cloud computing for the first time. I am planning to build a highly-scalable web application, and can't ignore the potential benefits of cloud platforms. Now I _think_ I get all the basic concepts of it, except when I try to compare it to service plans offered by traditional web hosts such as GoDaddy. GoDaddy, for instance, offers a Grid Hosting package where you can basically keep adding machines to your plan as demand grows. How are plans like this different than a "true" cloud service offered by someone like Amazon?


PHP not working with hosting

I have been playing with a php CMS site for someone that I am ready to deploy but am running into a couple problems that I assume to be hosting related. I have been developing and playing with it localy and deploying to a hosting environment friendly towards this specific CMS (joomla). I have recently been trying to deploy to a client's hosting and have been running in to some trouble. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have been in contact with the clients hosting and have had them set up a mysql DB for me and enable php. Simple php was working but joomla was not able to create the config files it needed to run on this hosting. Therefore I havnt been able to successfully deploy my work. While playing around with some simple php pages I have started getting http 500 errors and now cant seem to get anywhere. This is a smaller hosting company that seems willing to work with me but I dont really know what i need to ask from them to get me working. My questions to you webmaster geniuses would be as follows: **Given the situation I have described, is there anything specifically i should do to get my joomla/php site running on this hosting?** **What specifically should I ask my current hosting providers to do to help me get working?**


How can I cap cloud-costs?

I am looking into launching a cloud-based product for consumers where with a prepaid account they can start a server with a simple click and load up the software and access it remotely. The technical side of that I can manage, but I am worried about the costs escalating ridiculously high for both me and my customers Is there a way I can   * Limit how much each server can cost me before it will be deactivated   * See how much a server is currently costing me (so I can deduct it from their account) with it being extremely reliable as I don't want to have to have a giant bill in any possibility.


Google sandbox (Google penalty) is real or not?

Most of the SEO analysts are saying that Google Sandbox (Sandboxing or the sandbox effect or the Google penalty) is still available but when I searched Wikipedia I found that, Google didn't conformed it yet and there is no proper evidence or official announcement. If you searched _Google Sandbox_ on Google search engine you would find more results from various sites and not from Google but would find some results from Google which would be pointing to other theme not about Google penalty. I want to know whether Google sandbox is real or not? If so how could I check my site's presence inside that sandbox (I don't need other sites link but only need Google sandbox tool)?


Project planning and customer tracking system

First off, sorry if this is the wrong 'stack' site, but it seemed like a good place to start. I'm happy to report that my services as a web developer are starting to be in quite a lot of demand, and I have a few existing and potentially new customers all lining up - but I'm finding it very hard to keep track of everything. What I'm hoping for is some (preferably web-based) system which I can use to keep track of who my customers are, the various projects that I've got going on for them, and (if possible) the individual sub-tasks that make up each project. What would be even better is if the relevant customer was able to log into the site, and see the process of their projects. I do hope you know what I'm talking about, and that you'll be able to offer some suggestions of either web-base sites that offer something along these lines, or of some open source solution or something like that? Thank you


Which DNS registrars will hide my WHOIS information?

Whilst browsing this question, some of the answers mentioned that certain registrars will replace your whois information with their own. Can anybody provide details on which registrars offer this service?


Why do I see requests from BOT/0.1 (BOT for JCE) in my server access log and what should I do about them?

