Amazon EC2 vs Dedicated server at Hetzner, what's the use for EC2?

After searching the web I still can't find the reason to use EC2. What's the point to scale EC2? If you expect a huge burst in traffic, they say. OK, but what if you already have a couple of sites with good traffic, and for example medium reserved EC2 instance is not enough. You are paying $36.60(medium reserved for 1year) in EU(Ireland) + traffic + optional expenses for databases and S3 if you use them. Of course as some point when you are under $56.6-$66.1 you can optimize your hosting costs with Amazon EC2. But when you get at some point if purchase EX4 server from Hetzner, it will surpass your perfomance needs for a long time, before you get a massive traffic. (I am wrong?) **CPU:** i7-2600 Quadcore (3.4-3.8 Ghz) **RAM:** 16 GB **HDD:** 2x3 TB SATA (6 Gbit/s) - _I think that disc performance of a dedicated is better then of Amazon EBS_ **Traffic:** 10 TiB in month included. This is what you get from Hetzner for $56(- 19% VAT) or $66 for EU residents. Please, tell me what's the reason to use Amazon? Which load won't a server from Hetzner take, but Amazon Auto Scaling will? The maintenance of dedicated vs EC2 is still the same? Or hardware failure at Amazon, won't ruin your EBS storage? I'm still not at the level when I need expensive hosting, but want to know beforehand, just to be sure if Amazon infrastructure is better then pure performance of Hetzner's hardware.


Passing Arabic values in parameters results in % spaces

I have built an _.htaccess_ clean URL, this part works perfect in my _.htaccess_ :               RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /road.php\s [NC]     RewriteRule . نقفورالثانيفوكاس/ [R=301,L]     RewriteRule ^نقفورالثانيفوكاس/$ road.php [L]      But this part in the parameters is producing spaces in my navigation:               <?php     $tit = urlencode("نقفورالثاني-فوكاس");     $cap = urlencode("الطريق-للقمة");     ?>     <a href = '<?php echo "road.php?title=$tit&caption=$cap" ; ?>'>      Only choosing _road.php_ is working:               http://www.nikephorosphokas.com/%D9%86%D9%82%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3/       (The title is displaying great in Arabic, so this is working) But with the two parameters, it's resulting in a lot of spaces:               http://www.nikephorosphokas.com/%D9%86%D9%82%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3/%25D9%2586%25D9%2582%25D9%2581%25D9%2588%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25AB%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A%25D9%2581%25D9%2588%25D9%2583%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B3/%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25B7%25D8%25B1%25D9%258A%25D9%2582%25D9%2584%25D9%2584%25D9%2582%25D9%2585%25D8%25A9/       (This is not what I want, so it's NOT working) This is my complete _.htaccess_ :                 RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /road.php\s [NC]       RewriteRule . نقفورالثانيفوكاس/ [R=301,L]       RewriteRule ^نقفورالثانيفوكاس/$ road.php [L]            RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /road.php\?title=([^&\s]+)\s [NC]       RewriteRule . نقفورالثانيفوكاس/%1/? [R=301,L]            RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /road.php\?title=([^&\s]+)&caption=([^&\s]+)\s [NC]       RewriteRule . نقفورالثانيفوكاس/%1/%2/? [R=301,L]            RewriteRule ^نقفورالثانيفوكاس/([^/]+)/$ road.php?title=$1 [L]       RewriteRule ^نقفورالثانيفوكاس/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ road.php?title=$1&caption=$2 [L]                 RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php [NC]       RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L]       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f       RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.php [L]      I tried adding _urlendice_ or _rawurlencode_ as well, but the result was the same.


Chrome has recently started chopping the bottom of some titles, anyone know why?

The title is the entirety really. Chrome has started to chop the bottom off my titles (not noticed in on any paragraph text). I've tried the usual, incognito mode to disable and extensions, delete my user in settings. This is happening on a few of my sites, on different hosts. Not repeatable in other browsers. Has anyone come across this before? ![Image showing the issue.](http://i.stack.imgur.com/pxSja.png) Edit: The offending web page.


Vendor reliability and Privacy reputation

When observing my website stats at StatShow, I can see my _internet reputation_ for: > Trustworthiness > > Vendor reliability > > Privacy > > Child Safety My site had excellent results for everything beside _Vendor reliability_ (50 points) and _Privacy_ (72 points). I am trying to decode what this means and what algorithm they use to determine these figures. My question is, in terms of SEO, how do I improve points for Privacy and Vendor reliability? What is Vendor reliability anyway?


Should <a> tags with href="#" (or other internal links) use rel="noindex, nofollow"?

For SEO purposes, should `<a>` tags with `href="#"` make use of `rel="nofollow"`, `rel="noindex"`, `rel="noindex, nofollow"`, or does it not matter? I'm asking because I have some elements on my site where I use anchor tags to trigger mouseovers, etc, and I'm just wondering how the search engines handle those links.


What Should I Do?

What is a reasonable goal in terms of traffic for my Flex 3 site: www.brainpinata.com Since I began a couple of months ago, I've gotten roughly 5500 ad views and 280 ad clicks. And the ad revenue is a whopping $4.80. (I don't use Google Adsense). I advertise my site using Google Adwords to try to build traffic. My budget is $10/day. What should I do? a) Push the marketing. Add a blog. Try to get backlinks, contact blogs, start a Facebook page, tweet, etc. b) Google is only indexing the static content in the SWF. The questions/answers are pulled from a mySQL database. So, Google doesn't index 99% of the content. Should I re-do the site in HTML/Javascript and hard-code the questions for each puzzle? (This would be a challenge as I don't know javascript worth squat.) Or should I hard-code the questions in XML and put them in the Flex app? If I put the questions in an XML file it's roughly 500 KB. Other ideas? c) Should I switch ad networks? (I currently get about 100 visitors a day). My ad network pays so little that if I were to make even $500/month, I would need 550,000 ad views/month, which seems impossible. If I go ahead and switch ad networks, I need to find one that allows iFrames as I've got a Flex website. Which ad networks permit their ads to be shown in iFrames? d) Should I cut and run? I put a lot of work into this project and it would really stink to get nothing out of it. I'm looking for some good advice. Looking forward to your suggestions. Thank you. -Laxmidi


Menu Control submenu links appear but are not active when rolled over in IE 10

I have a menu control in my masterpage. The Menu Control submenu pops open and appears with text on it when I open it via IE10, but the links do not work when you try to click on them, and the submenu disappears after a few seconds even though the cursor is still over the submenu. I have no idea why the links are inactive here but in firefox, chrome, safari appear correctly. Some help would be much appreciated. Menu code :
                         <asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="SiteMapDataSource1" runat="server" />                             <asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="server" DataSourceID="SiteMapDataSource1"                             DisappearAfter="600" StaticDisplayLevels="2"                             StaticSubMenuIndent="0px" Width="181px" SkipLinkText=""                             DynamicHorizontalOffset="1"                             DynamicPopOutImageUrl="~/images/arr_white.gif"                             StaticPopOutImageUrl="~/images/arr_white.gif"                             CssClass="SomeMenuClass" >                                 <DynamicHoverStyle ForeColor="#E9C379" />                                 <DynamicMenuStyle BorderStyle="None" />                                 <LevelMenuItemStyles>                                 <asp:MenuItemStyle CssClass="Level1Style" Width="195px" />                                 <asp:MenuItemStyle CssClass="Level2Style" Width="170px"  />                                 <asp:MenuItemStyle CssClass="Level3Style" Width="200px" />                                 </LevelMenuItemStyles>                                 <StaticHoverStyle Font-Strikeout="False" ForeColor="#E9C379" />                         </asp:Menu>

      Site Map:               <siteMap xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AspNet/SiteMap-File-1.0" >         <siteMapNode url="default.aspx" title="Home"  description="">                   <siteMapNode url="registry/Default.aspx" title="Significant Tree Registry"  description="Significant Tree Registry" />                    <siteMapNode url="nominate/default2.aspx" title="Nominate a Significant Tree"  description="ominate a Significant Tree" />              <siteMapNode url="javascript:void(0)" title="Criteria for Scoring Trees"  description="Criteria for Scoring Trees">                    <siteMapNode url="scoring_criteria/how_a_tree_is_scored.aspx"  title="How a Tree is Scored"  description="How a Tree is Scored" />                    <siteMapNode url="scoring_criteria/measuring_a_trees_diameter.aspx"  title="Measuring a Trees Diameter"  description="Measuring a Trees Diameter" />                    <siteMapNode url="scoring_criteria/measuring_a_trees_height.aspx"  title="Measuring a Trees Height"  description="Measuring a Trees Height" />                    <siteMapNode url="scoring_criteria/measuring_the_crown_or_spread.aspx"  title="Measuring the Crown or Spread"  description="Measuring the Crown or Spread" />              </siteMapNode>              <siteMapNode url="resources/default.aspx" title="Resources"  description="Resources" />              <siteMapNode url="partners/default.aspx" title="Partners"  description="Partners" />              <siteMapNode url="history/default.aspx" title="History"  description="History" />                       <siteMapNode url="comments/default.aspx" title="Contact"  description="Contact" />         </siteMapNode>     </siteMap>      CSS:               #nav {            padding-left: 9px;       }                    #nav, #Menu1{           margin:-1px;           }               #nav a {       color: #fff;       text-decoration: none;       border-left: 1px solid #959595;       padding-left: 10px;       display: block;       width: 100%;       padding: 2px 0 6px 8px;        }          #nav a:hover {       text-decoration: underline;          }     #nav .important {       border: none;       background: 188px 10px url(../images/arr_orange.gif) no-repeat;       }          #nav .important a {       color: #E9C379;      }               #Menu1{ z-index:10;}               #nav, #Menu1, .Level2Style{z-index:10;}     #nav, #Menu1, .Level3Style{z-index:10;}


What's the best way to put invisible for user but indexable link?

I have several sites on the same topic but still competitive to each other. I would like to put cross links on these sites in text so they won't be visible/"clicakble" but still indexable by search engine. What's the best way to do it i.e. what kind of HTML/CSS magic to apply? As far as I understand this is a "White Hat SEO" technique and will help to increase relevance of the web sites.


Correct syntax for Canonical - link or meta tag?

