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File ownership for mediawiki and semantic media wiki

I installed mediawiki & semantic mediawiki on a laptop with Ubuntu 20.04. Questions Should the www-data user own every file of mediawiki? Is it better to let root own the files? Should I run ...
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Reclaim Domain Control

I believe the answer is a given, but there may be a loophole somewhere that I haven't uncovered. I have been contacted by a business to take over their web design and hosting. Currently they are ...
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After verify site ownership is it ok to remove html meta tag from index html file?

we have verified our site ownership using HTML tag in index file of our website <meta name="google-site-verification" content="your verification string"> we have added above ...
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Will reverifying a new owner in Google Search Console cause data loss or ranking problems?

I want to add a new owner to Google Search Console using re-verification. Will I lose data and rankings if I do that?
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Registering a domain as an individual and then assigning it to a company?

When registering a domain name contact information should be given about the owner (address, city, country, phone number etc.) If I register a domain using my personal information and then after ...
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Move a site from a subdomain of another domain when we won't be able to obtain a redirect

Good morning, I'd appreciate if you guys could help me with a situation I have at the moment with the company I work in. We're an online newspaper focused in Technology articles, so have our own ...
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Can I claim an ownership of a site in google search console independently of other owners

I am asking for help with the following problem: I own a website in Google Search Console (as [email protected], along with another owner): Later on I logged in under my company's name, created a ...
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What information is available about a Domain Name [closed]

What information is available about a domain name (one that is registered) such as the owner. the company, industry, location, context it is used in, or other metadata about the domain name.
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GA Data Ownership Client / Account Owner

I created a website for a client a few years back, I setup GA under my standard, personal account so I have full account ownership. Now, having not maintained the website in a while, the client would ...
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How can I recover a Google Analytic account for a Meetup group? [closed]

I have taken over a Meetup Group, which is a social network that supports Google Analytics tracking code. I have sufficient permission to change the tracking code. However it does not support ...
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Can I register a new domain name in owner's name, with the invoice in my business name?

Is it possible - and how? - to register a new domain name in the owner's name, with the invoice in my business name? I would want to continue this arrangement on each extension of domain registration. ...
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How to prove that a particular website is mine?

What methods can I use to prove I own a particular website?
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When I buy a domain name, what am I actually getting? [closed]

I can buy a domain name from GoDaddy or similar, and then I get to associate it with some IP address I have control over (e.g. a web server). But when I buy a domain name, what happens on the ...
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How can I find the owner of a specific domain?

I found a domain which I would like to purchase. The website on the domain was last modified on 1998 and contains a single mail address. Obviously I tried to contact the owner by mail without success. ...
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Who is the real owner of a gTLD domain with Privacy Proxy?

I recently registered a .email domain planning to make it my primary personal email for the time being, with my registrar I accepted a privacy service, my thought was they were going to mask my ...
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Transfering site and domain ownership

I currently have a website through Google's blogspot and a couple of years ago I purchased and maintain up to today a custom domain name. I am about to transfer the ownership of the site to someone ...
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Is it possble to discover that an addon domain is owned by the same person as the main domain?

I have a business site (example.com) hosted at NameCheap. The hosting plan allows up to 4 addon domains. I have two more personal sites (a.com, b.com) on another hosting. Obviously for reducing the ...
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How Do I Contact a Domain Owner Who Doesnt Use Email? (Private Registration)

So there is this .com USA based domain set up wrong and is dumping traffic onto our DNS. This domain is privatized with namecheap whois masking, and since it's wrong routing, I can't send emails ...
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I am taking ownership of a website. Do I need to take ownership on the domain name first, and then transfer the website to the new host?

I am going to be rebuilding a new website for a new client. There current site is at a different host and registar. I want to transfer ownership. Which one do I do first? Domain name to new registar ...
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Who Owns a Domain Name?

I have a friend (let's say his name is "Fred") who traded some services in exchange for someone (let's say his name is "Sam") to build him a website for his business. Rather than registering the ...
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Transfer ownership of abandoned Google Analytics account

The web team of a new client was fully responsible for the client's Google Analytics account, meaning the client didn't keep records of the account. Now that that web team has gone under we are trying ...
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Privacy Policy & Terms - Holder of the treatment

I have a legal question: Often I see in Privacy Policies and Terms of Conditions the point/field entitled: "Holder of the treatment." Usually in the "Holder of the treatment" field, websites puts ...
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How to prove content is mine after somtime using web

I need some suggestions as to how proved the ownership of content in case it is stolen using Web exclusively and that'd be the interest of every Webmaster publishing any content. I mean I've plenty ...
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Web pages with mixed ownership photos

I have a photo website. 15% of the photos belong to approved registered users. They agree my terms about uploading their images in my web pages. I include a photographer credit on right bottom corner. ...
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How to reclaim ownership of a domain name from a shared web host?

When I was signing up for a (shared) web hosting for my web site the company, BlueHost, provided a domain name with it. Now I want to switch to another web hosting company, because of the excessive ...
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How to verify that someone owns a website?

I'm trying to think of ways to, as securely as possible, verify that a user owns a website that they claim to own. Here are some ways I've seen: Upload an obscurely-named HTML file to the root ...
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Should I patent a web application before launching it?

While discussing a website idea I had with friends and worked on it, they told me to be wary of theft regarding the website. Since the code I'd be working on would be mostly JavaScript and HTML, the ...
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What do I need to know about selling a website?

I have run a hobby website for about seven years and it has gained a lot of traffic. I was recently approached with a purchase inquiry a company which appears to be reputable with a price I am happy ...
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Does changing domain ownership affect SEO?

I have heard that when domain ownership changes, the domain loses its page rank. My theory on this is: Lots of sites selling high PR domains actually cheat. They invest in high PR links for the ...
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How to transfer domain ownership from one organization (or individual) to another?

What's the general process to transfer domain ownership from one organization (or individual) to another? Is there a good reference on doing this? Note: I'm not referring to moving a domain from one ...
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How can I hide whois information?

Is it possible to hide ownership of a domain, so i won't show up on whois searches for domains I own, even if you know where to look?
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