**My server keeps getting requests with user agent identified as`BOT/0.1 (BOT for JCE)`.** The first one arrived 2013-09-14 22:13:17 CEST, the last one yet about three days ago, 2014-08-12 06:05:39 CEST.   * Most of them (about 60 %) use GET method of HTTP/1.1 and try to get `index.php` at various locations on my site based on paths I already use. They always result in response with 404 status code (Not Found) or 400 (Bad Request) as I don’t use PHP at all.   * About 40 % of them are HTTP/1.1 POST requests for `/index.php?option=com_jce&task=plugin&plugin=imgmanager&file=imgmanager…&cid=20…` where `…` are either     1. `&version=1576` and empty string (about 50 %), or     2. `&method=form` and                          &6bc427c8a7981f4fe1f5ac65c1246b5f=cf6dd3cf1923c950586d0dd595c8e20b          (about 50 %), or     3. rarely `&method=form` and                          &6bc427c8a71281f4fe1f5ac65c1246b5f=cf6dd3cf11223c1250586d0dd5125c8e20b          As with the GET requests, this is sometimes appended after a URL my site uses. These mostly (75 %) result in 404 or 400; but when they hit my installation of MwForum (25 %), even 200 OK (for the 1st subtype) or 500 Internal Server Error (for the 2nd and 3rd subtype) is generated, which I assume is just poor coding of MwForum.   * About 5 % (“round-off” error in the percentages above) of them are utterly malformed requests, having parts of HTML code on request line where path and query string should be. Most of them try POST to MwForum. At the beginning, there is URL of one of my site’s pages, followed by a quote, some HTML code, and at the and another URL with `/index.php?option=com_jce&…` appended. They probably come from dumb webscraping. Sample log lines:               2014-08-05 22:50:32 93.95.74.25 "HTTP/1.1" GET example.com "/index.php" 400 0 0 "-" "BOT/0.1 (BOT for JCE)" "-"     2014-02-23 08:50:35 202.29.16.241 "HTTP/1.1" POST example.com "/mwforum/topic_show.pl?tid=1485/index.php?option=com_jce&task=plugin&plugin=imgmanager&file=imgmanager&method=form&cid=20&6bc427c8a7981f4fe1f5ac65c1246b5f=cf6dd3cf1923c950586d0dd595c8e20b" 500 711 0 "-" "BOT/0.1 (BOT for JCE)" "-"     2014-01-28 15:25:55 94.23.4.47 "class=\"url\" data-dot=\"url\">example.com/mwforum/topic_show.pl?tid=1485

 <a id=\"modImgA-5\" href=\"http:/tracker.modx.com/issues/index.php?option=com_jce&task=plugin&plugin=imgmanager&file=imgmanager&method=form&cid=20&6bc427c8a7981f4fe1f5ac65c1246b5f=cf6dd3cf1923c950586d0dd595c8e20b HTTP/1.1" POST example.com "/mwforum/topic_show.pl?tid=1485\"" 500 711 0 "-" "BOT/0.1 (BOT for JCE)" "-"      **Is the bot trying to exploit Joomla Content Editor (JCE)?** I don’t use JCE, nor Joomla, nor PHP itself. **What should I do about those requests?**


Sitemap to display hash tag links or not?

I am just creating sitemap for my site and wanted to find out if I should include # links for SEO? **For Example:**               www.mydomain.com/#comment1          www.mydomain.com/#comment2      Does this help with SEO or because the page is essentially the same just conflict?


REL ME tag - trying to figure it out

Regarding http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1229920 to scrolled down section ''Examples'' to the point ''1.'' to the second code line which is: `<a rel="me" href="https://plus.google.com/105240469625818678725/"> <img src="//www.google.com/images/icons/ui/gprofile_button-16.png"></a>` On the page says that I have to add this line to the Contact Me page of own website in order to get Google Profile button. Exact code which one should be copy and pasted I am able to get here: http://www.google.com/webmasters/profilebutton/ Questions: 1). As you can see on the second URL, to make Google Profile button I need to use "author" tag and not "me" tag. But the first URL which I showed (the line in this message above) shows that I have to use "me" tag and even without this: width="32" height="32". I am already aware that I have to type (second URL) my own Google Profile URL. So do I just MANUALLY ( ! ) change this: `<a rel="author" href="https://profiles.google.com/109412257237874861202"> <img src="http://www.google.com/images/icons/ui/gprofile_button-32.png" width="32" height="32"></a>` to this (note: two changes done): `<a rel="me" href="https://profiles.google.com/109412257237874861202"> <img src="http://www.google.com/images/icons/ui/gprofile_button-32.png"></a>` Is this correct? I assume that plus.google.com is the same as profiles.google.com (both is URL of Google Profile). 2). If I was wrong with my first question then the second answer probably won't be even useful but still: Where exactly should I paste the code: `<a rel="me" href="https://profiles.google.com/109412257237874861202"> <img src="http://www.google.com/images/icons/ui/gprofile_button-32.png"></a>` inside Author Page of own website? I think it doesn't matter where. Also: will this icon be for sure enough or do I also have to make such anchor text with rel me in a ''shape'' of text (for word sentence such as ''Look At My Google Profile'')? Or is just icon really enough? 3). In the same section (''1.'') of the same page (link [first one] provided above) it says that I need to use first author tag to link to Author/Contact Me page of own website in order to later use Me tag. But I think in the explanation is little mistake. Shouldn't be instead of: `<a rel="author" href="http://www.cnet.com/profile/iamjaygreene/">Jay Greene</a>` this: `<a rel="author" href="http://www.cnet.com/profile/iamjaygreene.html">Jay Greene</a>` ?