I'm getting a little confused about adding canonical tags to pages. Some (most?) guides suggest using a link tag thusly:               <link rel="canonical" href="www.example.com/somepage" />      but some others suggest a meta tag like so:               <meta rel="canonical" href="www.example.com/somepage" />      Are both allowed? Which is right? If one is wrong, where does the confusion stem from? Thanks.


SSL certificate that does not verify identity

(I'm fairly sure I know the answer, but just in case...) We want SSL on an internal-use webserver, but the usual ones don't work for the usual reasons (not static IP, subdomain issues etc.). Server identity is not an issue, all we need is an encrypted connection for the slightly-sensitive data. Management's main worry is wifi-sniffing at a cafe. MITM attacks are not a concern (the data involved isn't worth the effort) but the Big Red Warning Page _is_ an issue - the users are just not capable of understanding the issue and adding an exception. This means no self-signed certificates.


Where to put hashtag in Ajax url

I used to put my url like this :               example.com/#!ajaxcall/parent/child       but then, google gave me warning says that my url "is not followed" : > When we tested a sample of URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some URLs > redirect to other locations. We recommend that your Sitemap contain URLs > that point to the final destination (the redirect target) instead of > redirecting to another URL. so i changed my url into :               example.com/parent/child/#!ajaxcall/      after changing the url, i keep getting 404 error(because the hashchange event never fired), i don't know what am i doing wrong here ?


What should be done after renaming the urls of my website?

One month ago, I updated all the product URLs on my site which were separated by `_` sign to be separated by `-` sign. Example:               .com/Calipers/Insize_1108      now looks like               .com/Calipers/Insize-1108      There were nearly 1200 links updated, and it is showing in webmaster tools as crawl errors. I marked them as fixed, I resubmited my sitemap but it didn't work, they are still showing in google search results. What should I do ?


Updating a website often

I always wondered something, when I make a website, normally small websites, I make the website locally and then Upload it to the server, I also keep a copy locally, when I have to make a change, I change the copy I have locally and the I upload the whole website again to the server, that's obviously a waste of time, and I would like to know what's the best way to update a website, big or small, but without doing this, just uploading what has been changed, I've heard that the best way is using something like GIT or Mercurial, but I don't know what you can tell me.


First Project a big one, How much should we charge?

Two of my cousins and I started a freelance computer repair/web design business just to make some money on the side during college, and received our first major web design project about three weeks ago. Now we've created websites before, but it was mostly for family businesses and have never really charged money, and most of the websites have been static, and don't really require a CMS. This project, however, was a big one (for us anyways). We created a news site that had several categories, we created the banners, we created a classifieds page (not a web app just something static that they control). Several links, a few graphical assets, CSS drop down menu, RSS feed from a different news site, weather, all the normal stuff you would find on a regular news site. On top of that we put in all the usual Joomla stuff (search, Jcomments, Jslide pictures, JCE, etc.). Then we uploaded the first 10 articles they gave us, and we are going to train them how to use Joomla. Now, at first we decided for 700 dollars. I assumed they just wanted a simple blog like website where they can upload articles. But then we had a meeting, and they asked for a lot more. Note: we did not hard code the template from scratch, but customized the gantry framework to fit their needs. We did code quite a bit however. I estimate that we put in about 50-60 hours in total. I'm wondering if 700 dollars is a bit low, this price is definitely not set in stone. Please keep in mind that this is our first project, and we are newbies, please be kind. Thank You!


Redirect "302 found" vs "302 object moved"

Examining several different websites that do redirects (from TLD to language subfolders), I discovered that beside sending a 302 HTTP header, some send differents strings: Some send `"302 found"`, others send `"302 object moved"`. **Regarding SEO, my question is:** Does the string description matter to Google and Bing, or are they simply evaluating the HTTP header numbers (301, 302, etc.)?


Feedburner - Multiple feeds in multiple languages

I run a website that available in Dutch and English. Each 'language version' has its own blog and related RSS feed. I want to publish these RSS feeds through Feedburner. Obviously I would like to have the Feedburner UI for the Dutch readers in Dutch and the English speaker readers in English. Does anybody know how to manage multiple feeds with multiple languages in Feedburner.


Oversizing images to produce better looking pages?

In the past, improper image resizing used to be a big no-no of web design (not mentioning improper compression format). Hence, for years I have been sticking to the policy where images (PNG or JPG) are resized on the server to match the resolution pixel-wise they will have with the rendered page. Now, recently, I hastily designed a HTML draft with oversized images, using inline CSS style such as `width:123px` and `height:123px` to resize the images. To my (slight) surprise, the page turned out to look _much better_ that way. Indeed, with better screen resolution, some people (like me), tend to browse with some level of zoom (aka 125% or even 150% zoom), otherwise fonts are just too small on-screen. Then, if the image is strictly sized, the enlarged image appears blurry (pixel interpolation effect), but if the image is oversized the results is much better. Obviously, oversizing images is not an acceptable pattern if your website is intended for mobile browsing, but is there case where it would be considered as acceptable? Especially if the extra page weight is small anyway.


Is using HTML5 Doctype harmful for Mobile SEO in google?

At this page Google mentioned http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=34637&ctx=cb&src=cb&cbid=-1rb2an4c1lcom&cbrank=3 **Q. What mobile markup languages do you support?** **A.** We support XHTML basic, XHTML Mobile Profile, WML, and cHTML.


SEO - Better empty title tag or skip title tag?

What is better, if somebody skip `<title>` tag or `<meta name="description" />` or leave empty value:               <title></title>     <meta name="description" content="" />       ? Or maybe all above has the same meaning for crawlers?


How to best protect my web designs? Licenses?

I'm afraid one of my clients might ask his fellow software engineer to design a few page templates for a WordPress-based community I'm redesigning, according to my code and design. He just bounced me back an estimate cutting down expenses on page templates and leaving only the frontpage template, which is clearly the only one he can easily replicate into multiple page templates, for the core pages whose templates he just dismissed. Is there any way to protect my code and designs with strict licensing? Are there any ways to protect my work from being copied by my own client? Which licenses should I use?


What is "condition of link to developer's website" condition in license

I want to use following icons for my commercial website for free. http://www.gettyicons.com/free-icon/112/must-have-icon-set/free-remove-icon- png/ According to to above link: > Visual Pharm is the author of this icon. Visual Pharm will remain owner of > this icon and you cannot sell it, but you are allowed to apply this icon in > your commercial and non-commercial projects with condition of link to > developer's website. But I cant understand following: > with condition of link to developer's website Do I have to show link of owner of icon site on my commercial website? If yes, where will I show their link? Is there any other icons package that I can use commercially for free without showing their link on my site?


Google Webmaster Geographic target: Increases or Decreases Traffic?

My website is an english video streaming website that gets visitors from all over the world (about 70,000 per day). 35% of my traffic is from the US. Now, in google Webmaster, if I were to set my geographic target to USA, will I get more overall traffic or less than what I am getting right now? _most of my traffic is organic from google_


Correct configuration of multiple Analytics trackers per page, spanning domains and subdomains

My company publishes sites on a somewhat convoluted domain structure, and we're having trouble getting accurate numbers in Analytics when we have multiple trackers on the page. We publish under two brands (A, B). Each brand has a "national" site at A.com, B.com, as well as per-city "local" sites at eg. ny.A.com, la.A.com, sf.A.com, etc. Right now we're trying to track in these dimensions:   * Full network (A.com, ny.A.com, B.com, la.B.com, etc.)   * All sites in brand (A.com, ny.A.com, la.A.com, etc.)   * Inidividual site (ny.A.com) Here are the commands we're using on an individual site:               _gaq.push(         ['t0._setAccount', 'UA-XXXXXX-1'],  // full network         ['t0._setDomainName', 'none'],         ['t0._setAllowLinker', true],         ['t0._trackPageview'],         ['t1._trackPageLoadTime'],         ['t1._setAccount', 'UA-XXXXXX-2'],  // brand         ['t1._setDomainName', 'none'],         ['t1._setAllowLinker', true],         ['t1._trackPageview'],         ['t1._trackPageLoadTime'],         ['t2._setAccount', 'UA-XXXXXX-3'],  // individual         ['t2._setDomainName', 'none'],         ['t2._setAllowLinker', true],         ['t2._trackPageview'],         ['t2._trackPageLoadTime']     );      We send the same commands to each account because we've had strange results when trackers were configured differently in the past. However, right now we're seeing inflated numbers for uniques on all three trackers. What is the correct way to configure this setup? Thanks for your time.


Why some of new indexed pages of my web site disappeared from search results?

10 days ago i have activated my web-site with whole new design and content and because of it's an old web site and has 2 pr, it's quickly added to search results by google. Then i sent some important url's to google via webmasters tools for make google index those pages. After 2-3 days those pages were indexed. But i realized those pages are disappearing from index and today all sub-pages disappeared. There aren't any spammy content, pages were original, valid html5 code. What can be the cause of this ?


Search Engine, Public Facing Game

I run an online game. The only pages one can access without an account are the homepage, register, lost password, contact me. If I were to make more of my pages public, and add links to them from the homepage, **would this help gain traffic?** The pages I am think about making public are the forums, player profiles and game statistics.


How do I host my website with another web hosting provider which is not the provider I registered domain name with?

Recently I registered for a domain name and bought it. I had failed to check their hosting plans first :(. They charge a lot for hosting a website. I am thinking of hosting it under some free web hosting provider. How do I host my website with another web hosting provider which is not the provider I registered the domain with?


Webshop with different domains per brand

I'm creating a niche webshop which offers a limited number of products per brand/category which are somewhat similar to each other. However I have chosen to promote the products per brand on a different domain for extra search engine ranking. The layout will mostly be the same across domains. Customers will also switch over the domain during the process. Maybe a little broad but the question is: Which factors do I have to take account for regarding SEO? And then I mean for example: avoid duplicate content. A few more specific questions: Can I use the breadcrumb across the domains? Does it affect SEO if the domains are pointing to the same host?.


By 301 redirect will Google take my new domain as having duplicate content ?

If I do a 301 redirect from Google Webmaster then will Google take my old domain as my new domain ? I mean, my old domain is www.hackinguniverse.org but I want to change my domain as well as name because I have to get approved for Google AdSense and with having the word "Hacking" .. I now it is quite impossible to get approved for AdSense. But by 301 redirect is it sure that Google will not take my site as duplicate content? Please help.


