How to remove a website from Google

How to remove a website from Google

There are several options to prevent your web site from being indexed by Google. For best results it is highly recommended to use all of them. Otherwise your web site might still appear in search results. The first is using … Continued
How to Leverage Browser Caching

How to Leverage Browser Caching

The most important cache mechanism for page speed is browser caching. Most of the static files that are used on web pages can be saved on the computer of your visitor for future access. You can add the following rules … Continued
Leverage Browser Caching for Images, CSS and JS

Leverage Browser Caching for Images, CSS and JS

To leverage your browser’s caching generally means that you can specify how long web browsers should keep images, CSS and JS stored locally. That way the user’s browser will download less data while navigating through your pages, which will improve … Continued
How to enable gZIP compression for your pages?

How to enable gZIP compression for your pages?

GZIP compression improves the performance of your website and decreases its loading time. When a visitor makes a request for your website, the server compresses the requested page, significantly reducing its size, and transfers it to the customer’s computer. On … Continued
Common reasons for a site to load slowly

Common reasons for a site to load slowly

The time for loading a web site depends mostly on: 1. The number / size of external resources included in the site. 2. Properly resized images to their visible size. 3. The database queries executed while the site loads. Examples: … Continued
Is there crawl-delay on SiteGround servers?

Is there crawl-delay on SiteGround servers?

We do not apply any default crawl delay directive on our servers. You can decide what crawl-delay, if any, should be applied to your site(s) by editing your robots.txt file. Crawl-delay can be set by adding a line in this file with the following … Continued
SEO – General Guide

SEO – General Guide

Basic Understanding Most people understand Search Engine Optimization or SEO as a way to increase the traffic on their site. A better understanding of SEO is the process of optimizing your content in order to be easier to find by … Continued
How to Stop Crawler and Ghost Spam in Google Analytics

How to Stop Crawler and Ghost Spam in Google Analytics

One of the most useful Google Analytics features helps webmasters track the referral URLs, from which people land on their website. Unfortunately spammers utilize this possibility to promote their own websites or damage the image of unrelated companies by inserting … Continued
How to decrease the crawl rate of Bing’s search engine bot

How to decrease the crawl rate of Bing’s search engine bot

The MSN bot or BING bot crawls your website to index your website’s content and show the results under the Bing search engine. Bing supports the directives of the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) which can be listed in a site’s robots.txt file. The crawl … Continued