Will google remove the old caches if noarchive is added to robots.txt

If you want google's cache of your site to remain unchanged is it a good idea to add noarchive to robots.txt? Or will this wipe out your caches?


Multiple custom 404 pages

Do you have a suggestion on how I can get a random 404 page displayed when a page isn't found. I use Wordpress and am currently using a custom `404.php` file for displaying a 404 page but what I want is to have three or four different pages that are displayed randomly when a visitor 404s.


Pros and cons of tracking referral trafic with "utm" tags

We have a blog discussing products of a variety of manufacturers. Recently a manufacturer asked us if we could `utm` tag links from our blog to his site with the tags `utm_source=OurSiteName&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=OurSiteName`. Since the manufacturers can already see our traffic in his referral traffic report, I do not see the point of adding `utm` tags to all our outbound links to manufacturers but perhaps I am missing an important point. Is there an advantage of tagging outbound links with `utm` tags instead of just leaving the traffic to appear in the referral traffic section of the receiving website (eg is the referrer information in HTTP requests less reliable than `utm` tagging,...)?


More information about worldwide nodes how to get?

The context: Six hosts across worldwide were traced over week from UK. Ten thousands of lines to be parsed and analysed. And then I try to find any clue of geographical information and path - from where it jumps where. Then after Austria or Germany(each time different) I have mysterious 62.208.72.6 which in GEO LOC gives me Falklands Islands (which is where my target host is by the way, but before target host I still have 5 other nodes) Then I do whois for this 62.208.72.6 route: 62.208.0.0/16 descr: DE-ECRC-62-208-0-0 origin: AS1273 mnt-by: CW-EUROPE-GSOC source: RIPE # Filtered Why it says Europe now? How to understand this enigma code? I want to confirm more or less whether this is in europe or in falkland islands? But it can't be in FK yet as after next two hosts I get New York? Could you also tell me what does this CW-EUROPE-GSOC abbreviation means. (To preserve your sanity better not google, unless you already know it :-D) And the actual whois for the destination/target host, which completely destroys my head: route: 195.248.193.0/24 descr: HORIZON descr: Cable and Wireless Falkland Islands descr: Via Cable and Wireless Communications UK origin: AS5551 mnt-by: AS5551-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered How is it Via Cable and Wireless Communications UK if two nodes before I was in New York? Thank you guys,


How to proxy with apache site from same domain but another port as a subfolder?

So I have a problem - I have my main site on apache web server on debian on port `80`; I develop a web server (in some C++ or C#) and it currently runs on port `6666`. But some people are living under firewalls and can access only port `80`. I wonder if it is possible via apache map all requests to say `mysite.com:80/6666/url` as if they were to `mysite.com:6666/url`, not map via redirection, but really make apache stream content from my site to user as if it were in some folder?


How would I completely remove a domain from webs?

I have registered a domain with 1&1.co.uk about 2 months ago. I changed the nameservers to the ones that webs told me to (ns1.webs.com, ns2.webs.com) so that I could publish my webs website to my custom domain. It was all working fine. What threw everything out is that yesterday, when I wanted to start using Weebly, I changed the nameservers in 1&1 to weebly's and waited to the changes to propagate through the internet. 1&1 said that the changes had been made but when I publish changes from weebly, they don't actually show but changes in webs do. Is there anything that I have missed in doing this process? Thanks in advance!


Migrating a small web application for smartphones by creating narrow HTML pages?

I have a small web site offering a couple of functionalities, but it was not designed to operate with smartphones then. I don't have experience with smartphone application development (and this might be over-engineering too), but I was wondering if I could use another method. From here, I notice that all smartphone screen support 320px width when held vertically. Could I develop HTML pages where content is squeezed properly within 320px and extended over 480px (and more)? Would this be displayed properly on smart phones? Should I save some space for scrolling bars? Or should I invest time learning to use a proper CSS framework for smartphones? If yes, does anyone have recommendation to make? Ideally, I would like to just take a copy of my pages and reorganize them for smartphones to keep things simple. Thanks.