Navigation Category page not indexed by Google

Navigation menu is in the form of categories on website `http://bankpo.in`, none of the category pages is being indexed by Google. I searched with exact URL for a category, still related results are shown instead of category page. I have checked Google Webmaster Tools and there are no crawling error or any other error message, so I am really confused what might be the problem. Website is not a new one and is continuously updated, so please can anyone tell me the reason for this.


How to avoid "click here" links

I know that I should try to avoid links that have the text "click here". But how do I avoid that? What are good alternatives to >   * You can find more information about _certain topic_ over here. >   * For more information about our trip, click here. > Just wondering if other people have some good practices and ways of avoiding these links.


How to weaken spam attacks from XRumer

Though this topic : How do spambots work? is related and enlightening but it talks about general spam logic. Moreover it is really difficult to follow many anti-spam measures mentioned in it in case of CMS based sites like Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress since tickering code requires special expertise. Just like we concentrate on Google for SEO, we should concentrate on Xrumer specifically. It is so much of trouble that in my sites I've even disabled typing http word in comments but still I receive many test comments( like Xrumer testing ...). Looks like Xrumer is the chief culprit of spam attacks. It is most sophisticated spam software I guess. If we can make our sites immune to this software only I guess 90% of attacks can be averted. It is so much of trouble that in my sites I've even disabled typing http word in comments but still I receive many test comments( like Xrumer testing ...) Does anybody have internal insights/weaknesses of this software which we can use to prevent the attack.


Best way to have both HTTP and HTTPS communication in a web application?

I am considering using both HTTP and HTTPS in a web application and I am looking for tips to accomplish this best. The application will run under Tomcat. I have also seen the following about HTTPS performance. Can anyone confirm the claims made in this post (i.e., SSL/TLS is not computationally expensive any more)? Do you agree? Thanks!


Why is godaddy HTTPS/SSL certification so much cheaper than digicert, thawte, and verisign?

I am a novice on HTTPS/SSL but GoDaddy charges $12.99 and Digicert, thawte, and Verisign charge $100-1000+ for SSL certificates. I must be missing something on the quality of the encryption or something. Can someone explain some of the basic differences that lead to these dramatically different prices? **Update** $12.99 is a sale price. Typically SSL certificates cost $89.99 on GoDaddy. Here's a link on Godaddy which makes the very comparison this question asks about: http://www.godaddy.com/Compare/gdcompare_ssl.aspx?isc=sslqgo002c thanks, tim


Am I violating AdSense TOS by allowing Google Translate widget to translate into unsupported languages?

**DETAILS** I want to use a Google Translate widget/plugin on my website. The website is written in English and has AdSense code embedded in it. The website is aimed at a global market, but because of the niche I expect them to use English. Despite that, I'd like to make translation available to all those who need it. **QUESTION** Am I violating adsense TOS by allowing google translate widget to translate into unsupported AdSense languages? Do I have to restrict the languages that can be translated to adsense supported languages only?


Removing CAPTCHA is harmful for my forms?

I have some services on my site that developed by PHP , it seems having CAPTCHA in my registration form is decreasing registering users , I tend to remove CAPTCHA at least on my registering form , is it harmful for my site?


Blocking pages from being crawled with specific URL encoded parameters

While seeing the Google Webmaster Tools report there are certain URL encoded parameters like `%5c` and `%22` coming up in URL's of site. We tried to identify the issue and observed that due to incorrect structure in two of the links having \" (forward slash and ") were created in the site, which has now been corrected. We have removed and corrected these, but we feel that Google is now crawling some of the pages with forward slash and `%22`, which are coming up in Webmaster Tools as duplicate URL's. Is there any way through _robots.txt_ , through Google Webmaster Tools, or through _.htaccess_ to let Google know not to follow links or crawl pages with a forward slash or `%22` in it? The site is built upon the Joomla CMS platform.


Should I notify 'under construction' websites to crawlers? If yes how?

I am currently developing a website which is going to take some time to finish. I need to move some 'stuff' to production frequently, while maintaining a `under construction` status. My front page will clearly mention that my website is under construction. I know crawlers will access my URL before I am ready to go live. Should I tell them my site is under construction (no need to index)? If yes how? P.S.: Eventually, I am ok to let them see my under construction front page.


Is it possible to animate JPGs?

This may sound ridiculous, but I'm curious as to how this image on imgur is animated: http://i.imgur.com/VnPVF.jpg and yet still appears to be a JPG file, not a GIF. Is it server side? It's viewing the straight file, and so it can be using any JavaScript or other to fulfill this. Any ideas?


eShop product urls SEO, with or without category folder

What product url is better from SEO perspective for an eShop               www.site.com/main-category/sub-category/sub-category2/product-name.html     www.site.com/products/product-name.html     www.site.com/product-name.html      Some people state that the last one since you make that page more important to the root of the domain. I would think its more logical to have them like the 1st. What do you guys think? Does this really matter for SEO?


Is it useful to have your company name as an <h1> on every page?

I saw a (quite okay) website where every page has the logo/title of the company as an . I was wondering if that is actually usefull or just ruining your SE(o)-score? The full HTML line is   `<h1 class="Logo"><a href="/" class="Logo">Company name here</a></h1>` And I got to add: Not the , but the gets, via CSS, updated with a background image.


CTR for a specific button that has an event label on given page from Google Analytics

I have a landing page and I want to see how many of the people who sees the page clicks a certain button. Say that the button has an event label, e.g. "foo". How do I find out what the percentage of visitors to the page clicks the button?


Joomla Article Manager

The Window where the article must be written is not provided with the Formatting icons bar on top. "Toggle Editor" at the bottom right of the same Window is not showing. I need instructions on how to resolve the issue Thanks


Issues with web hosting at home

I want to host a small personal website at home. One basic problem I am hitting is, From inside home network, I cannot access my domain name. I have to use the local ip (something like 192.168.1.4) to access the website. This ip is the desktop which is hosting the website. Because of this mapping, I have issues setting up a simple wordpress blog on it too. How do I get past this issue? **edit:0** when I try to access www.example.com (my domain) from within my home network, I get redirected to my router login. PS: 1) I am using dyndns service to map my non-static ip to my domain name. 2) My portforwarding works fine.


Making one exclude cookie for multiple google analytics sites

I've got multiple sites all with different google analytics profiles in them (managed under one account). I would like to exclude everyones traffic in the office from all the sites. To do this when we clear the cookies / get a new device we have to go to the page on each site that has the exclude cookie this is fine but when you have to do it 6 times for each machine its a bit tedious. Is there a way to have one cookie for all sites? Because both the cookie and the tracking code need to be on the same page would it be possible to have one page with all the tracking codes on it and all the cookies so that it would simultaneously exclude our traffic from all sites?


Images are being filtered on a generic site that shares the same IP address with an adult site

I recently addressed the community to understand why normal images are being filtered by Google Image Search. I have several sites placed on the same server (and that they all definitely share the same IP address) and one of those sites has _Adult_ content on it. I am now assuming that the filtering problem might be caused by the fact that the generic site shares the same IP address as the adult site. If I remove the adult site from being hosted or from this IP address, will it solve my filtering problem for the rest of my sites? What else can I do besides the removal of mentioned adult site from that IP address?


Is using feedburner still a must for blog feeds?

I'm setting up a blog for my OSS/startup and I'm wondering whether using Feedburner for blog feeds is still the recommended way to go? Is there enough value in using Feedburner over just using the built in RSS feeds in Wordpress? Also if so what wordpress plugin people are using to get it working with the current version?


Is there a way to contact the owner of a Analytics account when only the UA account number is known?

I have taken over a website for a company and their former webmaster does not know who have access to the analytics account used on their "old" website. I obviously got their UA account number, but nobody knows who has access to that. Is there a way for to contact the owner through that account number?


"Thank you for posting. Please stand by while you are redirected." Needed?

> Thank you for posting. Please stand by while you are redirected. > > If you are not automatically redirected, please click here. You're probably familiar with messages like these, especially when using the web in the 90s or early 2000s. In my own projects, I've never found a reason to make the user wait for 2-3 seconds while they are redirected after registration or posting something, for example. But this pattern comes up all the time, even in popular web software like PHPBB. My question is, does redirection still have a place/need in modern (ajaxy) web development? Are there any situations that absolutely require redirection like this, ultimately annoying the user, and **what are the technical reasons behind them**? Why not just redirect instantly if a redirect is required?


Why does Google Reader only update our site's RSS feed once every 4-5 days?

We have a website with a RSS feed. When I use Google Reader to subscribe to the feed, it is only updated once in a while - something like every 4-5 days. In Google Reader the latest 2 or 3 posts appear at the same time. I have setup an quick test script that downloads the RSS feed every hour, so that I could monitor, that the feed is updated as expected. And everything looks good, when I just download the feed. I'm beginning to believe that the cause for this behavior in Google Reader is to do with Googles RSS crawler, feedfetcher. When I look at Date Received and Date Published - Google Reader differentiate between Date Received and Date Published - Date Received is the same for the 2 or 3 posts, and Date Published matchtes the pubDate in the feed. This leads me to believe that Google's RSS crawler, feedfecther, doesn't crawl the RSS feed more that something like every 4-5 days. What are your experiences with Google feedfetcher? Is it expected to have this kind of latency? (I haven't looked at the server logs yet, but that would be a logically next step.)


Is Plone really without security holes as Wiki article suggests?

According to this wiki article (chapter): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plone_(software)#Focus_on_Security From 2010 there has not been a single vulnerability. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/aytVs.jpg) Is this true and Plone is the most secure (among the CMS compared)?


Why am I getting far less traffic than the Google Keywords traffic estimate suggests?

I identified a search term that is quotes as having millions of global searches per month on Google keywords tool. Local searches also account for a large chunk of that. It was a long term goal to get on page 1 for that term, and now we've hit it. We were page 2, #1 for a while now we've just managed to get #6/7 on page 1. I've tested it with &pws=0 in the search, and also via a USA proxy all which have it nicely on page 1. I'm observing around 4-5 hits a day from this term now, which comes out to around 150 a month. I'm not complaining, 1,800 potential new customers a year is great! But I was expecting considerably more. Can anyone help explain why this might be? I can't really tell you what the term is I'm afraid. (I know that's not ideal)


Seekins statistics package which shows IP address and browser version

I am looking at my AwStats results and see 11% of my visits are from MS IE 6. That sounds weird, and I would like to find out who it is. I suspect that if I can find a statistics package which shows IP address and browser version then I will see that all of those hits come from one IP address (or range) and I can try to figure out who and encourage them to upgrade. I would like to recode my website in HTML 5, but can't do so if I have to spend the extra effort. I _could_ just detect the browser version and display some text encouraging browser upgrade, but would like to find out who it is. Any advice? Thanks in advance


How should I deal with user agent parsing in logs?

