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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

What is link building?

The way your website ranks in the Search Engines Result Pages (SERP) depends on many variables. One of the most important ones is the number of links in external pages pointing to your website. Link Building is a term that … Continued

Last-Modified HTTP header explained

When a visitor browses your website, his/her browser caches your images, html, style sheet and other files locally for better performance. If you have the so-called “Last-Modified” header set in your pages, next time when the same visitor loads your … Continued

What to do if your website has been marked by Google as harmful

If you see the following warning when you visit your site: This site may harm your computer. this means that your website has been marked by Google as harmful because it contains malicious code. The first thing to do is … Continued

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

What is Google PageRank?

PageRank is Google’s technology for rating the importance and quality of a web page. It is one of the variables used by Google to determine how high your site will be placed in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERP). The … Continued

Why does my website look different on different browsers?

Having a website look the same on different browsers has been an ongoing issue for the web designers all over the world. The reason is simple – the visualization of a website depends on many different variables such as: How … Continued

HTTP error codes explained

There are multiple HTTP codes that you may come across. Below you can find a summary of the most popular HTTP error codes: “200 OK” – You will not see this code when browsing a regular page. It means that the … Continued

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

What are Search Engine Friendly URLs (SEF) and why are they important?

There are different ways of showing your site content on the Internet. Many site applications show pages in format similar to this: http://yourdomainname.com/index.php?page=photos Such links are bad for the SEO of your website. The search engine will consider both http://yourdomainname.com/index.php and http://yourdomainname.com/index.php?page=photos as one … Continued