cPanel email doesn't seem to work - error 550?

I am fairly new to the web hosting game, so bear with me :) Recently set up a VPS with cPanel and WHM. Everything is going well so far, I've created a user domain and transferred my website there, managed a couple of databases with phpmyadmin, everything was going great until I started messing around with email. I made an email account admin@domain.com through cPanel, although when I try and email this address I get the following error: **Technical details of permanent failure: Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 Unknown user (state 13)** Quite unsure of what to do next, in all honesty.


Excessive visit count but extremely high bounce rate

We recently had surge of visits on our site, usually they are between 30-40, we suddenly got about 340 visits with about as many unique visitors. However, the bounce rate shot up to 96%. It was only the one day. After that, visits and bounce rates have been normal.![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/pO9zy.png) What can this be?


Can I have tracking parameters immediately after a forward slash /?

I would like to start redirecting all `/index.php` pageviews to `/` to clean up GA data and otherwise simplify URL hits. _Does anyone foresee this causing any problem when using tracking parameters?_ E.g. `www.domain.com/?stay=1` | `www.domain.com/?ref=adwords` Should these be ok?


Agile social media analysis and implementation

Are there any books/platforms for social media campaign planning and implementation that define a completely agile approach to engaging audiences on platforms such as Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, etc? * * * **UPDATE:** Posted a bounty on the question since the current answer is really not about agile approaches to social media campaign planning and implementation. * * * **UPDATE 2:** The question is asking for an agile social media approach, or a social media platform that has agile social media approach baked-in. If the question was about an agile approach to software development, SCRUM would be the most likely answer of an "agile approach", since it's my understanding that roughly 70% percent of agile software developers say they practice some form of SCRUM. Pivotal Tracker might be one of many "agile software planning" platforms suggested; as a generalization Pivotal Tracker might be called a software project management platform. On the flip-side, suggesting just a "social media platform" might be the equivalent of suggesting a "project management platform"; meaning the suggestion lack a suggestion of both an "agile social media platform" and "agile social media approach", and the problem is that if you haven't suggested an agile social media approach to try on this social media platform, then you haven't provided an answer to the question. * * *


Canonical url for filtered search results

I have a search function in my app that works like so:               example.com/united-states     example.com/united-states/california     example.com/united-states/california/san-diego      These three different searches will throw up different results but the San Diego results will feature in both USA and California and the California search will feature in USA. Do I need to use a canonical URL for this so Google doesnt think I'm duplicated content? If so do I use the highest level of search (e.g. `example.com/united-states`)?


rewrite url for articles with htaccess

I've had a look through several other questions to see if i could get this working but have had no success at all at the moment so i'm hoping someone can help. This is the url i currently have, /?action=viewArticle&articleId=1 Ideally i'd like to only show the article ID if possible. Appreciate any help.


Show Cloudflare requests in apache log

I have a number of sites using cloudflare as a CDN with the apache mod_cloudflare installed to restore original visitor IPs to my server logs. Does anyone know of a way I can make the logs identify which requests came via cloudflare and which didn't?


What do Wordpress' SEO plugins and defaults accomplish?

Our site currently sucks, and we're talking about either moving to Wordpress or making a new site. I've basically finished a prototype, but my collegues told me that WP is often better for SEO. I did a little research and found that Wordpress just has better defaults, and useful tools. I thought I could easily replicate everything by myself (and not mess around with someone else's blog skins), but couldn't find what exactly is needed - Google's webmaster guidelines don't provide any concrete information about meta tags, etc. What do Wordpress plugins actually do?


Free standalone crawlers

Are there any free standalone crawlers that I can use apart from Google webmaster to analyze errors? Something that shows me all 404's, errors etc


Displaying neutral search results on Google

If a users search results on Google get gradually personalised through individual use, how do I display or simulate a neutral user to compare past and previous listing positions?


How to refresh server caching dynamically when we have the web application running in clustering environment?

Consider a typical webapplication which runs on an application or web server in clustering mode. Let us say we have 3 nodes in the cluster and the application is running on these 3 nodes and serving all the user requests. There are some property values that are stored in database and instead of going to database every single time this application maintains a cache at server side, at node level, and stores these property values in the cache and serves the values from the cache. Now we update on of the property value in the database. How do we ensure that this updated value gets reflected in cache across all the nodes?


How do I solve this error when importing MySQL databases into phpMyAdmin?

As part of a system rebuild of my local machine, I have exported all of my MySQL databases using the Export tab in phpMyAdmin. The result is one large file containing each database and their respective tables. My setup is a MacBook running MAMP 3 Pro Upon trying to restore the databases, I am running into a problem where phpMyAdmin seems to want the each of the databases to be created first. A typical error message is: * * * Error SQL query: -- Database: `myfirstdatabase` # 1046 - No database selected * * * I have clearly gone about backing up my databases in the wrong way, but is there a method for easily recovering from this situation?


Backing up Web Server Locally

As an added backup, I'd love to have an external hard drive sitting here with my Mac that backs up our web server. Is there any way to have a total backup initially done of the entire web server, with it then doing any changed documents after that? Server is running linux (hosted by Media Temple, dv 4.0 / Plesk 10.x) Local machine is a Mac running OS X Lion.


Is adding noindex for new product pages a good idea?

When adding batch products to an eCommerce website, is it a good idea to initially have _noindex_ on the product page? After manually reviewing individual products, should I remove the _noindex_ tag? Batch add will only add manufacturer description and specs, so it will result in duplicate content found on lots of websites selling the same items.


Confirm if trailing slash is acceptable for a file, rather than a directory

I have been reading on here and Google results for a few hours now including this question and the links therein and many others. Including a URI building styleguide from the w3c and others. I have settled on a format, I understand about apache, redirects, file extensions, and SEO. I am pretty sure (and it seems to be confirmed in the link to the Google Webmasters in the first question) that I understand but it just seems wrong... mysite.com/directory/specific-page/ is OK for a file, right? (with trailing slash "/") It doesn't necessarily mean that it is pointing to the index or default file in the /specific-page/ folder, right? It is significant mainly because while I am using blogging software for my blog, I am hand-coding (to retain more control) the rest of the site. It is entirely plausible to me that WordPress would, rather than creating pages/files would actually create directories with index/default pages in them. Up until now, I always thought that the trailing slash pointed to a directory's index page but that appears not to always be the case, is this correct? Sorry, I feel like this topic has been well-discussed, but that is part of what is causing me problems. I should note, I was leaning towards omitting the trailing slash from all pages, CMS generated or not, until I found this article from 2008 about the lack of a slash causing problems with Pingbacks in WordPress.


What's the minimum age for a Cache-Control header with Akamai?

We're planning an integration with a CDN (likely Akamai) and are trying to determine how low we could go for a max-age value. For a site that could get a few hundred thousand folks hitting the site after a tweet goes out, having content be cached will help reduce the burden on the servers. Having said that, our client is sensitive to not being able to quickly modify content if something were to get published prematurely. Our plan has been to implemented a phased cached-control process where we start out for the first 1-10 minutes at a low (20-30 seconds?) Cache-Control max-age and then as things appear to be in working order, we'll begin to increase the max-age as content has been live for a period of time. For example, after a few hours, we might start to set that at 60 minutes... and after a day, we might throttle that to a day. Circling back to the original question, is it possible to set a cache-control header at a low level like 20-30 seconds? (Does Akamai set a min value here? I haven't been able to track down any specifics here on my Google searches)


Spam Coming from 127.0.0.1 - Safe to Block This Address?

I see a great deal of spam (comment attempts, forum registration attempts, dictionary attacks, etc.) on my sites coming from the IP 127.0.0.1 I know that this is a local ip, so it doesn't make sense that it is coming through the in the user IP server variables. Would it make sense to block all traffic with that address, or would I be blocking legit users by doing so? Also, is it better to RESPOND to blocked requestors with a 403, or just serve them nothing/an empty page (in this case I define "better" as the method that reduces the likelihood of that blocked requestor from making additional requests).


IIS 7.5 - HTTP Redirect and URL Rewrite

my goal is to give the users a friendly url like appname-help which should point to a sharePoint wiki site where we create the help content, the SharePoint url is ugly and long, something like: http://myprojectportal/Companyname/ProjectCollection/appName/WikiName/Wiki%20Pages/Home.aspx which of course nobody likes. After having asked the Server guys to create a DNS entry like this: appname- help which points to my web server I am now trying to configure IIS to redirect to the long url, creating a web site and configuring the HTTP Redirect feature it works fine but after redirect in the browser I still see the long old url while I would like IE and other browsers to keep showing the short friendly url appname-help even if the redirect has been done and the content comes from the SharePoint. What else should I configure in the web.config or should I use the additional URL Rewrite module available here: http://www.iis.net/download/URLRewrite? since I am redirecting to SharePoint site and not to a custom ASP.NET web application I have no global.asax nor any .NET C# file to edit only web.config and IIS settings for the redirect website to play with...


My php.ini configuration is being ignored - how can I override the error reporting level in my PHP scripts?

Just migrated to a new server, and its error reporting level for PHP is higher than the server we migrated from. It's showing warnings and notes about deprecated PHP. While obviously, the long term solution is to address the warnings, in the short term, I need to silence them from echoing from the server. I've tried editing /etc/php.ini and restarting apache display_startup_errors = Off Also tried adding it to the domain's root .htaccess file. Neither place seemed to do the trick:               # supress php errors     php_flag display_startup_errors off     php_flag display_errors off     php_flag html_errors off     php_value docref_root 0     php_value docref_ext 0      Hosting is with Media Temple (dv 4.0), if that matters. Do I need to change or create a php.ini somewhere else?


index.html in subdirectory will not open

I want to have a website structure like this:               example.com/ - homepage     example.com/solutions/ - this will be the solution parent page     example.com/solutions/solution-one - child solution page     example.com/solutions/solution-two- child solution page      I have setup the `example.com/solutions/index.html` file so it can be opened as a parent page, but is shows me an error `You don't have permission to access /solutions/.html on this server.` What is the problem? How can I open the parent directory page? I am just using regular HTML pages; no CMS or anything.


