#webmasters — Public Fediverse posts

ICYMI: Google's expiry tag forces a re-crawl, and it won't fix 50% of 404 hits: Classifieds site cycles 10,000 listings monthly on 24-72 hour lifespans against 5,000 stable URLs. Half of Googlebot hits land on 404s. What the tag misses. https://ppc.land/googles-expiry-tag-forces-a-re-crawl-and-it-wont-fix-50-of-404-hits/ #SEO #Googlebot #404Errors #Webmasters #DigitalMarketing

ICYMI: Google's expiry tag forces a re-crawl, and it won't fix 50% of 404 hits: Classifieds site cycles 10,000 listings monthly on 24-72 hour lifespans against 5,000 stable URLs. Half of Googlebot hits land on 404s. What the tag misses. https://ppc.land/googles-expiry-tag-forces-a-re-crawl-and-it-wont-fix-50-of-404-hits/ #SEO #Googlebot #404Errors #Webmasters #DigitalMarketing

think ive finally finished answering the 100 questions! (it's a bit long)
https://shens.world/about/100webmaster

show me yours!
#indieweb #webmasters

ICYMI: Google asks SEO community to vote on Deep Dive Europe 2026 location: Google is asking site owners and SEO professionals to vote on the city and timing for Search Central Live Deep Dive Europe 2026, with six cities in contention. https://ppc.land/google-asks-seo-community-to-vote-on-deep-dive-europe-2026-location/ #SEO #SearchEngineOptimization #DigitalMarketing #Google #Webmasters

ICYMI: Google asks SEO community to vote on Deep Dive Europe 2026 location: Google is asking site owners and SEO professionals to vote on the city and timing for Search Central Live Deep Dive Europe 2026, with six cities in contention. https://ppc.land/google-asks-seo-community-to-vote-on-deep-dive-europe-2026-location/ #SEO #SearchEngineOptimization #DigitalMarketing #Google #Webmasters

#Webmasters si par hasard vous utilisez un système de réputation d'IP (genre crowdsec ou autre), par pitié AFFICHEZ UN PURIN DE MESSAGE EXPLICITE SUR LES RAISONS DU BLOCAGE.
Ne faites par comme Ameli.fr qui affiche juste une page vide. 🤬

- ça permet aux gens de ne pas rester bloqués comme des cons.
- ça signale qu'il y a potentiellement un problème lié à l'IP (malware ou logiciel de scrapping d'IA dans le réseau local)

#Webmasters si par hasard vous utilisez un système de réputation d'IP (genre crowdsec ou autre), par pitié AFFICHEZ UN PURIN DE MESSAGE EXPLICITE SUR LES RAISONS DU BLOCAGE.
Ne faites par comme Ameli.fr qui affiche juste une page vide. 🤬

- ça permet aux gens de ne pas rester bloqués comme des cons.
- ça signale qu'il y a potentiellement un problème lié à l'IP (malware ou logiciel de scrapping d'IA dans le réseau local)

Best WordPress Plugins for Affiliate and Arbitrage Webmasters https://visualmodo.com/best-wordpress-plugins-for-affiliate-and-arbitrage-webmasters/ 💡🧑‍💻🔗 #Webmasters #Arbitrage #Affiliate #Plugins #WordPress

Best WordPress Plugins for Affiliate and Arbitrage Webmasters https://visualmodo.com/best-wordpress-plugins-for-affiliate-and-arbitrage-webmasters/ 💡🧑‍💻🔗 #Webmasters #Arbitrage #Affiliate #Plugins #WordPress

FYI: Google starts sending Search Console warnings for back button hijacking: Google today issued Search Console warnings to sites detected hijacking the browser back button, ahead of the June 15, 2026 spam policy enforcement deadline. https://ppc.land/google-starts-sending-search-console-warnings-for-back-button-hijacking/ #Google #SearchConsole #SEO #Webmasters #DigitalMarketing

FYI: Google starts sending Search Console warnings for back button hijacking: Google today issued Search Console warnings to sites detected hijacking the browser back button, ahead of the June 15, 2026 spam policy enforcement deadline. https://ppc.land/google-starts-sending-search-console-warnings-for-back-button-hijacking/ #Google #SearchConsole #SEO #Webmasters #DigitalMarketing

To all #webmasters who use their service: This may be a quick fix for your #crawler woes. But you're not going to like the future they usher in. Your own #descendents will ask you one day why you ceded the control of this wonderful public resource to the likes of CF.

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Danny Sullivan republishes 30-year-old search engine guide from 1996: Danny Sullivan last week republished his 1996 Webmaster's Guide to Search Engines, a 30-year milestone document that shaped modern SEO practices and terminology. https://ppc.land/danny-sullivan-republishes-30-year-old-search-engine-guide-from-1996/ #SEO #SearchEngines #DigitalMarketing #DannySullivan #Webmasters

Danny Sullivan republishes 30-year-old search engine guide from 1996: Danny Sullivan last week republished his 1996 Webmaster's Guide to Search Engines, a 30-year milestone document that shaped modern SEO practices and terminology. https://ppc.land/danny-sullivan-republishes-30-year-old-search-engine-guide-from-1996/ #SEO #SearchEngines #DigitalMarketing #DannySullivan #Webmasters

Worried about WordPress plugin flaws? This detailed guide helps you fix the CleanTalk vulnerability fast!