How can I show contextual ads after a user filtered page contents by keyword?

I am building a social bookmarking service that is monetized in part by Google Adsense. However, I don't know how to influence how the ads are displayed. I think Google scans my pages and decides itself which ads to show where. Navigation on my site is mainly based on the selection of categories or tags being provided by the users. So after a user filters a list of bookmarks by the tag "SEO", I think I know pretty well what he is looking for. So I am looking for a service that allows me to show contextual ads for these particular keywords. How I can guide Google to show relevant ads? Can you recommend an alternative ad network, that gives me more control?


Trying to point domain name to new server, but there are other NS records I cannot change

In my domain registrars console I see the following: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/suvg2.png) I have added my name servers to the bottom, but the domain name is not redirecting. I see there are 2 NS records above mine that I cannot change. Would anyone know if these are stuffing mine up?


Is browser and bot whitelisting a practical approach?

With blacklisting it takes plenty of time to monitor events to uncover undesirable behavior and then taking corrective action. I would like to avoid that daily drudgery if possible. I'm thinking whitelisting would be the answer, but I'm unsure if that is a wise approach due to the nature of deny all, allow only a few. Eventually someone out there will be blocked unintentionally is my fear. Even so, whitelisting would also block plenty of undesired traffic to pay per use items such as the Google Custom Search API as well as preserve bandwidth and my sanity. I'm not running Apache, but the idea would be the same I'm assuming. I would essentially be depending on the User Agent identifier to determine who is allowed to visit. I've tried to take into account for accessibility because some web browsers are more geared for those with disabilities although I'm not aware of any specific ones at the moment. The need to not depend on whitelisting alone to keep the site away from harm is fully understood. Other means to protect the site still need to be in place. I intend to have a honeypot, checkbox CAPTCHA, use of OWASP ESAPI, and blacklisting previous known bad IP addresses.


How does one block unsupported web browsers?

Web browsers with an end of life no longer receive security updates which not only makes them vulnerable to the end user, but I imagine its not safe for the server's which receive visits by them either. Is it practical to block or enforce and notify the end user that their browser is unsafe and unsupported? If so, how would one achieve that? I don't know of any official or crowd-sourced listing with that information to parse and keep up to date. I'm aware that the practice can be custom built with User Agent parsing and feature detection for HTML5 enabled browsers.


SSL between customer's domain having CNAME to our secured server?

We're setting up a payment service -- a few pages to collect credit cards, and do other stuff that needs to be secure. We would like to offer the service to customers via a cobranded page we serve that _appears_ to be on their site using a `CNAME` alias from _their_ domain to our domain. The customer doesn't have an SSL certificate. Example:   * `http://www.customer.com` and other pages, like `http://www.customer.com/about` already exist.   * Customer wants to use our service to accept payments   * Our domain has a wildcard SSL cert, www.customer.com doesn't have a cert.   * Customer sets up CNAME DNS record like `payment.customer.com` that is an alias for one of our subdomains, like `customer.mycompany.com`   * Customer links to our pages via their alias. Credit card info is collected on `https://payment.customer.com/payment` So the question: can we set up our SSL cert for `customer.mycompany.com` such that it is acceptable if the request originates from `payment.customer.com` (and for multiple other customers)? Browser error messages are not OK. Thanks!


URL parameter names being changed by user agents

In reviewing one of our site's web logs I'm seeing instances where we are returning a 404 to requests because we're expecting an id parameter to be sent, but instead we're seeing a di parameter. The resource in question is an image but which image file actually gets served is dependent on the id parameter. The expected url is something like `http://images.mysite.com/photo.gif?id=123&width=200&height=300` What I'm seeing in the logs is requests for `http://images.mysite.com/photo.gif?di=123&width=200&height=300` The only case where we are seeing this on the id parameter. It seems unlikely that this is due to a server side or JavaScript bug since it seems to be only effecting a small percentage of our traffic. We are seeing this across a wide variety of user agents (both mobile and desktop) and IPs. Has anyone else seen this? Is there a browser plugin or other software you're aware of that could be causing this, and if so is there a good way to work around the issue?


Our Website is being blocked in critical areas - how do I get to the bottom of this?