Use different document root for subfolder of URL

I have an php application that uses an MVC framework. Lets say it lives here http://domain.com on the web and here /srv/www/domain.com on my server. I want http://domain.com/blog to use a wordpress install from here /srv/www/blog and all the root web traffic to go to my MVC app (as shown above) How can this be done? I am using linux and apache.


Tips for breaking into domain brokering?

As a web developer I consider myself fairly familiar with SEO and website structure in terms of advising clients where there is room for improvement and such, however recently a client of mine asked me to broker what appears to be a fairly high value domain (I'm estimating fair market value of +$1k because it's dot com era concise & simple) however I'm not sure how to go about being the broker. In particular I'm wondering what is the best way to valuate the domain and leverage the information during a negotiation. For example when a website is in the mix, you at least can check the SEO, rankings, etc. but as this is a plain domain name which is not used I'm not sure where to pull data. Aside from checking domain sales and auctions for similar domains to get a ballpark fair market value, are there any other tactics I can use? Are paid appraisal services helpful at all? Is there a way to do them myself? As I'm planning to turn this into a new company service, any referrals to tips and websites on the topic are greatly appreciated.


Do I need an SSL Certificate?

I'm thinking about building an app that lets users upload images to sites like Flickr. They would need to enter their password to do this. I would send the data through PHP, do I need to get a SSL certificate for that?


Anatomy of HTML by big name companies

Are there any blogs or other postings that detail the anatomy of HTML code served by a very big name commercial operation like say Google, Apple, Twitter, Facebook, etc? I'm just asking for a close piece by piece guide to understanding the structure and design of an HTML page written by an industry leader for the purpose of learning by example. I am especially interested in this kind of guide for a "static" page rather than part of an interactive web app. Note: I am perfectly well versed in HTML and web dev, as are most people on this SE, so when answering please assume that we are already familiar with plenty of general tutorials and style guides but are looking (maybe out of curiosity) for analysis of an exemplary HTML page made by a top end company.


Could multiple uses of the same keywords in image alt attributes hurt SEO?

Let's say on an e-commerce site that sells unique pens, on a particular pen's product page, the image of the pen has an `alt` attribute value of "unique red-striped pen"... and another product has "unique blue-spotted pen", etc... The keywords across all products being "unique" and "pen", which would also be helpful when it comes to SEO. However, if the person just goes to the general "unique pens" category page and sees a list of thumbnail images, each with the words "unique" and "pen" in the `alt` attribute, would that potentially have a negative impact with regards to SEO by having the same keywords too many times?


Number of tags per page and spamming

What is the suggested ratio of `<strong>` and `<em>` to text? Lets say I have 100 words, is putting 20 of them in a `<strong>` tag considered ok? Example: > Lorem ipsum **aaa** dolor sit amet, consectetur **aaa** adipiscing elit, sed > do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim > **aaa** ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut > **aaa** aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor **aaa** in > reprehenderit in voluptate **aaa** velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla > pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non **aaa** proident, sunt in > culpa qui officia deserunt **aaa** mollit anim id est laborum


Search Engine Optimisation and Clients

I am a web developer. As such, I don't take part in hardcore SEO tactics. I leave that to the professionals. I do, however, make my sites compliant xHTML and CSS. I include the usual meta tags and descriptions and also do all the usual alt text on images. I have a client who is giving me a hard time and is proving to be a bit of a pain in the ass. Basically, he had developed a site around 6 years ago himself and according to him, all he did was include meta-tags and it was on page 1 of Google. Now after he contracted us to develop a new site, we included all tags and content on the new site that was on the old site, except now it seems its dropped to around page 65. I'm no SEO expert, I don't even touch on that stuff apart from the stuff I described above. Can someone give me some advice as to what I can tell me client has happened? He seems to think everything revolves around meta-tags, and every time he calls he says that his meta-tags aren't doing anything. I know that meta-tags aren't everything these days but I don't know what to tell him.


Is this form of cloaking likely to be penalised?

I'm looking to create a website which is considerably javascript heavy, built with backbone.js and most content being passed as JSON and loaded via backbone. I just needed some advice or opinions on likely hood of my website being penalised using the method of serving plain HTML (text, images, everything) to search engine bots and an js front-end version to normal users. **This is my basic plan for my site:** I plan on having the first request to any page being html which will only give about 1/4 of the page and there after load the last 3/4 with backbone js. Therefore non javascript users get a 'bit' of the experience. Once that new user has visited and detected to have js will have a cookie saved on their machine and requests from there after will be AJAX only. Example               If (AJAX || HasJSCookie) {          // Pass JSON      }      **Search Engine server content:** That entire experience of loading via AJAX will be stripped if a google bot for example is detected, the same content will be servered but all html. I thought about just allowing search engines to index the first 1/4 of content but as I'm considered about inner links and picking up every bit of content I thought it would be better to give search engines the entire content. I plan to do this by just detected a list of user agents and knowing if it's a bot or not.               If (Bot) {         //server plain html     }      In addition I plan to make clean URLs for the entire website despite full AJAX, therefore providing AJAX content to www.example.com/#/page and normal html to www.example.com/page is kind of our of the question. Would rather avoid the practice of using # when there are technology such as HTML 5 push state is around. So my question is really just asking the opinion of the masses on if it's likely that my website will be penalised? And do you suggest an alternative which avoids 'noscript' method


How to create google video sitemap urls for very large video files with distinct segments?

I have a large video files about 1 hr in duration, with different sections of the video corresponding to different distinct sub topics . For example, the whole video may be about an yoga exercise routine , with 10 minutes segment for different yoga positions. I want to have the video meta tags `"<video:tag>"`for each of the yoga position for the video file. The problem is that if someone searching for 'YogaPosition_5' clicks on the link, I do not think they will sit through the videos for 'YogaPosition_0' through 'YogaPosition_4' to get to 'YogaPosition_5'. So is it possible to create **multiple "`<video:video>`" elements for the same video file** with one `<video:tag>` for each Yoga position long as long as I specify correct time offeset in the `<video:player_loc>` element like so               <video:player_loc allow_embed="yes" autoplay="ap=1">              http://www.example.com/videoplayer.swf?video=123&timeOffset=50</video:player_loc>      for each corresponding `<video:tag>` ?


SEO implications of hosting a UK-based site on an EC2 instance based in Ireland

Our core business is based in the UK and our public website is also hosted in the UK. We're considering leaving our current hosting provider and moving the website to an EC2 instance, using the EU data centre based in Ireland. I have heard that hosting a site in a different country to the core business can have a detrimental effect on SEO. Is there any truth in this?


Prevent Advert Images Appearing in Search Spider Crawls

While testing out how web pages on my site appear to search engine spiders using http://www.browseo.net/ I noticed that advert images appear in the view. However, when I test a site like guardian.co.uk using this same service their main adverts don't show. It seems they are treating advert images and their normal website images differently. What is the best (penguin friendly) way to achieve this outcome?


with a website created in Belgium, hosted on google app engine, which county's laws does my site need to obey? I know that as a company, you have to obey the law of the country where you are based, but how does that go for a website? Do you have to obey to the laws of every country from where inhabitants can visit your site?


How can I track the "Traffic Sources" of "Unique Visitors" by Google Analytics?

Now I can only see the "Traffic Sources" of "Visits". But what I would like to know is the number of "Unique Visitors" from each referrals. But when I go to "Traffic Sources" -"Referrals" from the left side menu bar it only shows the number of "Visits" Any idea? Or if google analytics doesn't provide this are there other similar tools for it? Thanks.


List of backlinks to a specific website, listed by decreasing PageRank

With backlinkwatch.com I can get a list of pages that link to a particular website. Unfortunately, it lists tons of obscure blogs and small forums, it has hard to find what link is really important. Is there a similar service, where links would be displayed sorted by "importance"?   For instance, a link New York Times would be shown at the top of the list, while links in small blogs would not appear before a few pages.   "Importance" can be subjective, so I suggest using the PageRank, but other metrics could be fine too.


SEO tools to determine audience size for search phrases

Are there any tools available that can indicate the search volume for a given set of phrases/keywords for a given location? For example, if I had a local pizza website that served only Manhattan and received 100 hits a day, how could I tell if this is roughly the expected throughput based on audience size or if my number are bad and I need to invest more on keyword analysis, etc.?


Chinese bots in my forum

I have a small community forum that doesn't really get posts or any real traffic. The only thing that happens on the regular is bots with Chinese IPs signing up gibberish usernames. Most bots don't make it past the captcha but some do. I try to stay on top of this by banning IPs and ranges of IPs but it doesn't really seem to help. The bots never post anything so what are they doing? Should I be worried? Should I keep banning IPs or is it futile?


Migrate from Google App Engine

I'm working with the app engine platform, python 2.5.x and Django, and I'm looking for other solution to host my web app. Can you suggest me blog, or websites who explain how to install a such platform.


Should image directories be indexable or not, for SEO?

By default, I have directory indexing turned off via apache, to limit oracle attacks to find php scripts. Should I turn directory indexing on for /images/ folders, to make all the images on the site discoverable to search engines, or not? Is there a disadvantage to a search engine spider getting a 403 Forbidden when they access the root folder /images/ directly as opposed to say /images/someimage.jpg ?