My web app project includes logging functionality so we can see where visitors are coming from (referrer URL), what the popular user agents are, what pages are most popular, etc. The log is stored in SQL Server, and when I query the user agents I use a large (almost 100 lines) and growing CASE statement to separate the user agents using string matching (i.e. if the user agent contains the string "Firefox/9" then it's Firefox 9). Is there a better way to do this so I don't have to continually add to that CASE statement to deal with new browser releases? Also, how should I deal with less common, weird/unknown user agents? I've seen the following in the logs and been unable to find good information online about what they are:   * `WordPress/3.3.1; http://www.facecolony.org`   * `Mozilla/4.0 ( http://www.hairirons.org redips; <a href=http://hairirons.org/>chi hair iron</a>)` I'd guess they're bots/crawlers, but the sites they point to don't appear to reference web crawlers (or even be available sometimes). I've seen other user agents aren't familiar to me, but I know they're bots because they include "bot" or "spider" or something similar in them.


Is it a bad practice to use self-signed SSL certificates?

SSL certificates are pretty expensive for individuals, especially if you need to secure different subdomains. I am considering using self-signed certificates, as my primary focus is to secure the connection, and not to authenticate myself. However, several browsers display nasty warnings when encountering such a certificate. Would you discourage the use of self-signed certificates (for example for small web application or the admin page of a small website) ? Or is it OK in some cases ?


Z-index (CSS) affecting links behavior

i have a problem with links in a footer who's z-index is set to -1. i can change their style via the 'a'-tag in css but they don't behave like links anymore. here's the the html and css code: **HTML**

About
     △ stuff
     △ stuff
     △ stuff
     △ stuff

Impressum
     △ stuff
     △ stuff
     △ stuff
     △ stuff

Reference
     △ stuff
     △ stuff
     △ stuff
     △ stuff

           **CSS**               .content{         padding: 100px 200px;         padding-left: 50px;         margin-top: -10px;         margin-left: 150px;         margin-right: 150px;         border-left: 1px solid black;         border-right: 1px solid black;         border-top: 2px solid black;         border-bottom: 2px solid black;         background-color: white;         text-align: left;     }          .footer{         border: 3px solid black;         padding: 37px 0px;         margin: 30px;         margin-top: -40px;         background-image: url("img/forest.jpg");         color: white;         position: relative;         z-index: -1;         background-position: bottom;         }          #carrier {         border: 1px solid white;         border-top: none;         background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);         padding: 5px;         padding-top: 25px;         margin: 0px 150px;     }     .footer h4{         border-bottom: 1px dotted white;         margin: 5px 0px;         color: white;     }     .footer td{         padding-left: 5px;         padding-right: 150px;         border-left: 1px solid white;     }          .footer a {         text-decoration: none;         color: white;         font-size: 12px;         display: inline;     }          .footer a:hover {         color: red;     }          .pfeile {         text-decoration: bold;         color: red;     }      plus an image of the resulting page: ![Resuting Page](http://i.stack.imgur.com/VwjQ2.png) it seems that the links don't work because the z-index of the .footer container is -1. but that has to be in order to slip under the .content container (see image)   so is there a way to make the links "accessible"? More over the .carrier container has to be inside the .footer container! I tried to set the z-index of the of the .carrier container to +1... which didn't work. Of course i could set the z-index of the .content container to +1 to let the footer (with z-index 0) container slip under the content area but that again has an impact on the navigation and other containers at the top of the page... Thanks in advance


Name of this "sleek single column" web design?

By now I have seen this kind of one column, simple, sleek and probably responsive-friendly design over 20 times already. Example : https://www.paypal.com/cy/webapps/mpp/home http://www.motorola.com/us/consumers/moto-x/Moto-X/FLEXR1.html https://onlycoin.com/ I wondered is there a name for this design? Since when did it started to get this popular? Everyone seems to adopting it, especially for product page with each section showing product's feature.


Help me to find a good name for my website

I have a web marketing question for you. I'm looking for a good domain name for my web app. This site is about writing. Any kind of user generated writings including poetry, aphorisms, short stories, song lyrics etc. I have some candidates, but I think it can be better. . I want the name to promote very good quality words, not just random facebook-like status updates. This is my list, but I think you can do better, any help would be very very appreciated. I promise to add your name in my credit if i pick your answer. Thanks   * Yourwritings    * Youwrite    * Beautifulwords   * thewriter   * writingshare


How can I change my site's meta tags using fatcow.com site builder?

I am a newbie to website work. I am on the board of a new non-profit, and have been given the task of getting the website up and running. We elected a package from Fatcow.com that gives hosting and most services, cheap, but the only downside is the drag-and-drop style builder. Of course without this builder, I would not have the page up already. The downside to the builder is that it is hard, if not impossible, to edit the tags I need to in the actual code. I have a copy of the Google Webmaster starter guide, and want to set meta-tags for each page on the site, however, I cannot find a function on fatcow to allow me access to read the code behind the pages. Can anyone tell me how else to access the code for manual editing?


Does Google cache stylesheets?

Hey guys, we all know that Google caches the HTML of pages, but does it cache the corresponding CSS as well? I ask because a site I used to have and have since closed down is still in the cache and there's a CSS setup I had on it that I need to replicate on another site now. I can view the cached HTML but that doesn't help me because I don't remember what I did with the CSS. So, does Google cache the CSS and if so, how do I view it? For those who will ask why I don't just look at my source code for the other site, I don't currently have it on my laptop and I'm not quite sure where the archive is at the moment...


Changing mod_rewrite "file exists" checks to not see directories as files

I have the following mod_rewrite rules set up:               RewriteEngine on     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f     RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php      This works fine, allowing me to use "nice" URIs (like www.mysite.com/about instead of www.mysite.com/about.php. However, when I have both a directory and a file with the same name (for example /products and products.php, this breaks as apache just redirects to the directory. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks,


Sitemap with pages missing better than no sitemap at all?

I've inherited a site built with a CMS I'm not familiar with. I've created new pages for the site and I can see they do appear in a html sitemap, but not the xml sitemap. Assuming I can't add the pages to the xml sitemap, should I delete the xml sitemap or leave it in place but with pages missing?


Sitemaps index submission

I have two questions regarding site maps: 1) Currently my site has around 5,000 pages. However, in the future it will contain more than 50,000 pages. Should I start using sitemap-index with only one sitemap listed at the current time? Or should I use a sitemap and when I pass the 50,000 limit add a sitemap-index file with 2 sitemaps listed? Does it even matter?? 2) Should I re-submit sitemap through Google webmasters tools every time I add a new URL? Or does it check it automatically? Joel


How to choose a font for a website?

How to choose a font for a website that is readable,usable,authority ?


Why do I lose my Pagerank after a 301 redirect?

As we all know, Google treats sub-domains as completely separate domains so we have to fight for both, to get ranked in search results. One of my client's websites had `example.com` and `blog.example.com`. So to keep all the stuff in one place, we redirected `blog.example.com` to `example.com/blog/` But in this case, we lost our Pagerank and are still wondering where we went wrong. Maybe it just takes more time to show up. What is the reason behind this?


Can I enrich microdata format with more data without affecting its functionality?

This is the normal formatting for microdata:

some text

some description

             Rosary Arms 12             90210              Beverly Hills             San Fransisco              USA

      Now, when a users searches for all businesses in San Fransisco, I want to format each result with this microdata (I'm assuming this is allowed btw and not that Google only accepts 1 microdata 'instance' on a page). But in the search result of 1 result I have more data than is currently needed for microdata. For example, I have 3 images per search result, rates of this business, opening hours and much more.   Now I was wondering if I can just place this extra data within this microdata without affecting its functionality, for example:

some text

         Hourrate: $120

some description

             Rosary Arms 12             90210              Beverly Hills             San Fransisco              USA

Opening hours:
             Monday-Friday: 8AM - 6PM
             Saturday: 10AM - 5PM
             Sunday:Closed


email server services for websites

I have a growing website and I don't want to deal with setting up a mail server to send emails through. Currently I am using Google Apps and sending emails via a Java program that I wrote. However, it seems Google has certain restrictions against that. Is there a list of email server providers out there. One where we can point our DNS MX record and send emails via an API?


Magento Bulk Product Import + Modules Nightmare

1. Have 5,000 products in CSV file   2. File has been re-saved as UT8 file in google documents and exported to CSV from excel   3. File loads perfectly with all fields in demo of magento store manager (except we dont want to buy it:)   4. When trying to upload in regular Magento..keep getting error messages on column duplicates....yes we have hundreds of duplicates as the titles of products in fields correspond with different sizes, etc...no way around it   5. Any solutions around this or any open source software similar to store manager that can do the trick. Ready to give up and go to paid solution such as Big Commerce   6. Also, Uploaded a bunch of free modules/keys...of open source bulk import products from magentocommerce but I cant find them anywhere in the main admin panel to use...there is no menu item for them anywhere??


Which domain is better for local SEO: .sg or .com.sg?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  com.es domain and SEO I am sure this question has been asked before in many different forms regarding to different countries. But I am still wondering in the case of Singapore, which one is better for local SEO? .sg or .com.sg?


Can't get heroku site updated on custom domain

I have hosayif.com registered at GoDaddy, and I set up a cname for rails.hosayif.com to point to my heroku app at sharp- meadow-6535.herokuapp.com. I set this up with a previous app, and it worked. I made a new app, renamed the old one, and then renamed the new one so that it is sharp- meadow-6535.herokuapp.com in hopes of not having to change anything at GoDaddy. In theory, rails.hosayif.com and sharp-meadow-6535.herokuapp.com should be the same site, but they are not. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?


