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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

SEO

Does 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

SEO

A 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

SEO

A 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

Infosec

Problems with indexable internal search pages

It's possible to inject messages or even live links into many websites because of their poorly implemented internal

SEO

The 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

SEO

404 Page Not Found

This page was Not Found (404). I do want them to find the page after this cheeky link though.

WHTG

Fix: “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

Bots

Making 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

SEO

Feeding AlsoAsked.com questions into AI

This post was generated by an artificial intelligence answering questions provided by AlsoAsked.com.

Bots

How 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

SEO

Will 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

WHTG

Folding@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

SEO

SEO 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

Bots

Scraping and identifying faces on Twitter with Python #FaceApp

Worried about #FaceApp? Anybody could harvest millions of faces and names without permission anyway.

SEO

Google’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

SEO

Does 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.

WHTG

How 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

SEO

Google 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

WHTG

How 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

SEO

Svertorobotingle – 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

WHTG

Catan 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

Bots

I 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

Infosec

Why 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