De-index URL parameters by value

_Upon reading over this question is lengthy so allow me to provide a one sentence summary: I need to get Google to de-index URLs that have parameters with certain values appended_ I have a website `example.com` with language translations. There used to be many translations but I deleted them all so that only English (Default) and French options remain. When one selects a language option a parameter is aded to the URL. For example, the home page: https://example.com (default) https://example.com/main?l=fr_FR (French) I added a robots.txt to stop Google from crawling any of the language translations:               # robots.txt generated at http://www.mcanerin.com     User-agent: *     Disallow:      Disallow: /cgi-bin/     Disallow: /*?l=      So any pages containing "?l=" should not be crawled. I checked in GWT using the robots testing tool. It works. But under html improvements the previously crawled language translation URLs remain indexed. The internet says to add a 404 to the header of the removed URLs so the Googles knows to de-index it. I checked to see what my CMS would throw up if I visited one of the URLs that should no longer exist. This URL was listed in GWT under duplicate title tags (One of the reasons I want to scrub up my URLS)               https://example.com/reports/view/884?l=vi_VN&l=hy_AM      This URL should not exist - I removed the language translations. The page loads when it should not! I played around. I typed `example.com?whatever123` It seems that parameters always load as long as everything before the question mark is a real URL. So if Google has indexed all these URLS with parameters how do I remove them? I cannot check if a 404 is being generated because the page always loads because it's a parameter that needs to be de-indexed.


Does having a mobile version of a website improve the page rank?

Does google crawl the mobile version of a website? ~~I would think not, since the user agent would be that of the google bot.~~ If it doesn't crawl it, does it mean that having a mobile version of a website has little impact on the page rank?


What measures can be taken to make sure Google is aware of the existence of a newly created page?

Consider a website with a large number of pages. New pages are published regularly. When publishing a new page the website operator wants to get the newly created paged crawled/indexed in Google as soon as possible. The website operator wants to minimize the time spent between publication and crawling/indexing. Consider the site `http://www.example.com/` with hundreds of thousands of pages. The page page `http://www.example.com/something/important-page.html` is created at say 12:00. I want to get `important-page.html` crawled/indexed as soon as possible after 12:00. Ideally within seconds or minutes.   * What options are available to try to get Google to crawl/index **a specific newly created page** as soon as possible?


How to login as another user in phpmyadmin

I installed phpmyadmin in Win7, and if I type `http://localhost/phpmyadmin/index.php` in the browser, it will log in phpmyadmin as root user by default. I created a new user but still there's no login window... every time it logs in as root by default.. how can I change user? Many thanks!


Why Google Analytics is displaying wrong landing pages?

I see all of my pages as Landing Pages in Google Analytics which cannot be true as I did not post those pages anywhere and I don't see any traffic hitting directly to that page. Also, I am using virtual page views on few buttons and I see those virtual pages as Landing pages too. For example, /click/request-a-quote 35000 views 35000 is too big a number to be ignored. Even if I ignore Virtual Pages Views, I see a lot of pages as Landing Pages that I am 100% sure that visitors ( atleast not so many users) are NOT hitting directly. Any advice, how to `debug` it? PS: I'm using the following code: var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', '<>']); _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'none']); _gaq.push([' _setLocalGifPath', '/images/_ _utm.gif']); _gaq.push(['_setAllowLinker', true]); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview','account/phase1']);


Can server errors cause major traffic drop from Google?

My web server was down for about 30 min. The next day (30~ hours from the event) I noticed major drop in traffic from Google. The normal traffic to my site is about 2500 unique/day and after the event it dropped to 400/day. Other than this event nothing happened. Can this be the reason?


What is the difference between CDN networks and which one is the best out there?

I run a popular site for which I would like to use a CDN network. So far I have found NetDNA since it is easier to setup with W3 Total Cache plugin. There is Rackspace Couldfiles and Amazon. But there are also Akamai, Limelight, and many others. Apart from price difference, is there any other specific difference between them? Is there anyone who has used the services above and can recommend the best one out there?


Is there a good tool or service for tracking and analyzing website response/download time?

I am looking for a simple tool or service to track the **server-side** performance of a website over time. It would be nice to have the possibility to register a set of URLs for different page types and see graphs how response/download time goes up or down over time. This might either be a tool to install on a server of our own, our a service. Of course, free of cost would be preferred, commercial solutions should be a lot cheaper than what I saw so far (50$/month is definitely far too much to spend for something like this) I know that the G-Webmaster tools offer a graph for average download time, but the problem lies in "average". If a single page type is slowed down for some reason, it does not hit the average enough that the issue can be quickly detected. Thanks a lot for your suggestions, Peter EDIT: currently I am running linux servers, but I might be able to set up a windows machine for this, too. So software for both OSs would be interesting. (OS independency would be appreciated, though :)


Analyzing logs: how to get page views broken down by page?

I have a WordPress site where we didn't enable "pretty" permalinks, and thus, all pages in it have URLs in the form `?p=3921`. Now, when I log into the statistics page in my hosting provider, I see that the most visited page is `index.php`, which lumps together all the pages in the site, but I can't tell apart the visits for each page. I can download the raw access logs, though, so is there any web analyzer software that can show me access stats broken down by page? (NOTE: this is not a request for WordPress plugins, or Google Analytics. Those might be useful in the future, once we've installed them, but the logs I'm trying to analyze now are from the last few weeks).


Porn description in Yahoo and Bing search results

If you check out the **fifth** link **ABLawyers Online Education Centre** on **Bing** : http://www.bing.com/search?q=ablawyers&form=QBLH&filt=all&qs=n&sk=&sc=1-9 You will see porn text "Jennifer Carpenter ...." I also get the same with the **sixth** link when you search for "ABlawyers" in **Yahoo**. When searched on **Google** , it does not have the same problem. How can this be fixed? Thank you.


How to best understand website design for those with a background in graphic design?

What are the best resources (i.e. tutorials, video keynotes, blog posts, etc) that best assist graphic designers understand the paradigm of website design? As a web designer, I'm really interested in having my sister (a graphic designer) working with me. How to best explain her how to design for the screen, with practical and easy-to-learn resources (i.e. how to build website layouts for the web) without having to spend time with books?


What does "commercial open source" mean for web apps?

When I was looking some web apps they said our apps are "commercial open source". I understand "open source" but what is "commercial open source" what kind of license they are using?


Google Adsense is not responding

When I applied for google adsense they replied me on the same day (Unfortunately they rejected my application. And asked me to resubmit) I resumitted the application for adsense around 8-10 days ago. Still it is pending from their end. Does any one has idea how much maximum time they can take?


Dynamic sitemap file

Does it matter if I serve sitemap.xml as a dynamic page? e.g., use .htaccess to rewrite sitemap.xml (or whatever static URL I submitted at the Webmaster Tools) to a PHP file. The PHP file will call the DB and generate the XML file on the fly. Does it matter if I use it like this a dynamic PHP page, or should I prepare a static page? The only downside I see is the load time of the file, but it doesn't sound too important considering this page is accessed only by SE boots. Joel


Site Search Engine for 1,000 page website

I manage a website with about 1,000 articles that need to be searchable by my members. The site search engines I've tried all had their own problems:   * Fluid Dynamics Search Engine Since it's written in perl, it was a bit hacky to integrate with my PHP-based CMS. I basically had to file_get_contents the search results page. However, FDSE had the best search results.   * Google CSE Ugh, the search results SUCK. It can't find documents even using unique strings. I'm so surprised that a Google search product is this bad. Nor can I get any answers on their 'help' forums, and I am a paying user. Boo, Google. Boo.   * Sphider Again, bad search results. Unable to locate some phrases used in link text. Better results than Google CSE though. Shame on Google that a free PHP script has better search results than their paid application.   * IndexTank This one looked really promising. I got all set up with their PHP API client. But it would only randomly add articles that I submitted. Out of 700+ articles I pushed to the index through their API, only 8 made it in. Unable to find any help on this subject. **Update for IndexTank** -- Got the above issue fixed, so this looks most promising so far. The site itself runs on php/mysql and FreeBSD, though this shouldn't matter for a web crawling indexer. I've looked at Lucene, but I don't know anything about Java or installing Java programs on my web server. I also do not have root access on my web server, if this would be required for installation. I really don't need a lot of fancy features. It just needs to be able to crawl my web site and return great (even decent!) search results. I don't need any crazy search operators. It doesn't need to index off my primary domain. It just needs to work! Thanks, Hive Mind!


When does FireFox ask for confirmation on page redirect?

Every once in a while I click a link and see the following (I'm using FF 11.0): ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/4XPQA.png) I was wondering why FF does this on some redirects/links and not on others. I was thinking maybe it does that when you're on a page that contains a `<form>` element? Thanks for any help here/


how to assign web server and domain a public ip adress

i have installed an ISO image of windows server 2008 r2 onto my VMware workstation, as a virtual server. I am trying to host my own web server for testing purposes.I have Internet service with sprint and i called them to obtain my public ip address. Now that i have my public ip address how to i assign it to my server? I also have a web domain name that i would like to point it at that web server. Do i give it the public ip address or do i give it the name of the server?


How to track iframe and parent window as one pageview in Google Analytics

I have a site that contains the following characteristics:   * Header is defined by code my team controls on subdomain B and is loaded via iframe   * Body is defined by third-party code and platform on subdomain A and is the parent page   * Footer is defined by code my team controls on subdomain B and is loaded via iframe I am using Google Analytics (GA) to track pageviews. **I would like the load of each page (consisting of all three elements) to register in GA as one pageview. In addition, clicks in the header and footer should not count as referred visits.** How can I accomplish this? I know that I can solve the referrer issue with cross-domain tracking:               ['_setDomainName', 'maindomain.com']      However, I also have to track the pageview to make it take effect:               ['_trackPageview']      This would result in 3 pageviews tracked for one actual page load as far as the user is concerned. Since this particular site nets millions of visitors a month, tripling that is not ideal and would put us over the 10 million events Google Analytics will track reliably on the free plan.