Can creating a duplicate site for testing and upgradation can cause duplicate content

Considering upgrade of CMS to latest version- the process may take anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks. May suggest - we need to work on live server, what we have planned:   * take exact replica of site and move to a test domain, but on live server   * Block Google, Bing, Yahoo - `User-agent: Google Disallow: /`, `User-agent: Bing Disallow: /`, `User-agent: Yahoo Disallow: /` in _robots.txt_   * Will upgrade CMS and add functionality - will test the entire structure, check URLusing xenu and move on to configure the site on original domain The process upgradation and new tools may take 2 to 4 weeks.... Concern is that despite blocking Google, Bing & Yahoo through                  User agent disallow       can still the URLof test site can be crawled by the search engines - if yes - it may hurt the original site as will read on as entire duplicate or is there any alternate way around.


Self signed SSL certificate with a wild card - works for sub domain, fails for the main domain

For development purposes I created a self signed SSL certificate where CN = `*.example.com`. After installing the certificate, when browsing to any sub domain `https://sub.example.com` I got the nice green lock indicating that everything is OK, but when browsing to `https://example.com` I still keep getting an error. The browser says: "Server's certificate does not match the URL" How can I resolve this issue so I will have 1 certificate that is valid for both all sub-domains and the main domain.


Is there a way to add embedded youtube videos to my website sitemap?

The goal is to make embedded youtube videos appear in video search results as part of my website. I searched very extensively how to do this; I found through google some articles that claim that it's possible, but they are old and that method no longer works. Youtube seems to have intentionally changed their website to prevent other people from including their videos in external sitemaps. To create the sitemap I would need two things:   * The URL of YouTube's flash player. This should be easy enough.   * This is the hard part: the URL of the .flv of the video. For http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE88ZYstEHc it is `http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=cE88ZYstEHc&t=vjVQa1PpcFMQCaCarYkjDrCDJyqOQ_cXrG5ulMRoDY8=` .  The "t" which is the tricky part. How can I obtain it? Also, am I doing something unethical? If I manage to do this will google and/or youtube be annoyed at me? The YouTube videos are mine.


Google+ and SEO: +1 button or follow button / profile badge on a new website?

I am starting a new website, and I expect only to have few daily visitors for the first month. I know how +1s on the different pages could help the rank of that specific page in Google search. but we also know that each follower to the Google+ page also counts as a +1 for the linked homepage. Considering the age of website and its few visitors, I wonder if I should include a +1 button on each page, or if it would be better to include a profile badge or follow button on each page and focus all the benefit on the homepage and Google+ page? I know I could use all buttons and badge together, but I don't want to confuse the visitors with too many options. **In other words, for a new website, is it enough to only make the homepage popular on Google, or should we do this for all pages from the beginning?**


How can I prevent Google from mixing different languages in my sitelinks?

I have a web site in two different languages (English and Spanish). It is indexed by Google but, when searched, sitelinks below my result appear mixed with Spanish and English subtitles. Each language is in a different folder (`mydomain.com/en` for pages in English and `mydomain.com/es` for pages in Spanish). Is there a way to help Google to distinguish between them? The Spanish ones should show for the Spanish speakers and the English ones for the rest of users?


Will Google penalize me for hiding header text?

I read this post: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=66353 On my site currently, I have the following:               // site.css     h1{       background: transparent url("/images/mylogo.png") 0 0 no-repeat;     }          h1 span{       display:none;     }          <!-- index.html -->     <h1>       <span> Name of My website </span>     </h1>      My thinking was that by including the text in the header that the HTML would still be well-structured. Since reading that post though, I'm anxious that google may penalise us for hiding text content. Can anybody shed some light on this issue? Is including hidden text in the header beneficial or detrimental (or neither) ?


Adding a CMS to an existing Magento shop

I am working on a project for 3 niche stores built on magento (using magento's multi-store function) that each get roughly 50k unique visitors a day. The sites don't currently have a blog or forum or any social networking aspects. Would like to add a cms to each site that can be centrally run and would like it to take over the front end content from Magento. Also would like it to maintain an online blog/publication of sorts with videos, articles, and the like with privileges to edit the content given to a dozen or so people with different privileges. Want to add a forum to each site that is fairly robust and to possibly add some social networking aspects down the road, so extandability and available plugins/mods in each cms is important. Other than shared login between the forums,blog/publication and store, would like to be able to integrate some content from the forums and blog/publication into the store as well. After researching this a bit, I am inclined towards Drupal, but I haven't found any modules to integrate it with Magento. Also, since the blog content will be done by about a dozen nontechnical people, I want something that is very easy to work with. Lastly, since the site gets a good amount of traffic, speed and security are very important. What CMS would you recommend integrating in this context? Deciding between Drupal, Wordpress and Plone. Thanks.


Unable to post message

I have Google AdSense on my web site and on every page I am getting the following error: > Unable to post message to `http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net`. Recipient > has origin `http://mywebsite.com` What is it? Will it affect my revenue?


Can this be achieved with a reverse-proxy?

I have a website that was developed and is hosted on a Windows server (Server A). We want to have these Windows hosted pages to show up on another website that is hosted on a Linux server (Server B). Server A and Server B are not on the same network and managed by two different webmasters. Example: Server A Windows 2003 (upgrading to 2012 this Fall):   1. Domain is `example.com`   2. Example page would be `www.example.com/dir/page.aspx`   3. Example pages would only be used to host pages and visitors would never really visit this site (this domain would never show in their browsers). Server B Linux / Apache:   1. Domain is `www.example2.com`   2. When visitors go to `www.example2.com/dir/page.aspx`, they are actually rendering pages from `www.example.com/dir/page.aspx`, but their browser shows `www.example2.com` Does this make sense? Is this possible?


How does LinkedIn show markup in search results without using schema or microdata markup?

I've noticed LinkedIn search results include the location and job of the person being searched. I've understood using markup such as `schema.org` can create this but when viewing their source, it doesn't seem as if they're using that. Are there other options?


My client wants international bank transfer payment method - do people use it?

My client wants international bank transfer payment method to his eshop. I already implemented PayPal and credit/debit cards gateways. Do you have any experience using bank transfer payment method? I think it's unnecessary because there are high fees on international bank trasfers and people use it only rarely but that's not a fact, that's my though. I have no experience with this. Please give me your opinions. Thanks


Google Analytics 'Visits' count sudden jump

I have a site that I've been closely monitoring with Google Analytics. Each day traffic has been gradually increasing, and the #1 source is "Google/Organic". I checked my visit total for 6/20 late in the day yesterday (around 10PM) and it was at ~3000. I checked the visit total for 6/20 yesterday again this morning (around 6AM) and the count had suddenly jumped to over 6000. I don't think the site received the 3000 additional visits between 10PM and 12AM. Has anyone else experienced this behavior? Does GA do some sort of recalc at the end of the day?


Server overhead caused by bots?

I have one customer website causing overhead (`http://www.modacalcio.it/en/by- kind/football-boots.html`). With `htop` opened, I am trying navigate the website and the much load of the website is done by the ajax link being placed on the left side of the website. The website is hosted by a VPS with 3 proc and 2GB RAM, with enough hard with disk space. The real problem is that this website is new and not visited much. From the http-status module I am seeing that the overhead is caused by bots (Google bots, Bing bots, hrefs checker and so on). So I thought that's probably due to those spiders trying to crawl all those links at once - could this be causing this overhead? I have also put `rel="nofollow"` in those links, but this doesn't keep the bots away. Is there any way through code or Plesk to disable those links to those bots?


When can I remove directory validation script?

When I apply to add my website to a directory, it asks to add some script to my homepage or index page to validate the website. At what point can I remove this script? I want to add my site to various directories, but don't want to add lines of script to be there permanently. I'm assuming it is just for the initial validation and can be removed after submitting the site..?


How is fluid theme's impact on rendering performance?

I am new to responsive design and now re-making a template to make it more responsive. This involves redefining many fixed width and fonts as context- dependent percentage (% or em) instead of pixels in css. So I am wondering how does all these new added calculations affect the rendering time of pages, regarding that now most elements values needs to be calculated, and mobile processors which are the target devices are far less powerful than a typical Desktop cpu. Will the effect be sensible on most devices? If yes, how much? I appreciate if you also could refer me to the relevant benchmarks/studies. Thanks


Why is it preferable to use paths with slashes instead of query-string variables in a web page URL?


SocialEngine Installation Error 500 (Step 3)

I'm trying to install SocialEngine (clean install, empty database, legal license key) but I ran into this error message 500 at Step 3 of the installation: Step 3: Setting up MySQL Database               MySQLi statement execute error : Prepared statement needs to be re-prepared      I found a troubleshooting article about a Bug in MySQLi Extension Causes Apache 500 Error. I have uploaded the fixed file and try to install again but it still doesn't work. It terminates at Step 3 again with the same error message. I would be very grateful if you could help me. Thanks.


What is Glaucidium CMS

I was recently asked to do few changes to this website that runs on Glaucidium CMS it looks ancient and when I tried to get some info about it I couldn't find any. There's nothing on Google, no website for that CMS nor anything. Does anyone have any knowledge about this CMS? Thanks!


force users to activate account before using service?

i am not sure if this is the correct SE site to post this, but ill go on... So at the moment i force my users to activate their account upon registration if they want to sign in. I see some decent sites let their users sign in and use their features even their account is not activated and just show a message on top of the page letting them know that their account is not yet activated and that you need to activate it. So which practice is best? Should i stick with that i have or change it?


Strange links appearing in 404 logs

I've recently been going through our 404 logs and we have a number of urls which look like this turning up:-               http://www.makejusticework.org.uk/%2B%255BPLM=0%255D%2BGET%2Bhttp:/www.makejusticework.org.uk/%2B%255B0,51217,54078%255D%2B-%253E%2B%255BN%255D%2BPOST%2Bhttp:/www.makejusticework.org.uk/media/roma-hoopers-justice-campaign-blog/prison-expensive-making-people-worse-roger-graef-obe-ceo-films-record-ambassador-justice-work/2012/02/22/%2B%255B0,0,67227%255D      It contains the actual url, which is:-               http://www.makejusticework.org.uk/media/roma-hoopers-justice-campaign-blog/prison-expensive-making-people-worse-roger-graef-obe-ceo-films-record-ambassador-justice-work/2012/02/22/      This blog post relates to a recently redirected url (standard `redirect 301`) hence the concern - can anyone shed any light on this kind of thing?


