Too many redirects: How to fix loop errors and protect SEO
Redirect chains and loops slow sites and hurt rankings. Learn what causes “too many redirects,” how to fix errors, and best practices for clean redirects.
Topic: Apache HTTP Server
Google’s help guide on redirects and Google Search updated
This document has been updated to show you how various forms of redirects impact your site's performance in Google Search.
How SEOs can create a free server log dashboard to better understand incoming traffic to your website
This step-by-step guide will help SEOs harness powerful visualizations with log files utlizing free tools.
Ask.com exposing real-time user queries to the public
Ask.com left its server status Apache page open to the public, exposing private search data to the world.
Bing Officially Releases Bing XML Sitemap Plugin 1.0
After releasing a preview of the Bing sitemap plugin a few months ago, Bing is ready to officially launch the Bing XML Sitemap Plugin 1.0 to the public. This sitemap plugin allows webmasters to easily create XML sitemap files for their websites that can be submitted to Bing Webmaster Tools or other search engines. It […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 21, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: How Account Quality Score Can Guide AdWords Optimization Last month, I covered four ways to use AdWords Scripts to improve AdWords account management. I didn’t share any actual code for fear […]
New: Bing Sitemap Plugin Helps Webmasters Create XML Sitemap Files
Bing announced, on its Bing Webmaster Blog, a new feature that helps webmasters create two types of XML Sitemaps. Bing created a server-side application that works on both IIS and Apache servers that helps you create a comprehensive Sitemap and, also, a recently updated Sitemap. The binaries can be downloaded at the Microsoft download site. […]
Google’s Page Speed Server Module Now Out Of Beta: mod_pagespeed
Google announced the Apache HTTP server module they released to help webmasters speed up their sites about two years ago is now out of beta. Google said that after eighteen releases they are now “taking off the Beta label” off mod_pagespeed, an open-source Apache HTTP server module that helps improve load times, speed, and server […]
Google Launches Server Tool To Speed Up The Web
The latest move in Google’s ongoing efforts to make the web faster is a new tool that optimizes web pages at the server level on-the-fly, with no manual work needed. It’s an Apache server module called mod_pagespeed and Google describes it as a follow-up to last year’s Page Speed browser add-on. “There are 1.2 million […]
Google May Be Crawling AJAX Now – How To Best Take Advantage Of It
In October 2009, Google proposed a new standard for implementing AJAX on web sites that would help search engines extract the content. Now, there’s evidence this proposal is either live or is about to be. Read on for more details on the proposal, how it works, and why it might be past the proposal stage. […]
Google Creates Smart Sitemap Generator Tool
The Google Webmaster Central blog announced that they have just released a new Sitemap generator that works on both Linux/Apache and Microsoft IIS Windows-based servers. The Sitemap generator is different and possibly smarter than other Sitemap tools because it uses web traffic, log files and other methods to find new or modified URLs. You can […]