Can I set a variable "Expires" in Amazon S3?

I have a ton of files in Amazon S3 (served via Cloudfront) for which I have added an Expires header of `Mon, Jan 1 2024 11:11:11 GMT` However, I have recently learned that setting an Expires header more than one year in the future violates the HTTP 1.1 RFC. So is there a way in S3 to set a dynamic Expires that is always one year from the request date?


Appcache and jquery mobile on a CMS powered site?

Has anyone used the cache manifest to make a CMS site work offline? I've made a demo with static html files which seems to work fine, so I'm assuming it wouldn't be too hard to achieve the same thing with a CMS. The way that you tell browsers that files have changed (and so need to be downloaded again) is by adding a comment to the cache manifest file so its byte size changes. I'm not quite sure how to do this with a CMS, but maybe some sort of server cron could run periodically? Personally I'm more interested in having a site that works offline rather than achieving ideal performance, so if the file was modified every hour rather than when content actually changed that would be fine for me. If anyone has used appcache with a CMS, has anyone done so with jquery mobile at the same time? What I'm after is a fully native feel to a site that's accessible offline, in other words I want to mimic a native App. My static demo does this perfectly with jquery mobile, so again I would have thought this would be achievable in a CMS.


How to remove the menu name -Home from the Browser page title? Joomla 2.5 +

I want to remove the browser page title which appears on the browser like: Example Name site - Home. and be like: Example Name Site I know the "Browser Page Title" under "Page Display Options", but if I leave it empty, it uses the Menu Item Title.. **I want this omission of browser page title only for the home page.** **EDIT** : To state it again and clear: What I want is that my 'Browser Title' should be blank and NOT pick up a title from the "Menu Title". Important: The solution should be working for bilingual (or multilingual) websites, that means "My Website - Home" will be "My Website" and other languages will follow the same rule, i.e. "Mon Website - Accueil" will be "Mon Website". ps. I'd like a solution for Joomla 2.5 but it would be nice if users with other versions could be helped as well.


Is my project a web site or a mobile app?

I am a web developer. I have been developing web sites professionally for 15+ years using ColdFusion, SQL Server, and jQuery. I am doing a project for a client that uses the above technologies. The site has a mobile facet too. For that, I am using jQuery Mobile. The site enables retail store personnel to gather a store customer's preferences using any smart phone or tablet. The store personnel just needs to access a special link via a QR code and a login. Anyone can easily access the site from a PC's browser, too. Some sources suggest that mobile apps must be downloaded and installed using a third party, such as from Google, Amazon, or Apple. Others sources suggest that any information designed for use on mobile device is a mobile app. Regarding the site that is specifically designed for use by mobile devices that extensively uses jQuery Mobile, is this a "web site" or a "mobile app"? What is the "proper" description for this type of site? My customer insists that it is one and not the other. I insist that it is the other and not the one. Can you help me clarify this?


How do I properly deal with duplicate content when showing the latest content from my blog on a main page?

If my website has multiple blogposts:   * `/blog/first-post.html`   * `/blog/second-post.html`   * `/blog/third-post.html` ... and I want only the **latest** post to be fully shown on `/blog/` What is the best way to handle this SEO friendly? Should I add a canonical relation fromt `/blog` to `/blog/latest-post.html`? Should I redirect traffic from `/blog/` to `/blog/latest-post.html`? And if so with what redirect code: 302? Should I not use `/blog` altogether and have my main menu button "Blog" directly go to `/blog/latest-post.html`?


Making HTML5 videos stored on AWS S3 **difficult** to download (because I cant make it impossible)

I am building a website that hosts video's stored on AWS's S3 service. The videos are played thru a HTML5 player we have built. Ive just been asked to make sure "nobody can steal our video's". Now I know that if you really don't want something stolen, don't put it up on the internet. However I just need to secure these videos as good as possible, the videos need to at the very least resist someone going thru the source code and trying to download them manually. One option available to me is to completely rebuild the video player in flash. This is not ideal, for several reasons, notably because I would also then have to build an App for mobile devices to be able to view this site. So I am looking for other options. I have heard about using a token to make the file available only during certain times. I have heard of using a separate file to serve the videos that sits between the HTML5 page and the video file. I am also having a look at IAM, the Secure AWS Access Control, in the hopes AWS can solve this problem for me. Can anyone here recommend any of these options? Or perhaps suggest other options available to me? Any help would be greatly appreciated.


SEO impact on subdomain for full name and obscure ccTLD

There have been a few questions on subdomains and their impact on SEO, mostly in comparison to subfolders. The closest I've found is this question but it still doesn't completely answer my query. I'm setting up a blog for 'Sam Smith'. It's imperative the SEO is based around his full name as he is a prominent blogger and his name is his value. All ccTLD variations of 'samsmith' (samsmith.com, samsmith.cc etc) are taken. However there has been the opportunity to register an obscure ccTLD for 'smith'. In regards to SEO value purely from the URL... 1) Will there be any negative SEO implications on searches for 'Sam Smith' when setting up the subdomain as 'sam.smith.' compared to a more regular 'samsmith.' domain? Will a search engine recognise the subdomain as the full name as oppose to just 'smith'? 2) Are there any negative SEO implications with an obscure ccTLD. For instance if Sam Smith was a prominent blogger in Canada with most of his audience based there, would there be any negative SEO if he had, for example, a .co ccTLD.


How to correctly implement SPF record

I am currently using FreshBooks as my invoicing/accounting system. Freshbooks sends (or at least should send) automated invoices to clients when an invoice is created so they can pay. Unfortunately with clients who use Microsoft Exchange email servers they do not ever received the emails (i'm assuming because of their spam blockers). I contacted Freshbooks and they recommend adding an SPF record, but offer no support on it. Below is a screenshot of my DNS Made Easy (just a DNS host) SPF record section. Can you please let me know if it's implemented right? Thanks!![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/5A7cm.png)


More confusion over SEO Cname and 301 redirect

Previous answers on this topic don't really help me with my query, so any help appreciated for a bit of a newbie. I have a new domain "domain#1.mobi" Its hosted with godaddy and has a cname and forwarding, pointing it to "domain#1.elsewhere.us" It has no content. The content is all hosted on "domain#1.elsewhere.us" which is what Google is now listing in its results. I want Google to ignore that and only list "domain#1.mobi" in its listings. How do I achieve this?


Will making my AJAX app serve HTML snapshots improve SEO?

Currently, a small ajax web app of mine uses an anchor hijacking method to display content. The user clicks an anchor, I cancel the default browser event and funnel the link into an AJAX call, after which I retrieve content and insert/animate it in. A person without Javascript enabled, or a crawler, would follow the anchor and find themselves in a barebones version of the content, ready to be retrieved and inserted into the main site, so essentially it's still visible to Google but not so much ready for human consumption (and if it's indexed it will be OK, because I could redirect it to a different, acceptable human ready page), which is OK with me BUT only if it doesn't affect SEO negatively compared to: HTML snapshots, where I reprogram the application to work with the browser and have it serve up a version of the site for each bit of content, so essentially instead of seeing the barebones content everytime google requests a link it would see a version of what the content + code would look like had a user carried out that operation. The problem is the latter is fiddly and annoying to reprogram, an I'd like to see if there's any significant improvement in SEO that would warrant the extra time and money spent to reprogram it. https://developers.google.com/webmasters/ajax-crawling/ Link to the article on making your AJAX web application crawlable for reference.


What to put up during development? "Coming Soon" page is bad for SEO

I've purchased a domain. I'm in the process of creating the website for that domain. This may take about a month. In the mean time, what is the smartest thing to do with that domain, in terms of SEO? For example, should I send a 204 No Content HTTP header? I know that's not the right thing to do but what is? I know that simply having a "Coming Soon" page is also bad for SEO. Any advice?


Why doesn't Segoe UI font work in Google Chrome on Metro Bootstrap?

When viewing the Metro bootstrap in Firefox, the font looks as it should, while in Chrome it defaults to what I assume is Helvetica. The problem is that I don't know where that "nice" font which shows up in Firefox is located. The font's name is Segoe UI, but there's no font file with that name in the Bootstrap package, it's not referenced with an `@font-face` declaration and there's not SiFR or Cufon. I have no idea why Firefox knows how to display it. Does Segoe UI come bundled with Firefox? I'm not sure how I should approach solving this issue, maybe adding a whole new `@font-face` declaration via Font Squirrel would be an overkill if there's a simpler solution? On the image below, left side is how Firefox renders the page and the the right side is how Chrome renders it. ![Metro bootstrap font comparison between Chrome and Firefox](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ZAfD1.png)


What is the maximum frequency for checking email in Gmail, and are there alternatives?

I am trying to build a Python program for small business. My customers will send their orders in plain texts via email to me. My first thought is to use Gmail as my email server so I could write a small IMAP Python program to check for incoming emails from my Gmail account. However, I am worried that Google has a limit for email checking frequency (i.e., "polling") and/or bandwidth. If I am checking new email once every 10 seconds, I'm concerned that Google will lock my account in just a few minutes - I'm afraid to even try this. I am not experienced enough to set up my own email server in a Linux box yet. What options do I have? Will upgrading to Google Business email solve this problem, or are there any other vendors that provide IMAP servers which offer more bandwidth and permit increased email checking frequencies?


How can I export an existing blog hosted on Tumblr to Blogger?

My question is pretty simple: how can I export an existing blog hosted on Tumblr to Blogger?


One site being on a subdirectory of another. Does google count this against you?

