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Stephen Ostermiller

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

May 6, 2014

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

Feb 28, 2013

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

Oct 16, 2014

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

Nov 20, 2014

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What is the difference between a URI and a URL?

Mar 4, 2015

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

Jul 11, 2015

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Prevent XML sitemaps from showing up in Google search results

May 20, 2014

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

May 12, 2014

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StartSSL certificate gives SEC_ERROR_REVOKED_CERTIFICATE in Firefox and ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID in Chrome

Feb 1, 2017

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

Nov 2, 2013

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Do you need to credit a thumbnail photo?

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For product comparison page what will be the ideal URL structure in terms of SEO?

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How should the HTML lang attribute be formatted in terms of case and delimiter?

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How to avoid SSL warnings about certificate not for the current site when redirecting alternate domains?

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