Google image index

we have a few images currently being indexed by google and we want to remove them from the index. We have removed the .aspx page which linked to the image (but the image still physically exists on disk at the same location), so will google now automatcally update its records, to not show our image? Or do I need to delete the image aswell? thanks!


SEO impact - using subdomains to make a sentence

I'm thinking about playing with subdomains to make "sentences", and I would like to know if there is any impact on SEO. That's easier to explain with examples (those are fake ones and only illustrates the idea):   * Will `http://this.is.a.test/` be disadvantaged comparated to something like `http://this-is-a-test.com/`?   * Will `http://you.can.do.it/` be disadvantaged comparated to something like `http://you-can-do-it.com/`? The idea here would be to buy the domain `do.it` and create the subdomain `can.do.it`, and then `you.can.do.it`. Will it consider `you`, `can`, `do` and `it` as separate words and as an expression? The question is NOT about the impact of country extensions.


Tracking users behaviour - with or without Google Analytics

If I understand correctly the following (point & from GA TOS):   1. PRIVACY . You will not (and will not allow any third party to) use the Service to track or collect personally identifiable information of Internet users, nor will You (or will You allow any third party to) associate any data gathered from Your website(s) (or such third parties' website(s)) with any personally identifying information from any source as part of Your use (or such third parties' use) of the Service. You will have and abide by an appropriate privacy policy and will comply with all applicable laws relating to the collection of information from visitors to Your websites. You must post a privacy policy and that policy must provide notice of your use of a cookie that collects anonymous traffic data. You are not allowed to use custom variables that will identify the visitor(for example website username, e-mail, id etc.) So the question is how can I track a specific user behaviour(for example the actions that every single logged in user do).


How should we send our e-commerce store's email receipts and receive customer service emails?

My company own a number of e-commerce sites, and we are trying figure out a scalable and effective solution for email. The stores are Django apps on Heroku. Each store needs to be able to send email receipts to customers after a purchase, and customers need to be able to send support emails to a support address. In the past we have used a free Google Apps account set up with our own domain name, created the two email accounts, and sent receipts programmatically through Django. I am not completely pleased with Google Apps for a number of reasons, including customer service and the daily sending limits. I've looked into services like Postmark for sending mail, but of the services I've researched, they all require being able to receive emails at any address you send from. What would I do for receiving email? We want to keep our setup as simple as possible and would prefer to send and receive emails through the same service.


Robots.txt Issue

So I've been assigned to take a look at our SEO (an area I have some, but not amazing competence in), and the first thing I noticed is that our robots.txt file says the following:               # go away     User-agent: *     Disallow: /      Now, I'm pretty competent at reading computer, and as far as I can tell, this says ALL spiders shouldn't look at ANYTHING in the root directory or below. Am I reading this correctly? Because that just seems insane.


Is there any advantage/disadvantage to using robots.txt to disallow access to legal pages such as terms, privacy policy, etc.?

As I understand, having repetitive content is a detriment to search engine placement. Given that many websites that use similar or even identical "Terms and Conditions" and "Privacy Policy" pages due to similar legal wording or due to copy & pasting from the same source, would it be a good idea to disallow access to these pages via robots.txt, in order to avoid being penalized for "non-original content"? Or, on the contrary, could the search engines identify this as circumvention and penalize the site for trying to hide content? Or does it not matter?


Updating to Flex 4, need advice

Our users are older salespeople, most of whom don't understand the concept of a plugin, so telling them to update their flash player is not an option (I have tried in the past). However, updating our application to Flex 4 (from 3.5) is something I would like to atleast plan on doing in the future. The question is, what is the market saturation of flash player 10? What would be the easiest way to determine how many of our users have flash player 10? Any other hints/advice for considering upgrading to flex 4 would be great! Thanks!


www vs non-www ssl certificate?

We have a Drupal 6 shopping cart system that works fine on Apache/cPanel. We had an SSL cert for www.xyz.com through NS which expired 2 days ago. My boss called Network Solutions and they walked through the process, uploading a CSR, etc. and purchased a new cert. But when we tried to -install- the new cert via cPanel it said 'Private Key does not match'. I -think- what happened is that the domain we selected was the non-www version but the CSR was for the www version. NS will allow us to upload a new CSR -but- they won't allow us to change the domain from xyz.com to www.xyz.com and they will not issue a refund. SO...   1. If I install the new SSL cert for the non-www domain, can I make this work by editing .htaccess?   2. Or should I just eat the $249 and purchase a -new- cert for www.xyz.com? I'm paranoid because I don't see any option for 'wild-card' in the NS setup and I don't know enough about Drupal to know if this will matter. TIA.


How can my site detect mobile phones and switch visitors to a mobile Domain?

My Question is that when user enter the website: `http://www.example.com` then they will just go to automatically to `http://www.example.mobi` how can i do this .. is their any technique behind that. _**Can i do this via cPanel etc?. Tutorial links are welcomed._**


IE not using AES on Website

I hope I chose the right topic this time :) So: I wanted to disable RC4 and "force" PFS on my website. Without modification, every browser used RC4. As I don't have access to the root directory I did it by modifying the .htaccess file. Note: The server currently only supports TLS 1.0. So I changed the CipherSuite to:               SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM      Which worked fine on every browser, but the IE, which "can't find the address". So I tried it with:               SSLCipherSuite ECDH+AES256:DH+AES256:DH+AES:!MD5      Same result here. Just to test if it would work with RC4 i tried it with:               SSLCipherSuite ECDH+AES256:DH+AES256:DH+AES:RC4-SHA:!MD5      After this modification, all browsers use AES as cipher. IE now displays the page, but uses RC4 as cipher, even though it should support AES. So, does IE support anything but RC4? I tried to test this with:               SSLCipherSuite ALL:-RC4      Again it can't connect. But: AES works fine on Google/Youtube (TLS 1.2). I tested it on multiple versions of IE and Windows and got the same result everytime I tried to connect. Am I missing something obvious here? Is there anyone who knows why IE won't display my website? Or is my code just completely wrong? Here a list of my supported ciphersuites for reference:               [~]openssl ciphers -v     ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA    SSLv3 Kx=ECDH     Au=RSA  Enc=AES(256)  Mac=SHA1     ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA  SSLv3 Kx=ECDH     Au=ECDSA Enc=AES(256)  Mac=SHA1     DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA      SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=RSA  Enc=AES(256)  Mac=SHA1     DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA      SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=DSS  Enc=AES(256)  Mac=SHA1     DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=RSA  Enc=Camellia(256) Mac=SHA1     DHE-DSS-CAMELLIA256-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=DSS  Enc=Camellia(256) Mac=SHA1     AECDH-AES256-SHA        SSLv3 Kx=ECDH     Au=None Enc=AES(256)  Mac=SHA1     ADH-AES256-SHA          SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=None Enc=AES(256)  Mac=SHA1     ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA     SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=None Enc=Camellia(256) Mac=SHA1     ECDH-RSA-AES256-SHA     SSLv3 Kx=ECDH/RSA Au=ECDH Enc=AES(256)  Mac=SHA1     ECDH-ECDSA-AES256-SHA   SSLv3 Kx=ECDH/ECDSA Au=ECDH Enc=AES(256)  Mac=SHA1     AES256-SHA              SSLv3 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=AES(256)  Mac=SHA1     CAMELLIA256-SHA         SSLv3 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=Camellia(256) Mac=SHA1     PSK-AES256-CBC-SHA      SSLv3 Kx=PSK      Au=PSK  Enc=AES(256)  Mac=SHA1     ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA  SSLv3 Kx=ECDH     Au=RSA  Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1     ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA SSLv3 Kx=ECDH     Au=ECDSA Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1     EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA    SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=RSA  Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1     EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA    SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=DSS  Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1     AECDH-DES-CBC3-SHA      SSLv3 Kx=ECDH     Au=None Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1     ADH-DES-CBC3-SHA        SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=None Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1     ECDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA   SSLv3 Kx=ECDH/RSA Au=ECDH Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1     ECDH-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA SSLv3 Kx=ECDH/ECDSA Au=ECDH Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1     DES-CBC3-SHA            SSLv3 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1     DES-CBC3-MD5            SSLv2 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=3DES(168) Mac=MD5     PSK-3DES-EDE-CBC-SHA    SSLv3 Kx=PSK      Au=PSK  Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1     ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA    SSLv3 Kx=ECDH     Au=RSA  Enc=AES(128)  Mac=SHA1     ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA  SSLv3 Kx=ECDH     Au=ECDSA Enc=AES(128)  Mac=SHA1     DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA      SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=RSA  Enc=AES(128)  Mac=SHA1     DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA      SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=DSS  Enc=AES(128)  Mac=SHA1     DHE-RSA-SEED-SHA        SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=RSA  Enc=SEED(128) Mac=SHA1     DHE-DSS-SEED-SHA        SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=DSS  Enc=SEED(128) Mac=SHA1     DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA128-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=RSA  Enc=Camellia(128) Mac=SHA1     DHE-DSS-CAMELLIA128-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=DSS  Enc=Camellia(128) Mac=SHA1     AECDH-AES128-SHA        SSLv3 Kx=ECDH     Au=None Enc=AES(128)  Mac=SHA1     ADH-AES128-SHA          SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=None Enc=AES(128)  Mac=SHA1     ADH-SEED-SHA            SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=None Enc=SEED(128) Mac=SHA1     ADH-CAMELLIA128-SHA     SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=None Enc=Camellia(128) Mac=SHA1     ECDH-RSA-AES128-SHA     SSLv3 Kx=ECDH/RSA Au=ECDH Enc=AES(128)  Mac=SHA1     ECDH-ECDSA-AES128-SHA   SSLv3 Kx=ECDH/ECDSA Au=ECDH Enc=AES(128)  Mac=SHA1     AES128-SHA              SSLv3 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=AES(128)  Mac=SHA1     SEED-SHA                SSLv3 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=SEED(128) Mac=SHA1     CAMELLIA128-SHA         SSLv3 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=Camellia(128) Mac=SHA1     IDEA-CBC-SHA            SSLv3 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=IDEA(128) Mac=SHA1     IDEA-CBC-MD5            SSLv2 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=IDEA(128) Mac=MD5     RC2-CBC-MD5             SSLv2 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=RC2(128)  Mac=MD5     PSK-AES128-CBC-SHA      SSLv3 Kx=PSK      Au=PSK  Enc=AES(128)  Mac=SHA1     ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA       SSLv3 Kx=ECDH     Au=RSA  Enc=RC4(128)  Mac=SHA1     ECDHE-ECDSA-RC4-SHA     SSLv3 Kx=ECDH     Au=ECDSA Enc=RC4(128)  Mac=SHA1     AECDH-RC4-SHA           SSLv3 Kx=ECDH     Au=None Enc=RC4(128)  Mac=SHA1     ADH-RC4-MD5             SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=None Enc=RC4(128)  Mac=MD5     ECDH-RSA-RC4-SHA        SSLv3 Kx=ECDH/RSA Au=ECDH Enc=RC4(128)  Mac=SHA1     ECDH-ECDSA-RC4-SHA      SSLv3 Kx=ECDH/ECDSA Au=ECDH Enc=RC4(128)  Mac=SHA1     RC4-SHA                 SSLv3 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=RC4(128)  Mac=SHA1     RC4-MD5                 SSLv3 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=RC4(128)  Mac=MD5     RC4-MD5                 SSLv2 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=RC4(128)  Mac=MD5     PSK-RC4-SHA             SSLv3 Kx=PSK      Au=PSK  Enc=RC4(128)  Mac=SHA1     EDH-RSA-DES-CBC-SHA     SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=RSA  Enc=DES(56)   Mac=SHA1     EDH-DSS-DES-CBC-SHA     SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=DSS  Enc=DES(56)   Mac=SHA1     ADH-DES-CBC-SHA         SSLv3 Kx=DH       Au=None Enc=DES(56)   Mac=SHA1     DES-CBC-SHA             SSLv3 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=DES(56)   Mac=SHA1     DES-CBC-MD5             SSLv2 Kx=RSA      Au=RSA  Enc=DES(56)   Mac=MD5     EXP-EDH-RSA-DES-CBC-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH(512)  Au=RSA  Enc=DES(40)   Mac=SHA1 export     EXP-EDH-DSS-DES-CBC-SHA SSLv3 Kx=DH(512)  Au=DSS  Enc=DES(40)   Mac=SHA1 export     EXP-ADH-DES-CBC-SHA     SSLv3 Kx=DH(512)  Au=None Enc=DES(40)   Mac=SHA1 export     EXP-DES-CBC-SHA         SSLv3 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA  Enc=DES(40)   Mac=SHA1 export     EXP-RC2-CBC-MD5         SSLv3 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA  Enc=RC2(40)   Mac=MD5  export     EXP-RC2-CBC-MD5         SSLv2 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA  Enc=RC2(40)   Mac=MD5  export     EXP-ADH-RC4-MD5         SSLv3 Kx=DH(512)  Au=None Enc=RC4(40)   Mac=MD5  export     EXP-RC4-MD5             SSLv3 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA  Enc=RC4(40)   Mac=MD5  export     EXP-RC4-MD5             SSLv2 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA  Enc=RC4(40)   Mac=MD5  export