I have created two similar websites (relating to monetary systems). So far, one appears to be loved by Google and the other hated. I'm struggling to work out why. This is a mystery to me because both sites were created by me with the same design philosophy, both in pure html. Both are packed to the rafters with references to, and information about, their respective subjects. One issue I'm worried may be the cause is to do with the location of the sites. I got a web hosting package from hostmonster.com for the successful one, but less liked one is just an "add-on" which sits on a subdirectory of the successful one. I wonder if Google somehow detects this and treats it as a less significant website? **EDIT:** Just to clarify, even though one site is an add-on that sits on a subdirectory of the other, the URL is arranged to look like it is a root. I.e. the unpopular site can be accessed directly with a simple www.myunpopularsite.com name, without specifying any subdirectory. **EDIT:** Just in case its important... say the popular site is called pop.com and the unpopular one unpop.com. In the webspace I've purchased, there is a directory called public_html. This is where I put the index.htm and all the other files of my popular site. When I purchased the add-on unpop.com. I made a subdirectory of public_html called unpop. It is within this "public_html\unpop\" that I place the index.htm and all the other files of my unpopular site. Typing www.unpop.com into the address bar of a browser links directly to the contents of "public_html\unpop\" and the user is not aware that this site is sitting on a subdirectory of another site. BUT if you type "www.pop.com/unpop" into the address bar of a browser you DO see the unpopular site.


font compressor

I want to use @font-face in my css but I have a lot of fonts. Does anyone know of any software will let me to compress my fonts?


How do I receive anonymized email sent to my domain?

I have a web app in which users will contact each other using anonymized email, similar to how craigslist works. For example, user B posts an ad and the web app includes an anonymized address which is unique for user B such as address1U4J5K6Ldf345@mydomain.com. User A sends an email to address1U4J5K6Ldf345@mydomain.com, and my app reads it and sends the contents of the email to user B. My domain is at godaddy and my (django) site is hosted on the cloud on an amazon EC2 instance. My question is how do I set up the DNS and mail servers to do this? Do I have to run my own postfix or sendmail server on my amazon host, or is there a way to have godaddy's mail server save email to all addresses at the domain, so that I can access them by pop or imap? Or is there some third party service that would work?


Schema.org & Open Graph

We currently use Schema.org for our rich snippets in Google. I want to add Open Graph along with that, so other social signals will recognize our site better. If I add OG to our existing schema, will that have any effect on our current rich snippets?


Check website against corporate internet filters

So there are plenty of services to check your website in all browsers. There are many different scenarios to test a website with/without css, with/without javascript, many different screen resolutions and so on. Is there a way to test a website against known firewall and restriction settings? We are wondering if a vimeo embed and twitter feed are blocked and if so, what they look like blocked.


Google Site Search (commercial) not indexing files in sitemap

I have a client for whom we have purchased Google Site Search. It works well for HTML pages served by the CMS, but files aren't being reliably indexed. I wrote a script to generate an XML feed (sitemap) of all the files in the CMS which I've plugged in to Google Webmaster Tools for the site. It says that for that sitemap 923 URLs have been submitted, but only 26 have been indexed. The client relies heavily on searching within files, which is why we decided to use Google search, so this is a bit of a problem. Many of the files aren't linked to from any page on the site, as they are old and therefore don't merit having a page of their own. But they still need to be accessible through search for archiving purposes. The file archive xml can be found at www.sniffer.org.uk/file-archive and the standard xml sitemap (of pages) can be found at www.sniffer.org.uk/sitemap.xml. Any thought would be much appreciated!


Does Google Analytics track visits via Tumblr dashboard?

I wondered if GA tracks visits to my Tumblr accessed through Tumblr dashboard by other Tumblr users. And if it can track visitors who only view my blog via the Tumblr dashboard. My GA stats are 320 visits for last month, but I have about 400 likes or reblogs for the same time period, so not sure how this is possible, unless the visits through Tumblr are not tracked. Does GA only track those who type in my site address directly or those who are logged in to Tumblr to access it as well?


How to sort order of products in website using zen cart

I am currently developing a website using zen cart and i pretty much have everything done but i am running into a slight problem. When I am putting items up that have numbers in them(ie. 10mm, 20mm) they are not being displayed in the right order. Instead of going 10mm, 20mm....90mm, 100mm, 110mm it is going 10mm, 100mm, 110mm.....190mm, 20mm, 200mm, 210mm Does anyone know how to sort this out because it is driving me mad :( Thank


LinkedIn Advert stats not matching with my Google Analytics data

I received a voucher from LinkedIn which gives me $50 worth of Advertising, and as I've started out on my own as a web designer/developer I thought this would be a good opportunity to get some extra business. Anyway, I've used LinkedIn's stat counter and it has said I've had ten "valid" clicks to my website. However, when I check my Google Analytics account, it states that one day I only received 6 clicks from LinkedIn, 4 of which had a 100% bounce rate and stayed on the website for 00:00:00. I've spoken to LinkedIn about it, and they e-mailed me back saying a few things. They have said some users might have Javascript turned off, so won't show up on my Analytics software. He also said that my Analytics software might be tracking LinkedIn.com (which it is) and that this will over/under report registered clicks on my site. To me, I'm suspicious that most of the clicks aren't 100% legit, and they might be trying to eat up my $50 voucher before I have to start paying. It does sound like a paranoid view point, but when one stat counter is saying I've had 10 clicks in a day, and my Google Analytics account is telling me only 6 clicks came from there. Am I right to be paranoid or have I completely missed how these things work? Cheers


Fetch as Google goes infinite loop (again)

A couple of days ago, I faced an issue with Google Webmaster's Fetch as Google functionality. The page was going into an infinite refresh loop. I started a thread on Google's forum. The issue disappeared by itself. Unfortunately, this issue is happening again. Google still does not have the latest copy of my main page in its cache. The Fetch as Google page is going into an infinite loop again. Anyone knows why? Any idea/suggestion is welcome... Thanks!


MediaWiki {{Special:PrefixIndex}} outputs "$1 - Wiki Title"

I've set up some sub-pages, and trying to use the Special::PrefixIndex template to create a listing of these sub-pages as per http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Subpages#Displaying_subpages So, for example, under User:Sjones I've created User:Sjones/Drafts When I use `{{Special:PrefixIndex/{{FULLPAGENAME}}/}}` I get `$1 - Wiki Title` instead of the a list containing User:Sjones/Drafts I've enabled subpages for the user namespace. When I view the page Special:PrefixIndex and enter "User:Sjones" I get the correct list. I'm using version 1.21 on Ubuntu 12.04 I've since learned that the problem is with the TinyMCE plugin for MediaWiki - disabling the plugin restores the correct functionality. How do I get this working with the plugin enabled?


How to tell Google to crawl distinct part of the webpage?

What approach should I take to make the website Google-friendly, http://anuary.com/. The problem is that when a specific content is being requested (eg. http://anuary.com/1/home/anuary) user is taken to the page using scrollbar, though the surrounding content is still being loaded. How to tell Google that for this URL http://anuary.com/36/portfolio/three-musketeers only the #36 entry should be crawled. Is there a tag or other way to select the surrounding content as irrelevant for the URL?


CSS not loading when site is viewed via Windows VPN

Internal site has recently been redesigned, but IE8 does not seem to be loading the new css rules only when viewed via VPN. I really have no clue what to look for. I can't reproduce the problem, but it's apparently affecting client for the last month. I've suggested:   * Reloading IE8   * Checking Internet   * Permissions   * Flushing the cache I'm not really certain what direction to search for the answer. Is it likely to be a server permissions issue? a VPN connection issue? a rare ie8 CSS bug?


authorize.net SIM PCI compliance

Does anyone know if authorize.net's SIM rids you of having to be PCI compliant? The payment form is hosted on authorize.net's site and they're processing the payment. I know you can do a relay response which basically puts some of the transaction details in a url that goes back to your website(to display a receipt). I'm not sure what all information gets put into the url though. I'm wondering if that makes you have to become PCI compliant?


Advice on planning domain names

I am planning to have my own website and would like to ask some questions regarding about the organization (I don't know if this is the right term for it) of domain names. Let me give an example: If I have a domain named “ **www.joe.com** ” but is planning to have different websites or categories for my varied interests but would still retain the “joe” name on my domain, would it be better to have a sub-domain instead? Is that it? Is this what would turn out: www.joe.com = my main site   bookworm.joe.com = a blog for my love of books   travel.joe.com = a blog for my travel experience   food.joe.com = a blog for my love of food and cuisine   I also notice that there are other websites that are like this: (this is just an example, but you get the idea) www.personname.com = main site   www.personname.com/blog = a blog for his site ( is this a subdomain now)   Everytime you go to the www.personname.com, you are then redirected to the www.personname.com/blog address. Is it safe to say that the blog address is a sub-domain and for blogging only and then the www.personname.com is the main site? What is the difference of this approach compared to the first example I've given above? Cheers!


How to embed an authorize.net payment gateway form into a single page website with one item for sale?

My website sells one item. I am currently using the simple checkout button embedded on the website. Rather than having the button I would like the order form to be on the single page with a field for quantity. At first I imagined that there would be a simple form that I could embed however it looks like that I need a full integration into my website through the Advanced Integration Method (AIM) which is much more complicated then I wanted. I don't want integration into my website, can I do it without, and if I have to what is the cleanest and simplest way to do it?


Including Amazon affiliate link to Amazon homepage

I want a link on my Web site that sends the user to the Amazon homepage, but includes my affiliate code so that any subsequent purchases get credited to my account. I have been browsing through the Amazon Associates portal and there only seems to be a way to link to a specific product. I found this link on daringfireball.net:               http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=daringfirebal-20&path=subst/home/home.html       If I replace his affiliate code (`daringfirebal-20`) with mine, will this work? is this documented anywhere?