I'm working with a UK-based contractor in the counter-terrorism industry. I've noticed that when I'm in Virginia Beach (near Norfolk and Washington DC), I cannot get a connection to the website through the wireless network (WiFi), either on my phone or on my laptop. If I do a `tracert` from a PC hooked up to the local network, I get a bunch of `"* * * Request timed out."` lines. I can access the website from my phone using 3G in the parking lot. What diagnostics can I do that will reveal what is going on?


Do we really need Google Analytics for better SERP positions?

We have been using Google Analytics on our main website for years, but recently we have tried another local stats system (Yandex.Metrica) and we are very happy with it - more than with the Google one. Thus, our idea is to completely remove Google Analytics from our website and use only this new system. The question for SEO pro's related to this is the following. I've heard that having the Google Analytics counter on a website could be principal for better indexing/ranking. Is that true? Can we remove their counter without losing our good search result positions?


IP geolocation and permanent redirects for search engines

when someone connects to my homepage I geolocate using their IP and redirect to the site with the right language (for example someone from Italy connects to example.com and I redirect them to example.com/it). AFAIK the way to behave in these cases concerning SEO and search engines is to permanently redirect to avoid making the search engine think that the content is duplicated, but in this case the same URL can redirect to many other pages (example.com can redirect to example.com/it, example.com/en, example.com/br, example.com/ch and so on). What should I do to keep all the link juice going to example.com and still keep the functionality with all the localization and ip geolocation going? Right now my response is a 302 Found and then 200 OK after the redirect, is this right?


Googlebot following invalid URLs. How do I troubleshoot the problem?

I'm getting errors generated by Googlebot while following invalid URLs. Checking with Google Webmaster tools confirmed that the problem was the bot: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/pjqOr.jpg) I've checked the source code and the HTML generated, but couldn't find out why Googlebot is finding and following this invalid URLs. **How do I troubleshoot the problem?**


Domain name similar to an other existing one, bad for SEO?

I am in the process of choosing a domain name for a personal project. I have found a very good one (let's say it is "myproject.com") but it is very close to another existing domain name ("smyproject.com"). Only the first letter is different. This website has a very different activity from mine. My question is: is it bad for SEO? When someone will type "myproject" in a search engine, is there a risk that the first result will be "smyproject.com" if this website has better SEO than mine?


How does WordPress determine which template to show?

So I recently set up a Wordpress blog and I've noticed that when I make posts, the link is `http://www.domain.com/?p=2`. I was wondering how you could specify which file to use to parse such requests. For example, domain.com/?author=1 now returns a page with all posts made by that author, but how and where does it get configured to go here? I checked to see if it was .htaccess related but it appears not to be.


Why a word having high significance in content keywords does not get a high rank in Google?

When I check my website in Google Webmaster Tools, then keyword 'angeethi' is shown to be at the 3rd position in terms of significance. But when I search for 'angeethi' at Google, then the website doesn't appear even in top 15 pages for 'angeethi' keyword. What can be reason behind this and what should be done to improve this?


SEO effect of redirecting to 404 page

In a dynamically generated site (PHP, Python, pick your poison), 404 pages are normally handled dynamically to simply send a 404 header and display some error page on the URL that the user visited. I'm wondering if a site has a large number of 404 pages and they for example, contain a significant number of links to help a visitor get to a useful part of the site, might a search engine see this as a cloaking of doorway pages? I can't image search engines would generally punish you for having lots of 404s, you can't help people linking badly to you site but I can imaging they would punish you for cramming the 404 page with links. As an extension of that. Is there any benefit of redirecting users to a single URL to display the 404 page, something like `http://www.domain.com/404`? How would this affect SEO?


Rss legal issues

I know it is illegal to post full articles of a website on yours beacuse of copyright. Is it legal to post the rss feeds of a website on your website?


Looking for company job listing script

Our company wants to have a simple job listing and resume uploading script. We'll only have a few jobs listed at any one time. Also, they are not interested in an "online application" at this time; just a simple form to upload a resume and email the correct HR people. Thinking that the index page will list the jobs after a short "working here is great" intro paragraph. Clicking on the job will display details in an animated display of a previously hidden DIV or similar. Clicking on Apply for this Job button will send to simple form asking name, email, and phone, with button to choose and upload resume file (to our MySQL database). Needs a form to input available positions. The only open source solutions I've found are scripts for job boards. That isn't really what I'm looking for, I don't think. Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!