Top new questions this week:

Do sites without ads perform better in Google search results?

Does Google view sites without advertising as a more reliable source of information and increase the odds of a website returning in the search results? I ask this for a few reasons. The main reason ...

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asked by Dan Hastings 6 votes answered by PlanetScale Networks 4 votes

Does Google really care if your WordPress site has a "blog page" or not?

I'm developing a WP site with a blog. I want to show the blog posts by assigning "blog" as a parent category to all posts and using that category archive page to show the blog posts. I would not use ...

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asked by Namorbia 5 votes answered by Michał G 8 votes

What is CPU minutes (Web Hosting)?

When I ask a support from a web hosting company I receive this part. You can use up to 300+ CPU minutes without causing any issues What is the meaning of CPU minutes? How it calculate?

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asked by Sasa1234 4 votes answered by TBB 5 votes

Do free TLD's affect SEO?

Does a free top level domain such as .tk or .ga affect your websites SEO? If it does: Why does it affect SEO? How does it affect SEO?

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asked by TheProWolfPcGames 3 votes answered by zigojacko 1 vote

How to update domain name for search engine results?

I've updated my site to use a different domain name. Now, in Google searches, old domain shows up and site became unreachable. Is there a way to tell Google that "I've changed my domain name, update ...

google-search

asked by ceremcem 3 votes answered by Tim Malone 4 votes

301 redirect or canonical

I'm launching version 2 of my site. It has a new url structure, but largely the same contents. I have around 500+ content pages that gets affected. This is a custom build and I have no technical ...

301-redirect canonical-url

asked by ChrisRch 3 votes answered by Michał G 3 votes

I have similar pages with little text, should I add canonical to all but one?

I have a website with online puzzle games. Sometimes, I create a puzzle variation based on an existing one. A change in initial conditions or distribution of elements can change the game, the ...

seo duplicate-content

asked by Edgar G. 3 votes answered by abhinsit 1 vote

Greatest hits from previous weeks:

The Sitemap Paradox

We use a sitemap on Stack Overflow, but I have mixed feelings about it. Web crawlers usually discover pages from links within the site and from other sites. Sitemaps supplement this data to allow ...

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asked by Jeff Atwood 205 votes answered by John Mueller 154 votes

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 ...

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asked by tim peterson 25 votes answered by martinstoeckli 25 votes

Can you answer these?

How to compare pageviews in a conten group versus certain event happens in that pages using Google Analytics?

I have a custom search page in my website that uses several input forms. I added an event ga('send', 'event', 'Product', 'click') whenever a user clicks on the product link in the search result list. ...

google-analytics reporting filtering analytics-events

asked by Eric Hancock 1 vote

File system permission for MediaWiki uploads?

We are an open source project and we have an Apache web server with a MediaWiki. Its a stand alone installation, so we don't have the complications of shared hosting a varying userids. After 20 years ...

apache mediawiki permissions

asked by jww 2 votes

Apache reverse proxy changes served content depending on mime type

We are running a setup with Apache reverse proxy (Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)) on Ubuntu 16.04 that serves as a reverse proxy for several other Apaches running on the same machine on various other network ...

apache2 reverse-proxy

asked by Palo 2 votes