Questions tagged [blog]
Blogs are journals made of dated entries and published on the web. Their name derives from the term "web log."
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Can I move a WordPress blog on its own domain to Medium without a custom domain and not hurt SEO
I'm planning to move my blog from WordPress to Medium. I'm hosting the blog on AWS EC2 currently and the domain name is sqlgossip.com
I just want to move to Medium publication without any domain like ...
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Should I add my blog posts as regular HTML pages on my website
I have a main website (http://www.example.com) and a blog (http://blog.example.com), the blog is powered by Blogger. Sometimes users may do a search and it brings up the blog page but I think it would ...
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I've read many books and became an expert in a subject area - would it be a copyright infringement if I share my knowledge on my blog?
Let's say I've read many books and became an expert in a subject area. If I share my knowledge on my blog with details and start to earn some money, would I infringe upon the copyright of these book ...
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Any website builder / blogging platform that has Math Editor in the Rich Content Editor? [closed]
I am looking for a website builder / blogging platform that has Math Editor in the Rich Content Editor[1]
Any suggestions?
1.https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-12859-4152724160
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Whats the correct htaccess line to direct from sub-domain to main domain
We have a blog on a subdomain which needs to be moved to the main domain
ie: blog.example.com/post-title
to example.com/blog/post-title
Do I need to create a redirect match for each individual post/...
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Google search console [duplicate]
I am facing this problem on my samakal blog
Google search console is showing this message "URLs for your site and alternate URLs in 'BN' that do not have return tags." How can I fix it easily?
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Blog on subdirectory
I have a very simple doubt relate to blogs on subdirectories. I have a main website built with WordPress and I want a blog with it.
When we read about the recommendation to put a blog on the ...
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Using a domain that includes some part of other domain
I recently bought this domain: www.stumbleat.com to blog about various Science and Technology related topics.
I realised that there’s a very famous website by the name: StumbleUpon (www.stumbleat.com)...
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Will my SEO be affected if I omit images in my post?
I have a WordPress blog and I have no intention to have a featured image or any image in my post content.
Will this affect my SEO?
Note: I understand I won't get search traffic for images.
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If a blogging platform doesn't allow deletion of users personal data, who is liable under the GDPR?
I am using a company which offers free blogging service wordpress.com. On that service, there are European blogs with post contacts (name, email, telephone) which is not erasable by the users.
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Can the use of lang="en-US" on a blog affect international traffic?
We have our main domain ranking in Google for 100+ countries. We have WordPress blog setup for this domain which is at: example.com/Blog
For this blog, we had many keyword rankings in various ...
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Add blogging functionality into an existing Laravel site vs a separate WordPress blogging site in a sub domain
We have an Internet marketplace project written in Laravel 5. We need to add a blog for this project. Which option is better from SEO perspective?:
Extend the existing Laravel site by adding a ...
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SEO impact of native vs. custom blog post types in WordPress
When I was setting up my Wordpress based site, the native blog post type (posts) didn't offer the structure and features I was after, so I created my own custom post type (library) with additional ...
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Is it necessary to have "blog" somewhere in the URL for a blog for SEO?
I am developing a website which will have only blogs, about us page, and contact page. The homepage is listing of all blogs.
Should have include blog in the URL like example.com/blog/sample-slug or ...
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Is there a best practice for blog URL formatting (dated vs. non-dated)? [duplicate]
Wondering whether there's any written best practice from an authoritative source (Google or a Google representative like John Mueller) that discusses best practices for blog URL formatting.
I believe ...
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Blog is only indexed in Google search under HTTPS and not HTTP
I searched Google for my title match website is not there in the first 300.
Domain age close to 9 years. The website has been live since then, though I have actively started maintaining it from ...
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Do I need to prevent users from posting duplicate content from elsewhere for SEO on a multi-author blog?
I made a multi-author website, where volunteer writers publish articles, and in return a description about them is shown under their articles, now I need them to sign a contract, with some statements ...
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How should structured data look for WordPress categories and tags?
Working on rebuilding a WordPress blog with structured data I researched the site and ran across "Using Schema.org for blogging: Article VS BlogPosting" and decided to use the Article schema.
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Should I noindex pages with standalone parts of the whole parent blog post?
I have a particular setup on my blog where I make blog posts that consist of 25 items - like "25 things that are this and that...".
Each of the 25 items is unique - created by me. These blog posts ...
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How to Change Blogger author name?
I have transferred my Blogger blog having few blogposts, from my old email address to new one. And Make some more posts on it.
Now when I check our blog, it showing 2 blogger authors in their new &...
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How will using the Wordpress API affect SEO ranking for company blog?
We are currently discussing various options for implementing a blog engine or Content Managing System. We have a Ruby on Rails application, which gives us the option of using an existing gem, creating ...
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Should a blog article's timezone for 'posted' date/time be that of the author or the visitor?
When a visitor is reading a blog post, should the 'posted' date/time displayed at the top or bottom of the article be based on the author's timezone, or the visitor's timezone?
This question isn't ...
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Is there any SEO benefit to having blog post links on home page?
Should blog posts be linked on the home page or is it sufficient to have a /blog page with all the links on it?
I know the home page generally has the largest page authority so I was wondering ...
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Website hosted on www domain but blog hosted on non-www domain. Does this hurt the website in terms of SEO?
We have a company website that uses the www version using 301 redirects for all non-www versions but our blog which is a WordPress site is on the non-www version.
i.e, all our main pages are
http://...
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Will displaying author bios on posts, after they were previously hidden, cause SEO problems?
I used to hide author bios from my blog posts. The age of site is 11 months. From now on, if I show the author bios on every post, will it cause any problem with Google?