How to integrate authorize.net CIM and ARB

I have created some customer profile id's and customer payment profile id's. What i want is to use existing customer payment profile id for ARB so that users don't have to type their credit card details again and again.


PCI-Compliance: Automatic saving of Credit Cards to Authorize.net CIM

Our website uses authorize.net CIM to store consumer credit card's securely after a user's initial purchase. We currently do not have an "opt-in" button allowing us to do this. However, after reviewing other sites such as Groupon, Living Social, and even Amazon, it seems as though this is now common practice. Other more traditional sites such as Nordstrom's require the user to opt-in to save the Credit card. I was wondering what best practice was for saving credit cards. Any other example references would be appreciated. Thanks for any advice you can provide.


Hosting an apache server from my mac

I created a website with PHP and JS. I want to send my IP address to a friend who is in another state and let him see it. My site is loaded by xampp. How could I do this?


How can I tell if I have root access to my server?

I have a website hosted in a web hosting service called Hosting24. I'd like to migrate to Liquidweb, and the guys at Liquidweb say they will handle the whole migration process for me which is good because I wouldn't know where to start and I'd most likely mess something up. I just talked to a customer support guy and he says they can do it as long as I have root access. And he couldn't tell me how can I tell whether I have root access or not. Any idea how can I figure this out? Also, did you every use one of these migration services? Is there anything the sales guy is not telling me?


Is there a SEO benefit of a 'reverse canonical redirect' back to the 'friendly' URL?

As far as I understand, you should have a single URL to access a given page on a website to prevent duplicate issues. With this in mind I have setup IIS7 Rewrite to point my friendly URLs to my .aspx pages. e.g. `/category/widgets/` has a **rewrite** to `/category.aspx?id=widgets` Should I allow either of these URLs to resolve my web page, or should I also 301 **redirect** `/category.aspx?id=widgets` to `/category/widgets/` so that there is only a single URL that resolves the page?


Hosting videos for use in Flowplayer (pseudostreaming)?

Flowplayer's pseudostreaming plugin requires a specific server configuration to work. https://static.flowplayer.org/plugins/streaming/pseudostreaming.html What video services/hosts/CDNs exist that offer support for pseudostreaming? Which do you use/recommend? In case it's relevant, I intend to host H.264-encoded MP4s. No livestreaming.


I've noticed a bizarre (malicious?) behavior in my website logs

My website logs spit out "invalid content" messages -- they typically occur when someone types in a wrong hyperlink or a page has mistakenly changed URLs. Lately (about 20 times per day) I've been noticing a trend with these logs. It's probably best explained with an example: Assuming a page URL is `http://www.myswebsite.com/news/1048/title-of-some- news-item`, I will receive one of those log messages that says someone tried to visit something along the lines of `http://www.mywebsite.com/news/1048/titlee-of-some-news-itm` or some variation that is incredibly close to the original slug, with just a few characters added, changed, or removed. The id (1048 in this case) is always the same. I don't think people are mistake-prone enough to do this 20 times per day. Is this a bot? Is it common, and what are they trying to accomplish?


How can Cloudlfare speed up PHP/MySQL?

My dreamhost plan offers me to use cloudflare CDN to speed up my pages. My page uses PHP/MySQL. I was wondering how this works, because everytime the page is loaded it must execute the PHP code and the MySQL query anyways on the dreamhost servers, so cloudlfare can't speed it up, right?


My website URL is weird in Google Search results

I am new to SEO, I have generated sitemap for my website and kept robots file. When we searched my website in Google, it is showing different URLs with my domain name. For example, my site URL is `http://www.example.com/fr/home`. But in Google Search results it is showing: `http://www.example.com/1C1lCqlPE6vtJKzq6aLBGntnVT5kk9jkKZ/M=`. I am not understanding how this URL is generated.


AdSense vs personal advertising system

I have a website that gets +10,000 hits a month. I currently have AdSense running on it but I am finding that I am barely getting any clicks or ad revenue at all. I was wondering if I would do any better if I started my own advertising system, where users can buy ad space on my website, instead of Google AdSense? I also wouldn't mind knowing what type (ie: PPC, CPI) of advertising system I should use?


Why are subdomains important?

I am a noob and am just wondering.


What can I do to increase my site's conversion rate?

I have a UGC site where I get some people from search. Most of them just leave, but I want to learn what to do to increase their conversion into community members. Is there any free software available that helps with this? Also, what can I track in the user session that might be helpful to get an understanding for how to get poeple to stay on the site. Thanks! Here is an example of a page that people land on so its more clean what I am talking about: http://www.problemio.com/problems/problem.php?problem_id=161


Is there a way to do online A/B testing to see whether a google ad would be clicked on more?

I have some trafficked pages, but my ads are small and in places where they do not ruin the user experience. So they get a low click-through rate. I am wondering if there is a way to test out ways to place them in different spots. Any way to test that out? I am aware of the heat maps by the way, so I need something different.


.htaccess Redirect 301 in Wordpress – From Post to Page

By default, Wordpress posts are added to RSS feed. For my website, I want to include Wordpress pages to RSS feed. I know that some plugins could help me. Instead, I try to use redirect 301 in `.htacccess` file. My question is, will this way work fine for Google and other search engines? Here’s what I did:   * Published a new page and then a new post with the same title, desc, keywords and content (though I know that if there’s redirect 301 Google won’t "read" the post but switch to the page)   * Added the line `Redirect 301 etc.` to my `.htacccess` file   * Now my post is listed in RSS feed, and when you click on it you’re redirected to the page


Which is better for search engines, repeated phrases or different phrases with the same meaning?

When I'm designing an ads website I have two options:   1. Let the advertiser to choose from some predefined lists to create the new ad. For Example:              product list ( T-Shirt, Shorts, Suit, .....)     Color list   ( Black, Red, .....)        2. Let the advertiser to write his own descriptive content for the product. For Example:              "Amazing suit with a good price"      I like the first Scenario but which is better for search engine optimization [SEO], repeated phrases or different phrases with the same meaning? Note : assuming each page will contain one or more ads


Migrating website to subfolder in another domain

I've a old site : `site1.com` but I want to move it to a folder in another site: `site2.com`. So `site1.com/about.htm` content should be accessible as `site2.com/new/about.htm`. Beyond doing a 301/302 I think I'd need to add content of _robots.txt_ from `site1.com` into `site2.com`'s. Similarly `site1.com` sitemap URLs would need to be changed and should appear below `site2.com`'s. Is there a checklist for doing such migration?


WordPress sets the homepage to index.php instead of default.php

I'm using free hosting with `000webhost.com`, for that the default page it loads is `default.php`. But I've installed WordPress and now WordPress generated `index.php` as its homepage file. As an easy solution, I just redirected from `default.php` to `index.php` when the page loads using the code:               <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://thigale.com/" />      But can anyone suggest me any other way? Instead of this stupid process?


How does one redirect from one wordpress page to another via htaccess?

I tried making the following change to my wordpress site to permanently redirect a common link to a new page. I could've -sworn- that this used to work. But it simply does not (at least in WP 3.9). I have had to resort to using a Redirect Plug-In. I'm wondering -why- it doesn't work and if there is a technique which -will- work. I'd prefer to continue to use .htaccess for simplicity. Below is the .htaccess file:                # MY CHANGES      Redirect 301 http://mysite.com/gigs  http://mysite.com/booking/           # BEGIN WordPress      <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>      RewriteEngine On      RewriteBase /      RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d      RewriteRule . /index.php [L]      </IfModule>      Again, it works by using a redirect plug-in inside WP, but there must be a way to force the 'redirection' to occur -before- the URL is passed to the WP engine, right? How is the done?


In my IP query, the response is "SOA prisoner." What does this mean?

what does "SOA prisoner" mean in the results of my IP query? Prisoner to what ?


Is Google App Engine permitted for Commercial Use?

I don't see anything that says commercial applications are **not** allowed but I also don't see anything that says they **are** allowed. Can anyone find anything definitive?


My blogger site is disabled and marked as spam. How can I restore my blog?

My blog url is `banners-bannerbuzz.blogspot.com` I have already "clicked to Restore", But no reply till now... When I clicked again this message was displayed: > Blogger's spam-prevention robots have detected that your blog has > characteristics of a spam blog. Since you are an actual person reading this, > your blog is probably not a spam blog. Automated spam detection is > inherently fuzzy and we sincerely apologise for this false positive. > > We received your unlock request on 15 March 2011. On behalf of the robots, > we apologise for locking your non-spam blog. Please be patient while we take > a look at your blog and verify that it is not spam. Can anyone suggest what can i do, i want my blog back, because it has a PageRank of 2, and gets 30,000 visits from it.


Any particular reason why FaceBook's Subscribe Button isn't showing?

I got this FaceBook profile for my upcoming website and I can't get the Subscribe button to show, NOT EVEN ON FaceBook's page! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003492130845 Now, if you go here on FaceBook's page where we build the Subscribe button: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/subscribe/ And add the above link, it will show nothing.


Best Domain Redirect Approach for Large Network

We are launching a new network and want to focus/funnel users to our top sites. We have hundreds of domains, but most of them don't really merit their own development (many were bought for brand protection), and would ideally redirect to one of the top sites, which there are only a handful of (20ish) For example, we have a food category. Our main site in this category is something like FoodSite.com. We have dozens of smaller subcategories that fit into the food category. Like BakingSite.com, PastrySite.com, SnackFoodSite.com and so forth. If we 301 redirect PastrySite.com, BakingSite.com, and dozens of other ones to the main portal, FoodSite.com, are we making a terrible SEO mistake? We know people who go to PastrySite.com will be interested in FoodSite.com (and have relevant, quality content there for them), but PastrySite.com does not merit its own page at this time. What would be the best approach to this in regards to SEO? Everything i'm reading tells me 301 redirect, but I've never seen the topic discussed at such a large scaled (hundreds of sub-categories pointing to 20ish strong umbrella sites with quality content). Any points would be greatly appreciated!