Point domain to new host - changed nameservers, now what?

This is driving me nuts, because I know I'm missing something simple. I've read numerous articles/posts about how to point (not transfer) your domain to a new web host. They all say to change the name server settings at your old host, so here is what I did: On old host (1and1.com) changed the name server settings to those of my new host (inmotionhosting.com) like below: Domain name : mydomain.com Name server 1: ns.inmotionhosting.com Name server 2: ns2.inmotionhosting.com ... and confirmed this is active (did it a couple days ago) This is where every post/article I've found stops. They imply this is all that needs to be done. But how does the new host know to point the domain to my account, and the directory in my account I want it work from?? There's go to be something else to be done - just pointing to the generic name servers of the new host can't be all there is to it. Thanks in advance...I'm bewildered...


Is submitting a sitemap an outdated technique for SEO?

I'm not getting more content or recommendations for sitemap practice in SEO. Is submitting a sitemap an outdated practice in SEO or is it necessary to submit a sitemap for SERP?


Apache redirecting: reason unknown

I have a simple php script. The script is not important. It just prints out `$_SERVER`. When I request an URL like `www.server.com/?ref=bar` everything is fine. However if the request contains something like `www.server.com/?ref=http://www.test.com` (`?ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.test.com`) the server redirects to _403.shtml_. No redirect for http://x but redirects http://x.y As far as I can understand somehow the server doesn't like "http://x". It always redirects to _403.shtml_ when there is a valid query string in the form of a valid url. my .htacess file is the same both on my server and local test server and local test server behaves as expected (no redirects). So I don't it is related to .htaccess. I'm on shared host on Hostgator. Can anyone help? **Edit:** Here's the .htaccess file               Options +FollowSymLinks          RewriteEngine On     RewriteBase /          RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d          RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?$1 [L,QSA]      When there is an http://xx.x it redirects to 403 even if there is physical file. However if I remove the .htaccess redirect to 403 also disappears. But I need the above .htaccess file. Is there a way to get around this?


“Insufficient content” - AdSense

After solving the first issue for adsense (i.e `“Unable to review your site” - AdSense`), again i applied to Google ad-sense with live blank ads on page, but In second review they disapproved my website by saying `"- Insufficient content"` . What should do now?


How to seamlessly transfer a domain (avoid downtime because the previous registrar's nameservers stopped serving DNS records)

I just transferred a domain from GoDaddy to NameCheap.com. There was a period of downtime until I configured the proper settings at NameCheap. During this downtime browsers returned a 408 Request Timeout error. Next time, **how do I avoid the downtime during domain transfers because the previous registrar's name servers stopped serving records?** Specifically transfers to NameCheap (from GoDaddy). Note this question differs slightly from Domain transfers - handling the downtime because NameCheap copied the GoDaddy name server information for the domain, but GoDaddy name servers stopped serving DNS records. When I switched to NameCheap's name servers, I had to manually re-enter all the records. I could swear on a previous transfer (also from GoDaddy to Namecheap) the DNS records were all transferred automatically, with no downtime. What did I do differently last time? Was it just a matter of switching the name server ASAP? I think the issue is configuring the domain to use NameCheap's name servers before GoDaddy's name servers stop serving records. I've thought of two possible solutions, but I'm not sure if either is feasible:   * set the TTL for the records at GoDaddy to a very long value (might not be possible if I don't already own the domain)   * use an intermediate, third-party name server Any better ideas?


Find old web content via Google cache or similar

I have a bit of a problem. My client is running a Joomla 1.0 site and some content (text) was lost. There was no backup configured of the MySQL database. The content was lost approx. around the 16:th of December 2012. I tried finding the old site by using the Web Archive, but no cigar. The site is not even indexed. I tried to retrieve it via Google cache instead. The cached page itself didn't have the content, but the preview screenshot of the website had the old content. I wrote everything I could read off the screenshot. However, there was content below the screenshot that could not be retrieved. Here is what I typed into Google Search to find the old page:               site:gerami.se previous ass      Ass = assignments for those wondering ;) I would really like to get the rest of the text that was below the screenshot when it was taken. P.S: Whether this thread gets a solution or not, the moral of the story is still the same: Backup is your friend!


Preventing automated (fake) request?

I developed a PHP application that its main use case is fetching some data from a database. I want prevent fetching all record of database data by using fake requests. The UI is simple (similar to Google home page) but I want to provide a link to previous and next records, no sign up is required to use the application. What is your suggested solution?


How to optimise the url for search engines?

I have a php template which has one `index.php` and all the different pages (`content1.html`, `content2.html`, etc) are shown on the `index.php`page. So for example I can open `www.example.com/index.php?content1` and it will show the `content1.html`. Now what I would like is this: often you see websites where the URL is like: `www.example.com/this-is-the-content`. I know how to do this with an exclamation mark like `www.example.com/?content1` where you just don't write the `index.php`. But how can I make a URL name, which is completely different from the filename? For example, `www.example.com/this-is-some-page` would show me the content of index.php?content1


Apache HTTP Server Configuration on Port Other Than :80

I am running an apache server for development on windows 7 (via XAMPP). By default, it is set up to listen on port `:80` for http:// requests. I can configure it for, say, port `:1234`, and can access web documents via: `http://localhost:1234/` just fine. My question is this - Is is possible to have apache serve on port `:1234` but NOT have to include `:1234` in the URI for the request? EDIT/CLARIFICATION: What I am really trying to do is run IIS (on port 80) and apache (xampp) at the same time, without having to add a port number to the browser request for one of them.


Correct DB details produce “Database server was not found” (Prestashop Installation)

At stage 3 of the Prestashop Installation, I enter the DB details which I know to be correct, and I receive the error: > Database server was not found. Please verify the login, password, and > database server name fields. The server is localhost, and I have verified the database name and username. Why can Prestashop not find the server? This occurs when choosing InnoDB and MyIsam. If I change the server from localhost to the public hostname I receive the same error.


mod_rewrite doesn't work at all

I have my small website (made for study purposes) on localhost and I am trying to get _.htaccess_ working (note that I am a complete beginner to _.htaccess_ ). So far, I have discovered that _.htaccess_ is not even read by the server (I tried creating a custom 404 page - no change). I've got my server setup on a Raspberry Pi and I am accessing it over a local network. But even after allowing mod_rewrite using `sudo a2enmod rewrite` (and rebooting apache2) it still doesn't work. Any suggestions? Ask for any additional info. I will do my best to answer it.


Bridge between phpbb and wordpress

I want to create an authentication bridge between phpbb and wordpress. I know they cant share the same database but is there a way to make a single sign-on for them?


Can I make Google Analytics set its cookies on just a subdomain? (I.e. www.domain.com, not domain.com)

I’m using Google Analytics on a site — let’s call it `www.domain.com`. My Google Analytics website profile is for www.domain.com, and my only report is set up for `www.domain.com`. Requests to `domain.com` redirect permanently to `www.domain.com`. I’ve got the regular Analytics JavaScript on my index page for the domain. For some reason, it seems to be setting its cookies for `domain.com` instead of `www.domain.com`. This is unfortunate, as I’ve got `cdn.domain.com` set up as a CDN using Amazon Cloudfront, so I’d rather not have useless cookies (Analytics seems to set four cookies) cluttering up those requests. How can I make Analytics set cookies for `www.domain.com` instead of `domain.com`?


