GWT shows you the number of errors, lists the pages and shows a graph of your count over time for that particular error so you can see whether it’s been a gradual change or a more sudden occurrence (perhaps a code push caused unforeseen errors...
Odden shared the example of a medium-sized business site with thousands of pages, with a simple SEO error of duplicate title tags. Lee Odden, author of “Optimize: How to Attract and Engage More Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media and Content...
What can often be the case are some less than complicated human error. At this point you should likely have a sense of where your problems lie. But that's not as common. Another common aspect we see are sites that have been hacked.
The browser will whir for a couple of moments, then inform them of the error. This isn’t an article about doorway pages or cloaking; rather, it’s about problems with the canonical form of the URL for your pages.
That's an error. Error! Error! How the very useful rel="canonical" tag solves many common SEO problems that exist around duplicate content issues. Here's a recap of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Feb.to March 5, as reported by...
In addition to redirects, your web server will be needed to set up proper 404 error handling. Depending on its configuration, a load balancer can actually lead to duplicate content problems. This was common years ago, but less so today because...
Broken links, error messages, messy code, slow loading, even pop-ups can be deterrents for new visitors and potential linkers. People have zero patience for technical problems, and often assume the quality and efficiency of a website is a...
Facebook slowed down and produced error pages. The most common of these problems is the use of language or location detection. Today's Top Story: MichaelBoland Surrounded by Search Engines: A New Kind of Mobile Search SEW EXPERTS: LOCAL & MOBILE...
Some CMS tools will handle custom 404 error pages by responding with a server code 200 success. Not only does this cause diminished SEO benefits, but in some situations, a CMS can also cause problems.
This is an extremely challenging process that's prone to error. To successfully get a multi-national Web site structure treated the way we want, we need to reduce the risk of that error. If you run into problems, try posting a question in Google's...
This includes background colors, fonts and font sizes, form field order and layout, text labels, and error messages. Once problems are uncovered, they're sent back to the implementation team for rework.
Common Problems with 404 Error Pages SEM CROSSFIRE Misconfigured 404 error pages can affect your search engine rankings. The last thing you need in the Google index is an error page, but even worse are multiple URLs that were mistyped being...
Common Problems with 404 Error Pages SEM CROSSFIRE Misconfigured 404 error pages can affect your search engine rankings. The last thing you need in the Google index is an error page, but even worse are multiple URLs that were mistyped being...
The last thing you need in the Google index is an error page. It may surprise you to learn that the way a Web site handles 404 error pages can affect search engine rankings. Although some would argue how much negative weighting is placed on sites...
In today's Search Marketing Crossfire column, "Common Problems with 404 Error Pages," Chris Boggs and Frank Watson outline some best practices for creating custom 404 pages. Misconfigured 404 error pages can affect your search engine rankings.
During times of either configuration problems or simply an outage, a search engine may see one of the following: DNS is unavailable, Network is not available, 500s in a large volume, and if a server is setup incorrectly, it could see redirects to...
Another issue that can drive your site into the floor: returning "server not available" messages such as "500" range messages: the 5xx Server Error message. Typically a 500 error is returned when the Web server is overloaded and can't keep up.
Redirecting users to a temporary server, and serving up an HTTP 404 error, with a custom error page, is a very common way to handle this. Most people with planned outages want to serve up a user-friendly error telling their users to “come back in...
Yahoo also lists the home page, but ironically, gives it a bad description because of a coding error in that site's meta description tag. But they do give you a feel for some of the challenges and problems MSN will need to correct.
Indeed, this scraping of data and guessing means the service can be prone to error. Sure, but for all the usual problems with meta tags, this isn't likely to be trusted by search engines. If you are outside these countries, to prepare for this...