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Can I include a Ghost blog as an iframe or similar within my website?
I'm a web developer with an interest in creating slick data visualisation applications etc.
Most tech websites I see, have some kind of blog. I figure I should have a blog at least - to help with my ...
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What is maximum rate allowed for a duplicate content in a website?
One of my site is having 23% duplicate content when I analysed my site with siteliner.com. Is this rate is admissible for google? But at the same time I have checked my blog content for duplicates ...
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Can backlinks from question and answer sites such as StackExchange and Quora, help a blog's SEO?
If I put my blog URL on a question and answer site, like Quora or StackExchange, will it help in my site's SEO and will I get better rankings in search engines?
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Can I mix languages in my blog (from an SEO perspective)
I am writing a rather technical blog in German. But for some topics that are heavily technical (like API tutorials) I feel that the English language would be more appropriate (I assume most people ...
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When using WordPress how do you tell how many read a post when the post is also shown on often visited home page?
I've recently published my first post with Wordpress, however figured out that the blog posts will all be read on the home page - as I'm presuming you can't write different posts on different 'menu' ...
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Will removing a promotional site with little traffic from my main domain and moving my sub-domain blog there affect SEO?
I have a blog under a sub-domain, let's say it's test.example.com. I want to move all my sub-domain content to my main domain example.com and delete my sub-domain. How much will this affect my SEO ...
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How can I prevent a blogspot blog from misusing our company's toll free number?
An unknown blogger is utilizing the toll free number of my company, which is leading to tons of misleading calls.
I tried contact the blogger but couldn't find any lead. I even tried asking Google ...
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Differences Between Building a Custom Blog vs Building a Blog on Blogger [closed]
I just wanted to if there is any difference between building a custom blog (i.e. blog with purchased domain and host) and building a blog on blogger. I mean with a blog on blogger, you can create ...
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Can I use the same title as someone else in my blog post?
I want to use the title "What Is React Native" for my a blog next week as I think my type of customer might want to know. However when I did a Google search for it, I found that this title was already ...
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Which Schema.org type is right, "Blog" or "BlogPosting" for a simple blog article? [duplicate]
In reference to the Blog schema, do I use Blog or BlogPosting in the @type field? I've seen examples of both.
The example below passes both Google's structured data test and the Structured Data ...
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Why are there requests for non-existent WordPress URLs on my vb.net website?
I have a vb.net website and in the website I've also a WordPress blog website. I'm getting unknown URL in my log file which do not exist in the website. I logged in to Google Webmaster Tools and there ...
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How can a website rank high in SERPs without a blog? [duplicate]
So I'm starting a medical practice, and creating a website for it. We don't want to do a blog, as we see no need to duplicate information out there, and we can't resource ongoing. Yet if we don't have ...
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How to move blogs from BlogSpot to my own domain without harming SEO? [closed]
I am website (riddles) http://example.blogspot.com/
and the solution site http://example2.blogspot.com
To my bad i created 2 blogs. Now I am planning to move these 2 blogs into a single site (say ...
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how to increase my blog traffic? [duplicate]
hi Im a newbie and I have been assigned a task for improving traffic to my company blog posts. how can I gain traffic through refferal traffic and improve my position in SERP. and also how to frame ...
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Is it OK for SEO for a blog post to link to an ecommerce product page and vice versa?
I am referring to an e-commerce environment, there is the blog part and the website part. I know that the blog should link to the product page, but is it a wise choice to link a product page back to ...
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Wordpress permalink structure with mutliple categories [duplicate]
I am trying to find out whether the permalink structure affects ranking and which of these two permalinks is better to use.
I have nested categories on my blog, now my link looks as follows
https://...
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How to use <article> tags in the home page of a blog?
I have a home page of a blog where I have the img, title, date, and a brief summary or intro for each post. Then a link to the full text in another page. I am not sure how I should use <article> ...
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Moving a custom domain google blogger blog to WordPress
The title tells what I'm trying, but here's some specific questions which I could not find answers for on the WordPress FAQ.
Just to get the order of things right. Can I just move everything to a ....
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Website Blog Hacked. Solution Required [closed]
The blog section of my website is currently hacked. When I do a site: I can find a lot of new pages with Japanese text(randomly creating directories) that have been indexed. I have gone through the ...
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Blog and BlogPosting for Google
Schema.org has Article, Blog and BlogPosting.
Structured Data Markup Helper only uses Article.
If I understand Blog and BlogPosting are types of Article. So I suppose it is just a way to be more ...
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Preventing Duplicate Meta Errors in Multi-page Sections
I'm getting duplicate meta description errors in Google Search Console on the categories of my blog. As new posts are added and cap the amount of posts per page, a new page is created (Global ...
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Possessive form with nickname/name for a blog title
I am trying to find out whether it is a good idea to use the possessive form with a nickname.
I am creating my personal blog, I am hesitating between the simple nickname/name form and the possessive ...
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Do blog titles that exceed the recommended amount for title tags hurt SEO?
Some of our blog posts on the company site get flagged in Moz Site Crawl as having title tags with more characters than recommended.
Does this hurt SEO? My thinking is that since blog titles are ...
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Should you target popular (i.e competitive) keywords as a small website?
I am now writing articles for blog posts on a website that is about to be launched in a very competitive space (dating advice). It is very unlikely we will get the links necessary to compete on ...
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Google analytics reports that a deleted blog still receives traffic
I had a blog on my WordPress site and I deleted it a couple of months ago but I still notice sessions to this page in my Google Analytics Results.
What are the possible measures I can take to stop ...