Hiding content from search spiders

I have a requirement to challenge a visitor to accept the terms and conditions of the page they are viewing. If a user has not accepted the terms, it will be displayed on every page they visit, it will take the form of a JavaScript modal dialog but when js is not available it needs to be at the top of the page. When they accept, they will be cookied and the HTML for the challenge will not be output to the page. Search engine spiders will never accept the terms and conditions and will therefore see the T&C copy on every page, vary near the top of the HTML source, and presumably index that for every page. **Is there a way to mark up an element to tell the spiders there is no useful information contained in this element, or "Please don't index this element"?** I guess this is kind of like reverse-cloaking. I want the SEs to ignore this legal jargon so that they can actually index the interesting content of the pages. Alternatively, **would it be considered cloaking, and as such incur a penalty if I hid this from the SEs based on user-agent?**


Quickly deleting lots of files using FTP?

At the moment I'm using FileZilla to FTP to my website. Sometimes, I want to delete a large directory, full of lots of other sub-directories and files. Filezilla seems to go through them all individually, which means it takes an absolute age to delete! Is there any way of doing it quickly/er?? Thanks


Using multiple A-records for my domain - do web browsers ever try more than one?

If I add multiple A-records for my domain, they are returned in a round robin order by DNS servers. **Example:**               1.1.1.1 A example.com     1.1.1.2 A example.com     1.1.1.3 A example.com      But how does web browsers react if the first host (`1.1.1.1`) is down (unreachable)? do they try the second host (`1.1.1.2`) or do they return a error message to the user? Are there any difference between the most popular browsers? If I implement my own application, I can implement so that the second is used in case the first is down, so it's possible. And this would be very helpful to create a fault tolerant website.


How to protect SHTML pages from crawlers/spiders/scrapers?

I have **A LOT** of SHTML pages I want to protect from crawlers, spiders & scrapers. I understand the limitations of SSIs. An implementation of the following can be suggested in conjunction with any technology/technologies you wish: > The idea is that if you request too many pages too fast you're added to a > blacklist for 24 hrs and shown a captcha instead of content, upon every page > you request. If you enter the captcha correctly you've removed from the > blacklist.   >  There is a whitelist so GoogleBot, etc. will never get blocked. Which is the **best/easiest way to implement this** idea? Server = IIS _Cleaning out the old tuples from a DB every 24 hrs is easily done so no need to explain that._


Optimising website IP for location

From my understanding of SEO, websites are optimised for the current location of their IP address. For example if xxx.xxx.xxx.xx resolves to the UK then you are more likely to get higher rankings in the UK then you are in the USA. However, my query is when you use a CDN you are storing a cached version of your website across multiple servers at strategic locations across the globe to reduce load time in locations that your trying to target. Now if you use a CDN and geo-locate the website URL then it only resolves back to the USA (where our IP address resolves too) but it doesn't say it resolves to any other countries. As far as I know you can have multiple IP address resolving to one domain (from different countries). Do CDN's really help to optimise the location of your website or are they soley meant to optimise load time? Is there a better way to optimise for multiple countries with regards to the resolution of the IP address? Are VPN's as per this post here relevant to this?


Will a forum work without moderators?

I'm starting a forum site. Right now, its only me, so I won't have moderators. Will this be a chaos or it will work anyway? (My site is a discussion forum focused on a country). **EDIT (will this spam button and rating thumbs be enough for now?):** ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/bfFSK.png)


Why am I seeing unexpected requests for "crossdomain.xml" in my logs?

I've getting lots of 404 errors from crossdomain.xml. Here are the request details, as provided by Google App Engine:               404 22ms 19cpu_ms 0kb Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.122 Safari/534.30     69.130.*.* - - [24/Jul/2011:07:43:42 -0700] "GET /crossdomain.xml HTTP/1.1" 404 124 "http://s.nsdsvc.com/App/DddWrapper.swf?c=3" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.742.122 Safari/534.30" "app.*.*.*" ms=22 cpu_ms=19 api_cpu_ms=0 cpm_usd=0.000633 instance=00c61b117c557326bef77d341a345431e66b      I'm not sure what is going on. Can anyone help me solve this issue?


Moving big database from one server to another

I have created a website that I know that its database size will increase rapidly. It will become terabytes and by the way I don't want to get a expensive server at first. What is I'm concerned about:   1. If my cheep server is not enough, how do I move gigabytes of database to another server (considering that meanwhile the website will be in maintenance mode)   2. Is there any ways (any services) that I can have unlimited database size without worrying about database size and moving it?  PS: I'm using SQL server.


What is the standard width for a website in pixels?

What is the standard width for a website in pixels or where are statistics?


Can Campaign URL tags cause a soft 404 error?

I was checking out one of my company's website's Webmaster Tools to analyze the cause behind some soft 404 errors and discovered that a few of the older errors had affiliate mp referral tags listed as the relative URLs. Since these are older problems and I don't seem too many of them coming up in the last few months I don't think it's still a problem. I'm just curious if it's possible to cause a soft 404 by improperly copying the campaign or referral tag into the URL.


Image Archives for <hr> and border image replacement

Do you know any quality image archives for **< \hr>** and **border** For example an image archives for <\hr> : http://siahdesign.com/archives/210


Updated to Wordpress 3.0.5 and all my work is gone?

I updated my website from Wordpress 3.0.4 to 3.0.5 and all my work is gone! Can go back somehow? How can it overwrite everything? The theme I used for the site is a copy of Twenty Ten and then I modified it. Please help me....


Where can I find icons for all browsers

I need to create a "works on all major browsers" graphics for a web application, where can I find free or cheap images of browser icons from all the major browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)? Alternatively, is there a (again, free or cheap) ready made "works on all browsers" image I can use? The images must be free or cheap for commercial use and preferably don't require attribution.


SEO for multimedia site with little text

How would one optimize a flash website that consists primarily of images and video and has minimal text (i.e. only navigation), without changing the visual design of the site? If one were to use the object tag to provide a non-flash version of the site which used text to describe the images / videos seen in the flash version, that may be considered cloaking by Google. Is there a good way to add search engine friendly keywords to such a flash based multimedia website without risking cloaking related penalties?


Does hosting images on a CDN impact SEO?

I manage two sites (foo.com and bar.com) which share image assets. Currently the images are all on the foo.com domain which is a bit confusing if you open the image on bar.com and see a foo.com URL. I'd like to have a generic domain for these shared resources and I'm planning on using Rackspace Cloud Files (which can plug into the Akamai CDN) so that we can also benefit from increased performance. My question is, if we use the Rackspace Cloud Files URLs (e.g. http://c0344252.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/cute_kids.jpg) what (if any) impact will it have on the SEO performance of foo.com. Position within Google Image search is of minimal importance to us so I'm particularly interested in any knock-on impact for Web search performance.


Could a CDN serving static images result in decreased search engine rankings?

I have set up Cloudfront on my site to serve static files only. This results in the image file's URL to change from: `mysite.com/image.jpg` to `uniqueid.cloudfront.net/image.jpg` Will this affect how images are indexed by Google? We are currently ranking quite well prior to this - would hate to see these go! Any problems with duplicate content? Also, would using a CName (to make the URL appear nicer) impact my rankings / SEO?


Are there any examples of #! indexed websites on the internet?

It seems that although google say they can index Ajax websites I cannot find any websites where this currently works. Does anyone know of any sites that are indexed?


Change web folders names with uppercase to lowercase or not?

I have web directories with upper case letters and site is on Apache server. Example: `www.example.com/ServiceTools/page.htm` I have read that using upper case letters in folder name is bad practice and could cause problem with accessing page and produce 404 pages? Should I change folder to lowercase and will this have influence on SEO? `www.example.com/servicetools/page.htm`


Reset Connection causing multiple errors after hack

We use webmaster tools to monitor our websites, and in the past couple of months some of our sites have been compromised and had various pages inserted. These pages created URLs that Google would index and recognise. As part of the process to remedy these issues, we setup IIS to reset the connection of any visitors to our server that contained keywords of these pages (mulberry, michael kors handbags etc.). This also applied to any POST/GET requests, as we thought this could be how the pages were getting inserted. However as a result, this has meant that webmaster tools sent out a large volume of notifications related to connection errors ("your site is not responding"), but when we investigate, it is only applying to the old sites pages that were maliciously inserted, because when those pages are crawled/requested, we reset the connection. We have requested Google to re-index the site but it appears that these pages are still being crawled and causing the same problems. Is there a reason that google is retaining the page URLs and not removing them from its index? Any help/advice is much appreciated. Our webserver runs windows 2008 R2 with IIS 7.5, CF10 and PHP (both CF and PHP sites have been compromised with this issue, and the reports are from both)


SiteMap / webmaster / google adsense

Can we apply for Adsense without sending Sitemap to webmaster tools ?


What does "Average Position" mean in Google Webmaster Tools under Top pages? I can only find the definition for "Average Position" under Search Queries.


Codeigniter Permalinks

I want to develop a website in the CodeIgniter framework and add permalinks just like WordPress and Magento: `www.sitename.com/category_type/category_detailpage` How do I have to design the schema of slug table in database? Thanks in Advance!


Multiple meta tags for mobile optimisation?

For mobile optimization I've read that you should include all the following meta tags:               <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="true" />     <meta name="MobileOptimized" content="320" />     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">      Are they all doing slightly different things or is there a hierarchy (e.g. the later tags overwriting the previous ones)? As `MobileOptimized` includes a pixel width, is it possible to use `width=device-width` instead and is it advisable to do so? Will something like the iPhone scale to 320px or ignore this?


How to purge old links in google from an old domain

Recently, I uploaded a new site to an existing domain and I'd like to figure out how I can forward all links to said domain to a new domain. I'm looking for a wordpress solution if possible, but in the end I I seem myself writing a small header script that I will paste into ever directory's index file saying header('Location:http://xxx.yyy.zzz') Is there a cleaner way to do this without having to resort to managing the whole file structure? No, I do not have access to the apache runtime. Unfortunately it is a shared- host server. Thanks in advance.


404 - Page not found error while using Google's Instant Preview in Webmaster Tools

While I was comparing my website's live page with Google's Instant Preview of a page in Google Webmaster Tools, I got a `404 - Page not found` error. What are the possible reasons for this?