How do I run something from the command line on shared hosting?

I have shared hosting and they haven't given me command line (or ssh or shell) access. Is there a way that I can run something from the command line?


Site blocked in some networks or by some ISPs

I'm an not an expert webmaster. The thing is I setup my website (http://meemo.com.co) in a Virtual Private Server, in a CentOS installation. My website has been blocked by some company networks and some ISPs in the country, as I have been informed by some customers. My website doesn't even appear in Google results, even if it's been up for more than a year. What can be causing the blocking of my website? I've tried to look in black lists to no avail. thank you!!!


Ceiling for search with Google

I use Google Webmaster tools to follow my website and I'm confused about search stats. For several months, the curve about search requests reached the limit on 3000 search by day. The curve never goes over 3000 search by day. Does Google limits request per day for a small website? Can Webmaster Tools not show more than 3000 requests per day?


Is there any other CDN than Amazon which supports hadoop?

I need know about CDN which offers to store HDFS .   I know amazon offers such service but i am looking out if some others are giving some better service , additional features or cheaper service. Please suggest me some options .


Got PHP; Need Designer; How Good is this approach

So I was free for a couple of weeks and hence I wrote the php script for a website that I had in mind. To be honest; I am not the best; I am just an amateur; I have read a couple of books (o'reilly) and that is all i know about php. Now my website so far looks nothing but a few links and their working. I am thinking of giving it to someone who have some experience in designing and all. How good is this approach towards launching a website. I had this idea about the website, and wanted to do it on my own, but as already stated i am not the best at it. I dont have any long term plans for the website; I might go for an experienced programmer later; but at the moment; all i want is to have the feel of start-up if you'll call it the same. Am I going in the right direction; by doing the php coding on my own; and now looking for a designer? Any suggestions. P.S. Shall i post this question on `Onstartup`? Edits: The website will be like an online competition that will last for 8-10 months, it will not store any personal information of the people associated with it.


I am taking ownership of a website. Do I need to take ownership on the domain name first, and then transfer the website to the new host?

I am going to be rebuilding a new website for a new client. There current site is at a different host and registar. I want to transfer ownership. Which one do I do first? Domain name to new registar or website to new host?


Unable to add a domain (purchased from godaddy.com) to the dreamhost account

My client just purchased a domain from `godaddy.com` and I'm trying to add it as a new domain on their dreamhost account. But it is unable to be added. It simply doesn't work and doesn't even show any kind of error message. What may be the issue and how can I resolve this?


Installing ffmpeg-php on Media Temple Server

migrating a Plesk server from 3.5 to 4.0 and reinstalling some apps we use (Tomcat, ffmpeg, etc.). Got all those installed fine, but following the instructions for installing ffmpeg-php (from here: http://wiki.mediatemple.net/w/(dv):Installing_FFmpeg_and_FFmpeg-php), I'm getting an error when I go to `./configure && make` These are the errors I'm seeing:               /root/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_frame.c: In function 'zim_ffmpeg_frame_ffmpeg_frame':     /root/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_frame.c:432: error: 'PIX_FMTRGB32' undeclared (first use in this function)     /root/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_frame.c:432: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once     /root/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_frame.c:432: error: for each function it appears in.)      Any ideas?


Apache HTTP redirect from a URL list

One of my web applications will be completely replaced by a new system. All URLs will change and thus external links would break. I want to setup Apache httpd to answer with proper 301-redirects to the new URLs. Now the catch: There is no formula/regex to derive the new URL from the old, so I need to maintain a mapping list. Ideally I'd like to have it in a location/position where an app I will write allows the content owners to add/edit the mappings themselves. How would I do that?


Would using a self-signed SSL certificate be appropriate in this scenario?

Now I realize this topic has been discussed in a few questions before (specifically this one), but I'm still a little confused about the implications of using a self-signed certificate, and how I would be affected by doing so in this case. After reading various sources, I'm still a little confused about the exact details of using one. > The biggest problem with a self-signed certificate, is a man-in-the-middle > attack. Even if you are 100% sure that you are on the correct website and > you completely trust the site (your email server for example), you could > have someone intercept the connection and present you with their own self- > signed certificate. You would think that you are using a secure connection > with your email server but you are really using a secure connection to an > attacker's email server. – SSL Shopper So somebody could switch out my self-signed certificate with their own, and I wouldn't be able to detect it? The way this site phrases it, it makes it sound worse to install a self-signed certificate than to leave your site without a certificate at all. > Self-signed certificates cannot (by nature) be revoked, which may allow an > attacker who has already gained access to monitor and inject data into a > connection to spoof an identity if a private key has been compromised. CAs > on the other hand have the ability to revoke a compromised certificate if > alerted, which prevents its further use. - Wikipedia Does this mean that the only way someone could switch out their own certificate for mine is for them to find out the private key? I suppose this is more secure, but I'm still slightly confused about what exactly results from using a self-signed certificate. Is the only issue that obnoxious security warning that pops up in your browser when directed to the site, or is there more to it? * * * Now in my case, I want to add the an SSL certificate to a minuscule Wordpress blog I run that I don't expect anyone else will read anytime soon; I mainly started it to get into the habit of blogging, and to learn more about the process of administrating a site (ex. what to do in situations like this one). Whenever I go to the login page and there's an `HTTP://` instead of `HTTPS://`, I cringe a little. Submitting my password feels like I'm shouting my password out loud with hundreds of people listening. I don't plan on adding any other authors to the site, so I am the only person who would ever need to login. This isn't a site I'm trying to get page views from, or one that handles e-commerce or any sensitive info like that, simply my username and password to login with. One of the concerns (that I've gathered so far) of a self-signed certificate is that non-technical users might be scared by the security warning, but this would not be an issue in my case. **TL;DR** : If scaring visitors away isn't a concern (which it isn't in my case), is it acceptable to use a self-signed certificate for the purpose of encrypting my Wordpress blog's password, or are there added security issues I should be aware of? Essentially, I'm wondering whether adding a self-signed certificate will be safer than leaving my login page the way it is now, or if it adds the potential for more security breaches than leaving it sans-SSL.


Is it just me or are the browser companies changing their upgrade frequency to max?

This has been happening for a while now and in our office we believe the crazy browser updates are due to HTML5 becoming so hot these days but is there another reason the browser companies are pushing updates so frequently. Other than security updates. It's a welcome change, else IE9 would become the IE6 just flipped over for many years to come so I was just wondering?


Google crawl errors "DNS issue- link unreachable and time out errors

Can any one tell me why Googlebot cant fetch my website and its links? I have a website and for past 30 days Google Webmasters can't fetch any links from my website. This caused the removal of my website from Google search. I also tried "fetch as Googlebot" option but it failed. The error it's showing is " **DNS issue** -Links **unreachable** and **Time out** error". I also have Google Analytics and Bing Webmasters Tools accounts which work fine (Bing crawls and fetches links from my website). I can access my website through browsers also. I have searched other forums and found out that it may be my hosting providers blocking Googlebot. When I wrote to them they told me that they have allowed Googlebot to my website. Now I have become a little frustrated about this problem. I really don't know why this error is occurring. I cant even add Google AdSense because of this problem. If anyone has or had this kind of error can they suggest what causing it?


Is it better to burn old domain names and 301 to a new one for domains that experienced a high number of errors?

As discussed in this topic, several sites were down due to a server issue for about a month. I have slowly watched some of the more popular sites gain some traffic. I did say slowly. I have also monitored the crawler errors in Google's Webmaster Tools. Last week, I decided to burn one of the domain names, create a new one and 301 all traffic to that new domain. Within three days, the new domain was already getting organic traffic. Server errors were down to about 30 (it takes a while for these to clear up in Google), and I thought that maybe I just had not waited long enough and the original domain was finally getting the traffic again. However, I was seeing organic results with the new domain name and a significant amount of traffic (for 3 days). For brand new domains, I have seen indexing occurring in 12 days. On the old domain name, old URLs that I wanted to remove are 410'ed. While server errors are clearing up, I am seeing a significant increase in _Not Found_ errors, and wondering if it is because of this, that the old domain name was not receiving traffic? For those interested in knowing how long Google takes to clear up server errors, in October one site experienced 28,000 server errors. It took until January 1 for that number to reach zero.


If I change or remove the same URL from a site is it a bad impressions for Google or Google Webmaster

I am having an issue, before I make one page like this:               appna.php?ty=Skype Id is Coming Soon      But now I have to remove that page and link. In the Webmaster Tool it's still showing that page with an error. I'm confused on what I can I do? If I change the domain is it a good impressions for Google? And I'm changing web content like 2 or 3 times is it also good or bad impressions for Google?


Goals are not registering in Google Analytics

I've had a site online for a few weeks, and Google Analytics is working fine. Except Goals, which are not registering for some strange reason. To be clear: visits to the site are being registered, but no goals are being registered. This is not correct, as people are visiting the goal pages. I've set up two pages specifically to test this, Funnel Page and Goal Page. (You can visit these, but please do not visit any other pages on the site, as I am performing an experiment and SO referrals would taint results). Below is a screenshot of `Profiles > Goals` on Analytics. ![What I have set up](http://i.stack.imgur.com/nPRYA.png) Can you see any obvious mistakes I have made? I think I must have missed something really obvious, as this is my first time using Analytics, but I must get this fixed ASAP. It's driving me crazy.


Am I really tracking my subdomain?

