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cats.txt Specification (Draft v1.0)
1. Introduction The cats.txt file is a proposed web standard for declaring cat-related metadata about a domain. Ins
SEODoes it use meta description or OG description?
Hello, this is the meta description you are seeing! These are some extra characters to hit minimum thresholds
SEOA new SEO test
I am running a new SEO test I want it to get indexed so I did a nice big link for Google as it loves reasonable sur
SEOA technical comparison of ChatGPT vs Google’s Bard
Not really! This is a post to prove that ChatGPT cannot access live web data and is going to summarise this post in
InfosecProblems with indexable internal search pages
It's possible to inject messages or even live links into many websites because of their poorly implemented internal
SEOThe other post to make the test fair
In the name of fair play, I need to do a 'control' for the other test I am running. This should minimise people com
SEO404 Page Not Found
This page was Not Found (404). I do want them to find the page after this cheeky link though.
WHTGFix: “Unity is already in list. You cannot locate the same version” error
If you have an error flashing up in Unity Hub for a moment that says "Unity is already in list. you cannot locate t
BotsMaking a UK COVID-19 vaccine Twitter bot
I'm not sure how much of my life I have spent watching progress bars, spinning circles, and animated hours glasses
SEOFeeding AlsoAsked.com questions into AI
This post was generated by an artificial intelligence answering questions provided by AlsoAsked.com.
BotsHow I accidentally found people’s bank statements online while trying to build links
While on a foolish errand to do some 'experimental' link building, I found a credit company exposing peoples' paysl
SEOWill Google discover pages from links on noindex pages? (x-robots & on-page)
Google will not render Javascript on noindex pages. This test will see if a page with only 1 link from a page that
WHTGFolding@Home 3D visualisation not working fix (Windows)
There is a bug is the current (v7.5.x) Folding@Home client for Windows that is unlikely to be fixed soon that cause
SEOSEO and PPC curated memes and shitposts
If you're struggling to get through your SEO/PPC day, hopefully you can relate to some of these
BotsScraping and identifying faces on Twitter with Python #FaceApp
Worried about #FaceApp? Anybody could harvest millions of faces and names without permission anyway.
SEOGoogle’s crazy leg counting in featured snippets
Did you know, according to Google, a rabbit has 200 legs, a duck has 40, a mule has 6 and the poor whale only has 4
SEODoes noindex in robots.txt work with Google?
A simple test to see if we can block indexing of a page in Google by specifying the noindex in the robots.txt file.
WHTGHow to fix Windows 10 bootrec /fixboot ‘access is denied’
If you're getting the 'access is denied' error when trying to fix your master boot record (MBR), this fix will have
SEOGoogle appears good at ignoring canonical tags on non-equivalent pages
A small SEO test I did to see if I could force a page to rank for another search term by using a canonical tag from
WHTGHow to bulk delete Twitter likes instantly through Chrome
Five simple steps to instantly delete all of your Twitter likes through Google Chrome without installing anything o
SEOSvertorobotingle – PHASE ONE of indexing (no javascript)
If title reads "PHASE ONE" no javascript has been rendered. If title reads "PHASE TWO" javascript has been rendered
WHTGCatan Universe: Friend online but can’t join or invite to game fix
I recently had an issue with the Settlers of Catan game, Catan Universe. My friend and I could see each other onlin
BotsI checked 106,852 email addresses and 19.8% were compromised
Read how I conducted research that shows there is a 1 in 5 chance that your login credentials have been compromised
InfosecWhy tvlicensing.co.uk are processing millions of customers’ data insecurely
Despite the claims on their website, tvlicensing.co.uk are sending personally identifiable information in plain, un