Stephen Ostermiller

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If ICANN only charges 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10?

May 6 '14

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How should I structure my URLs for both SEO and localization?

Feb 28 '13

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When webservers send a page, why don't they send all required CSS, JS, and images without being asked?

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Why do big sites use multiple servers instead of one server with better specifications?

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What is the difference between a URI and a URL?

Mar 4 '15

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Prevent XML sitemaps from showing up in Google search results

May 20 '14

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How do I make my site compatible with Firefox's Reader View feature

Jul 11 '15

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How can I tell how big my Amazon RDS database (MySQL) is?

May 12 '14

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StartSSL certificate gives SEC_ERROR_REVOKED_CERTIFICATE in Firefox and ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID in Chrome

Feb 1 '17

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Can you use googleon and googleoff comments to prevent Googlebot from indexing part of a page?

Nov 2 '13

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How does Google judge page performance if audience is from one specific region & server is also in same region

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How to force users to see new site instead of the cached version?

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Why is a link to www.example.software not working?

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How do you determine a good set of breakpoints for srcset image sizes

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The Sitemap Paradox

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Does Googlebot support SPDY?

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How do you get Google to show wiki information about your site in the right side bar of the search results?

Oct 7 '16

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