This is very similar to my last question, but now I'm putting a different angle on it. Could it be that because of my DNS configuration, I'm not able to track traffic using filters? On my main site I'm able to see referral sites (including my partners site). I have the following domains:               www.mysite.com       partner1.mysite.com      Both `www.mysite.com` and `partner1.mysite.com` uses the same www directory. The only difference is that I change the top and bottom section to display my partners logo and colors. My partner has the following subdomain:               mysite.partner.com      My partner has configured the DNS to have `mysite.partner.com` point to `partner1.mysite.com`. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/2ONFe.jpg) The reason for this is to have users believe they are surfing my partners website, when they are in fact surfing my website. So in stead of my URL showing up in the browser, they see my partners URL. This works fine and now I wanted to use Google Analytics to track traffic from my partner. I followed the initial guide. I Added a new profile and added a filter to this: > Filter type: include   >  Filter field: Host name   >  Filter pattern: partner1\.mysite\.no   >  Case sensetive: No But no traffic is registered. I've tried various alternatives and I'm not getting any results.


How do I find my home servers IP address?

I have installed Nginx webserver on my system. I just need to know the IP adress of the server which am running. I have Googled many times but I didn't get a good answer.


Looking for a good script to handle fill-in forms on a non-CMS website

We have a website which is mostly HTML pages, in other words, not CMS based. The way we handle fill-in forms is through an ancient script that comes with the web hosting. It requires a separate text file to be created for each form which contains a template for the email that gets sent when the form is filled in. I wonder if there's a better way. Can you give me examples of widely used script that I could hook into the form to send these emails? The features I'm looking for are:   * No separate file for configuring the email - so destination email, and other info that needs to go in the email are in the form itself, maybe hidden fields.   * Multiple email addresses can receive the form. These features would be nice:   * Simple conditional processing - send email to A if field X is Y, send email to B if field X is Z.   * Logging of form submission for debug purposes.


Tracking a single page on another domain in Google Analytics

I have access to edit a 'mini-site' hosted on our organisation's parent site. I'd like to track this page using Google Analytics, however I don't have access to the front page so I can't verify this as my domain. Using the tracking code for our main site works, however I don't want this data to be confused with similarly named pages on our site (for example, our mini-site is at /radio, and if we had a /radio at our main site this would be counted as the same). Has anyone been in this situation before? I'd like to just redirect visitors to our mini-site to our main site, seeing as it ranks higher in Google, but I've been told to maintain a separate site with our main features.


How to pre-load images used only on hover?

I have a link that starts with one background image and then changes on hover to another. Both background images are set in the CSS. My browsers (any of them) don't seem to load the hover image until you actually hover. But then you end up with a blank image for the several seconds (on my very slow connection) it takes to load the new one. Is there a way to encourage the browser to pre-load the hover image so that delay time doesn't occur on hover?


Why does Facebook provide fbadmins meta tag that results in an error in facebook debugger

I log in as my "page" and then go to https://www.facebook.com/insights/ I click "Insights for your website", and a dialog box pops up saying this: > Add a meta tag to your webpage Gain access to insights for your website by > adding an fb:admins or fb:app_id meta tag to your root webpage, linking it > to your personal account or an application. and it provides a meta tag in this format, with a 15-digit `content` attribute value:               <meta property="fb:admins" content="123456789012345" />      I copy and paste that inside my `<head></head>` tags, enter my web address into the dialog box I just described and submit it, and get this error: > Bad request No admin data found at root webpage http://example.com/. > Insights requires admin data at this root webpage for the specified URL > example.com (Of course, I used my real web address, not "example.com") I found facebook's site debugging tool here. And when I run my url through it, it gives me this error: > Errors that must be fixed Object Invalid Value Object at URL > 'http://example.com/' of type 'website' is invalid because the given value > '123456789012345' for property 'fb:admins' could not be parsed as type > 'fbid'. After that, I tried changing fb:admins to fb:app_id in the meta tag and that did not fix the problem either. So, why is facebook telling me to use that code if it's not the right code?


GA Source/Medium/Campaign for QR or typos

I'm doing an experiment for a realtor with a single property sites (e.g. 123address.com) and we want to track the various traffic sources but confused on the GA terminology   1. agentsite.com featured properties page    2. agentsite.com normal search results    3. syndicated MLS data, this could appear on any domain that shows the 'virtual tour url'    4. QR Code on the FOR SALE sign in yard    5. typo redirect (it's a funny street name so we got a typo domain 123addresss.com) I'm looking at this and wondering what I should enter https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en[1] I know the agentsite.com should look like:   1. Source: agentsite.com Medium: featured_properties    2. Source: agentsite.com Medium: search_results   3. Source: MLS Medium: virtual_tour   4. Source: qrcode Medium: ???   5. Source: 123addrez.com Medium: redirect? I'm struggling with QR Code and typo redirect..QR code for example, **I assume the Source would be "qrcode" but what would Medium be?** the same? Does it matter? Finally as I'm a total noob, **should "Campaign Name" be the same for all of the above?** "123 Address Sale"


What to do about Crawler errors after capital revamp of my website?

So, recently I was re-building my website, putting on another CMS, optimizing and so on... And now I wisited Google Webmaster tools - and it tells I have a lot of Web crawler 404 not found Errors... I was doing a hard job and preserving almost all URLs for Articles the same - but the Errors are, except of a few my own errors - the most errors come for former - Archive/date/ user profile etc. pages - which were insignificant before and are completely eradicated now.... I don't plan to re-create those auxiliary pages for robots now or in near future, but 'never say never'... But - I know Google crawlers sometimes do crawl some pages for several years while they are long time gone.... Yesterday night I submitted for removal as outdated content several really old non-existing pages crawled for at least some 3 years.... But - I still have several hundred 404 error pages now - and I don't know - should I submit to remove them all or not... Also - there always may be a small possibility you may need some of those URL in some later future, and if I remove them now - what would happen, if I need this URL for something again?


Why doesn't Google Webmaster Tools show the search queries that led to clicks?

As you can see in the screenshot below, there has been >400 impressions and 97 clicks, but at the bottom of the table it shows only two queries that led to the clicks. The question is: where is the other search queries that have produced the impressions and clicks? ![webmasters screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/NDDiU.png)


Is social media engagement of a webmaster a good idea?

I have been participating in some political discussions on youtube and google plus and as much as I try to refrain from it, some of them turn into heated ones after a while. I maintain a lot of GWT accounts from this gmail email and I have often wondered if this engagement might affect any of my clients' (shared gwt access) or my own (owner) Search Engine rankings given the fact that Google has the capability of putting these two together.


Web app to manage subscriptions to online magazine

I'm looking for a php web app, a Wordpress plugin, or an online web service (naturally as cheap as possible) to **manage the subscriptions** for an **online magazine**. These are the main features I need:   * register/open new subscription   * renew subscription   * pay online with credit card   * send automatic emails after registration   * auto-send reminder when subscription expires   * send bulk emails to all subscribers The magazine runs on Wordpress.


Google analytics best way to handle https, http, www, and no www

I have a website that I'd like to track properly with Google Analytic. The main site is just `MySiteExample.com`. There is also a store setup so we are using https on part of the site. My question is do I create different profiles for each variation of the domain name? If yes, do I embed all 4 of them one after another? URL Variations:   * `MySiteExample.com`   * `www.MySiteExample.com`   * `https://MySiteExample.com`   * `https://www.MySiteExample.com`


Microformats, reviews and duplicate content

Let's say I have a site that sells widgets, and the URL structure is like so: `/[type-of-widget]/[sub-type]/[widget-name]/` So, a URL for a widget might be: `/screwdrivers/philips-screwdrivers/acme-big-screwdriver/` We show reviews on the widget page, and use the appropriate microformats data so Google knows it's a review, etc. Now, what if I want to show random reviews in the "sub-type" and "type-of- widget" landing pages? Will Google ding me for duplicate content, or is it smart enough to know (based on microformat data etc.) that this is not duplicate content?


List Posts and SEO

I was checking list posts on sites like freelance folder and found that they link to external and internal articles weekly. You can check freelanceswitch site for example of their weekly linkswitch post. So my point is -   * too many link posts have any bad impact on site ?    * How google or any other search engine measures the value of such posts?    * Also how value of link is passed ?    * or all values to links in the posts are passed equally ?


How to write content that uses keyword terms which are google stop words

The keywords for our site comprises of words which are google stop words namely:               thank you      Is it better to write this as:               thank-you      or               thankyou      or does it make any difference?


Is it illegal to use auto-generated code from a website designer?

I recently volunteered to be webmaster for a nonprofit club I'm part of. While I know some very basic HTML, I wanted a more attractive website than one I could hard-code. I found a website that allows drag and drop arrangement of objects and then lets you either publish the site for free (with a banner advertising an upgrade) or buy domain and hosting services from them. I published the site for free, then copy-pasted the source code, removed the banner, and would like to buy my own domain name and hosting for the site. Can I get in trouble for this? No part of the source code said it was copyrighted by the website, and parts of it have been and will be further changed by me.


Can preventing directory listings in WordPress upload folders cause Google ranking drops when they cause 403 errors in Webmaster Tools?

I recently moved to a new host that blocks crawling to my uploads folders but (hopefully) allows the files in the folder to be crawled. I now show many 403 errors for each folder in the uploads folder in my Webmaster Tools. For example, http://www.rewardcharts4kids.com/wp- content/uploads/2013/07/ shows a 403 error. For example, I can access this file: http://www.rewardcharts4kids.com/wp- content/uploads/2013/07/lunch-box-notes.jpg but I cannot access the folder it is in. My rankings went down after I moved to this host and I am wondering if:   1. this could be the reason.    2. is this how files/folders are supposed to be set up?