Read full guide: https://go-techsolution.com/cleantalk-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-fix-guide/

#SecurityTips #WPPlugins #CleanTalkFixGuide #ProtectYourSite #Webmasters

A tl;dr, non-exhaustive list with current gotchas of the WordPress Gutenberg editor. As of 15-01-2026.

Let me know if something has changed.

https://loggedfixes.com/reports/shortcomings-of-the-wordpress-gutenberg-editor-at-the-time-of-writing/

#WordPress #Gutenberg #WebDesign #WebDev #WebDevelopment #Webmasters

A tl;dr, non-exhaustive list with current gotchas of the WordPress Gutenberg editor. As of 15-01-2026.

Let me know if something has changed.

https://loggedfixes.com/reports/shortcomings-of-the-wordpress-gutenberg-editor-at-the-time-of-writing/

#WordPress #Gutenberg #WebDesign #WebDev #WebDevelopment #Webmasters

It looks like there is yet another AI scraper on the loose. Their user-agent links itself to a repository on github that has only a readme.md, and a webmasters.txt on it.
Their description of the bot is vague to say the least.

They hit my selfhosted website, and the forum of my main website boykisser.nl. But they only made 2 requests, one of which is robots.txt with a generic go-http-client.

their website has the .ai TLD which rings all my alarm bells.

They say they respect robots.txt. But i have to see this, but i think i have to resort to a User-Agent block soon

The user-agent string is: "TerraCotta https://github.com/CeramicTeam/CeramicTerracotta" if someone wants to grep their serverlogs.

#webmaster #webmasters #ai #aislop #scrapers

It looks like there is yet another AI scraper on the loose. Their user-agent links itself to a repository on github that has only a readme.md, and a webmasters.txt on it.
Their description of the bot is vague to say the least.

They hit my selfhosted website, and the forum of my main website boykisser.nl. But they only made 2 requests, one of which is robots.txt with a generic go-http-client.

their website has the .ai TLD which rings all my alarm bells.

They say they respect robots.txt. But i have to see this, but i think i have to resort to a User-Agent block soon

The user-agent string is: "TerraCotta https://github.com/CeramicTeam/CeramicTerracotta" if someone wants to grep their serverlogs.

#webmaster #webmasters #ai #aislop #scrapers

🤖🤡 Ah, the irony! A tale of #AI #deflation thwarted by a mere '403 Forbidden'—The Register's own robot overlords can't handle a bit of cheeky traffic. Someone call the webmaster, their sensors need a reboot! 📉🔧
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/overinflated_ai_balloon/ #403Forbidden #Webmasters #RobotOverlords #CheekyTraffic #HackerNews #ngated

🤖🤡 Ah, the irony! A tale of #AI #deflation thwarted by a mere '403 Forbidden'—The Register's own robot overlords can't handle a bit of cheeky traffic. Someone call the webmaster, their sensors need a reboot! 📉🔧
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/overinflated_ai_balloon/ #403Forbidden #Webmasters #RobotOverlords #CheekyTraffic #HackerNews #ngated

New shirt arrived just in time for HTML Day! Of course I got the cat one, too.

Grab your own: drawingsbynicole.com

New shirt arrived just in time for HTML Day! Of course I got the cat one, too.

Grab your own: drawingsbynicole.com

Anyone here familiar with the #Realnames product from #Hover? Trying to buy a #domain which they've hoovered up for their service and am getting contradictory information as to whether they'll sell #domains if people ask and are willing to pay enough to make the sale viable for them. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

#IT #website #websites #webmaster #webmasters #sysadmin #sysadmins @hover

Anyone here familiar with the #Realnames product from #Hover? Trying to buy a #domain which they've hoovered up for their service and am getting contradictory information as to whether they'll sell #domains if people ask and are willing to pay enough to make the sale viable for them. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

#IT #website #websites #webmaster #webmasters #sysadmin #sysadmins @hover

@Abdulla @moftasa @tarakiyee
and other #bloggers, #blog maintainer, and #webmasters in general will find this interesting:

https://fed.brid.gy/docs#web-get-started

It's possible to make your blog an independent agent in the #confediverse. Users of #Bluesky can follow it, and so can #Fediverse users via bridging.

== Edit: I initially misunderstood: Bluesky is not needed as an intermediate. It's directly web-to-fediverse.

@Abdulla @moftasa @tarakiyee
and other #bloggers, #blog maintainer, and #webmasters in general will find this interesting:

https://fed.brid.gy/docs#web-get-started

It's possible to make your blog an independent agent in the #confediverse. Users of #Bluesky can follow it, and so can #Fediverse users via bridging.

