FAQ: Google

[Viflux]

Apache Rewrite engine only processes strings after the domain name (i.e. after the first slash). So, you cannot use it to rewrite from one domain name to another.

Not true.

You can match on the HTTP_HOST and then rewrite the entire request to an entirely different domain, should you desire.

[cadmium]

I'm lost on the "search shortcut" section. I clicked on the link and was taken to example.com. It didn't tell me how many incoming links I have. I know it's something simple, but what am I doing wrong?

[dj aC]

Informative read. Thanks stymiee

[randomdoody]

You clearly know you stuff good work!

[cringer]

This is a great thread! Thanks very much. I like the htaccess method of eliminating duplicate pointers to the domain.

I was wondering if anyone can show me how to take that a step further. Using vBulletin, it loves to redirect people to the home page as "index.php". This is a bit annoying because the place where I want page rank most (home page) is constantly being seen as a different page (and has a separate page rank). I'm trying to solve that.

I just want to eliminate index.php everywhere it is found.

so this:

http://www.example.com/index.php

becomes:

http://www.example.com/

and this:

http://www.example.com/index.php?this=1&that=2

becomes:

http://www.example.com/?this=1&that=2

I have tried to mess around with mod_rewrite but I swear it just doesn't like me.

[Tijmen]

This link doesn't work anymore ->webmasterbrain

This tool is no longer available on WebmasterBrain. It has since moved to the SEO Chat website.

[wolfbeauty]

Thank you !

[gunjannagar]

very nice faq.thanks for writing it. it help me a lot. i wanted to know more about googlebombing

[waly]

Thats a great help ... Thanks a lot ....

[dotancohen]

The mod_rewrite was a good tip. Thanks for that one.

[deep_3657]

Thanks for sharing

[aspen]

Why does my website have a higher PR with the 'www' then without it?



You should include abit about how you can now specify which one you want Google to use in a Google Sitemaps account.

[Webmaster7]

An important doubt I have is: we can't change our own domain info?

I have a site with 7 years, which means that I can't:

- change my whois info, or protect it ?
- transfer it to another registrar ?
- change webhosting ?

Or they will think I sold my site?

It's a pitty, because since 2000 I've done this several times, and the domain was always mine...

The internet is an ever changing world. We can't let it grow static.

[Jay-Bird]

Very good & Informative read... Thanks stymiee and everyone..a few eye openers too!

[telekinesis07]

This will be very helpful!

[thetafferboy83]

Noice work, stymiee

[x3mario]

Hello guys,

I have a question also about my blogs. Last week , the alexa rank is quiet high, it reach to 6 million + but today when I check the rank it down 2 million plus. What do you think is the reason why it lower compare to previous week?

Comment/suggestion is highly appreciated. Thank is advance.

[bridanp]

Awesome FAQ!

[x3mario]

Sorry folks on my last post in this topic. Yeah, I'm asking about alexa ranking and we know that alexa is for traffic, right? when I wrote this post, all working in my mind is PR not TRAFFIC that's why I asked about this. But now I realized that alexa is for traffic not PR and I know already that my blog keeps on growing because as I've said last last day it hits 6 million + but now it lowers down to 2 million + meaning that it still growing.

[electroskan.com]

Another great post there Stymiee

[Raul Hanchate]

Good work stymiee...
Thanks for post.

[rcj662]

Great post. Covers most of the basics in one post.

[songchai]

Another wonderful Thread for New Comer Like me. Great!

[Mark R]

Great work stymiee on your SEO post. I disagree about one point. I do think that google ranks .com over other domain names.

I have also noticed that some search engines are now able to read some javascripts text.

You have a link Google Zeitgeist, it is no longer working, it should be google hottrends now.

[stymiee]

Great work stymiee on your SEO post. I disagree about one point. I do think that google ranks .com over other domain names.

They don't and there is no reason to. there is nothing special about .com that it should rank higher so why should they do so? It's not the TLD that matters. It's the content.