Questions tagged [links]
A reference to another webpage that the user can follow (click on) to access that document.
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Linking Existing Website to a Single Page On A New Website
I am creating a new website for a client who has an existing website. The new website will use a completely different domain than the old website. The old website is 14 years old and it is focused ...
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Error while submiting disavow file to GSC
Ive been trying to add or replace my list of disavows to Google Search Console (GSC), but always getting an error message saying: Oops, something went wrong, please try again later. Is this ...
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Why is a mobile app hosting third party content "navigation" but a website hosting third party content "reproducing / embedding"
Wasn't sure whether to post this in the legal stackexchange or the web development one- apologies if I've chosen wrong here. I am developing a mobile app and a website, where collected recommended ...
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Is the value href in the base tag for reference only or points to a URL that must exist?
I once had a webpage where I set the href value of the base tag to the path where most links start with that path, but the href value isn't supposed to point to an actual page. Here's an example of ...
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Messed up my domain change
I changed my domain (example1.com) to example2.com and set up 301 redirects and submitted the change with the change of address tool in Google search console. It was only set up for a few days when I ...
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loads of random 404s on my site, e.g. /PMG2_00RxzxTHnoN/
Every day we get several hundred 404 errors reported when someone/somebot tries to access seemingly random URLs on our site, eg today we had: /PMG2_00RxzxTHnoN/ /xcUT0qMO9A2omxN-/ /JfqxLE9JNU1bHkI7/ ...
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Are links like /rooms/6-30/One-Bedroom-Suite bad for SEO?
So I am trying to optimize a hotel website for SEO, and I have a question regarding the room links. I want to put the room title in the link, and I was going to do something like "/rooms/5-One-...
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When to use noreferrer in a link ? Am I using it correctly?
I noticed that one website that I own uses rel="noreferrer" in all the links pointing to the same domain (so trustworthy links not outgoing) <a href="/blog" target="_blank&...
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Use passive listeners to improve scrolling performance
Google's Lighthouse tests for CWV ran on my website include an issue stating that touch and wheel event listeners are not marked as passive. How and where to fix this? I have tried to check my file ...
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Will redirecting a URL that has been 410 for months pass its link juice and help SEO?
Is it too late to pass the link juice to the new URL from the old ones when the old URL was set as 410 content for the past 5 months? Does Googlebot delete the old ranking of previous URLs after this ...
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Why is it that in folder structure used for Websites generally Web Pages are on same level of hierarchy as additional content related to them?
As someone getting started with web development seeing that web pages themselves and content related to them is on same hierarchy level in folder(directory) structure used for website development is ...
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Is there a way to stop Google from indexing spam internal search results?
I've just seen in Google Search Console that Google is doing 3 things with spammy internal search links. The link structure is always www.example.com/search?q=[spammy link here] Around 500 are green ...
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Best way to handle link for login-protected pages
I have a e-learning website with free and paid courses. On my course page, there is link to the lessons. If it is a paid course, when you click on the link you are redirected to the shop. See this ...
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Two links to same page in HomePage
Can two links to a specific path on the site on the home page be harmful for SEO? For example: <html> <body> ... <main> <div> ......
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How to add something crawlable to JavaScript links in order to satisfy Google Lighthouse
I'm doing some Google lighthouse analysis on my site and the tool is complaining about our "add to cart" links. We use a pre-fab PayPal cart system called Vibracart, which is great but is ...
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