== Edit: I initially misunderstood: Bluesky is not needed as an intermediate. It's directly web-to-fediverse.

Hey, #webmasters ... just so you know.

#Facebook's new-ish "meta-externalagent" #webcrawler, which they document is for stealing data for their Grand Theft Autocomplete (cough #AI cough), is ignoring robots.txt on my websites.

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/web-crawlers

Is anyone surprised?

#Meta #LLM #scrape #web #copyright #RobotsTXT

Hey, #webmasters ... just so you know.

#Facebook's new-ish "meta-externalagent" #webcrawler, which they document is for stealing data for their Grand Theft Autocomplete (cough #AI cough), is ignoring robots.txt on my websites.

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/web-crawlers

Is anyone surprised?

#Meta #LLM #scrape #web #copyright #RobotsTXT

Fellow #webmasters (yeah we're bringing it back):

Is there any good #wordpress or better #fediverse (...that works with wordpress) #WebRing equivalent?

I know I can just link stuff but like...there's gotta be a Thing right? There's always a Thing now.

#website #webdev #Thing

Others may work from cradle to grave, but webmasters will be expected to login from the afterlife, because there is always somethin'…

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/

CAUTION: #webmasters #homecloud DO NOT GO THERE it can only mean more work.

Others may work from cradle to grave, but webmasters will be expected to login from the afterlife, because there is always somethin'…

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/

CAUTION: #webmasters #homecloud DO NOT GO THERE it can only mean more work.

Amis #webdev ou #webmasters

Vous utiliseriez quoi comme petit outil de stat de vos pages ?

En petit, je veux dire que j'ai rien de commercial, je veux juste avoir une idée de quelle page est la plus utile, ou voir même s'il y a des visites humaines :)

La seule feature exotique qui m’intéresse c'est si ça peut faire les sushis je suis pas contre hein, mais bon...

Cela va sans dire, mais au cas ou : libre, auto-hébergé, sans truc sale...

If you have an #SSL certificate issued by #Entrust, you might want to consider changing to a different provider: https://techcentral.co.za/entrust-certificates-chrome-google-cyber1/247744/?utm_source=MastodonAfrica #webmasters

If you have an #SSL certificate issued by #Entrust, you might want to consider changing to a different provider: https://techcentral.co.za/entrust-certificates-chrome-google-cyber1/247744/?utm_source=MastodonAfrica #webmasters

#webmasters #developers #webdevs #webdevils 😈 whatever

The guy who created(?) and maintains this great, #free #Linux #distro (https://www.dragora.org/en/index.html?ref=techhut-media )needs your #help :
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/dragora-users/2023-04/msg00008.html

Did I say it is free?
Now think: You know you want your name on this project. Right? 😀

#webmasters #developers #webdevs #webdevils 😈 whatever

The guy who created(?) and maintains this great, #free #Linux #distro (https://www.dragora.org/en/index.html?ref=techhut-media )needs your #help :
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/dragora-users/2023-04/msg00008.html

Did I say it is free?
Now think: You know you want your name on this project. Right? 😀

Encuesta random, llevo días pensándolo pero le preguntare a gente extraña y conocida aquí en el fediverso ¿debería crear una instancia de mastodon para?

1. uso personal
2. comunidad #xalapacode
3. comunidad #webmasters que usemos la ñ
4. comunidad indie hackers o indie devs éticos

ayudenme con el bost si les interesa o si quieren unirse a algo chido

#fediverso #instancias

Encuesta random, llevo días pensándolo pero le preguntare a gente extraña y conocida aquí en el fediverso ¿debería crear una instancia de mastodon para?

1. uso personal
2. comunidad #xalapacode
3. comunidad #webmasters que usemos la ñ
4. comunidad indie hackers o indie devs éticos

ayudenme con el bost si les interesa o si quieren unirse a algo chido

#fediverso #instancias

About 30 minutes ago I was asked.. do you remember what .shtml was used for? - random question from a fellow geek :D and even after 20 years or so since I used it last I was able to answer intelligently :D So lemme ask my fellow older "I started in tech when the web wasn't even a twinkle in "Tim Berners-Lee's eye" types what is .shtml (no googling) and what was it used for?? #today #www #webmasters

About 30 minutes ago I was asked.. do you remember what .shtml was used for? - random question from a fellow geek :D and even after 20 years or so since I used it last I was able to answer intelligently :D So lemme ask my fellow older "I started in tech when the web wasn't even a twinkle in "Tim Berners-Lee's eye" types what is .shtml (no googling) and what was it used for?? #today #www #webmasters

Let #SEOs and #webmasters know,
#Chatbots must be made to grow
#Search results they'll understand,
Fore They're man's great search command!

Let #SEOs and #webmasters know,
#Chatbots must be made to grow
#Search results they'll understand,
Fore They're man's great search command!