Prevent Indexation of Specific Pages on Your Website

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How to prevent specific pages on your website from being indexed by Google If you are running a blog, you would want Google to crawl and index the post urls. Apart from the home and post urls as well as some static pages like about us and contact page, there are very few that you would want getting indexed and produced in the search results. You can allow Google to crawl all the posts and pages, but getting everything on your website indexed is not essential since while it may cause duplicate content issues, it might also cause your own urls to compete against each other for the same keyword.

Google Policies on Spam

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Understanding Google’s Spam Policies Google has increased its focus on targeting spam more effectively in recent years. While it had already taken significant steps in this direction in 2022, with its March 2024 core update, Google will be able to filter out spam even efficiently. The latest core update has affected a large number of websites including several that lost a lot of traffic and saw their links being silently deindexed.

Configure Bunny CDN On a Wordpress Website

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HOW TO USE BUNNY CDN TO SPEED UP YOUR WORDPRESS WEBSITE Bunny CDN was created by a developer who was troubled by skyrocketing cdn bills back in 2012. The primary aim behind the creation of bunny.net was to disrupt the overpriced cdn market. Bunny CDN itself was introduced in 2015. Now, Bunny is not just among the top performing cdn services but also one of the most customer friendly and economically priced.

Enable Mod_headers Apache

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How to install mod_headers on Apache Server The Apache server is an open source and free web server which powers a very large part of the internet. One of the main reasons that the Apache server is highly popular is its modular structure. Apache offers a large number of modules to extend the web server functionality. The header module is one of those crucial modules used to improve the security and functionality of Apache server.

Install Nginx on Ubuntu22.04

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How to install Nginx Web Server on Ubuntu 22.04 Nginx is an all in one load balancer, reverse proxy and web server. It is free and open source and preferred for its speed and security. In this post, we will explain how to install Nginx web server on an EC2 instance running Ubuntu 22.04. First of all, let us create an ec2 instance on which we can install the server.
Discovered Currently Not Indexed

Discovered Currently Not Indexed

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How to deal with discovered, currently not indexed urls in GSC When you look inside your Google Search Console data, you might come across several scenarios. Some urls may be indexed and several might not be indexed. Indexation issues are common across websites and particularly low DR or new websites, face more of such issues. Every website/blog owner wants site urls to get quickly indexed so that they can appear in the search results.

Reset Wordpress User Password Easily

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How to Easily Reset Password for a Wordpress User Account Losing passwords can be frustrating. However, in most cases you can reset the password easily. If you lost your wordpress password, you can reset it from the login.php page. You will receive an email to reset the password. However if your Wordpress email service is not set properly or if for any other reason the mail does not reach you, you might need to try other methods to reset your password.

Add Custom CSS in Wordpress

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Add Custom CSS to your Website CSS stylesheets are a critical part of any website that affect the look and feel of the website as well as user experience. All the Wordpress themes have their own stylesheets. However, making changes to the original stylesheet is not recommended since it can break your website. You must instead add extra css to your website using other methods to make sure that your site functions as expected.
Disable Default Wordpress Sitemap

Disable Default Wordpress Sitemap

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How to disable the default wordpress sitemap Wordpress is the favorite CMS of millions of users because of its ease of use, excellent features, and the thousands of plugins and themes that make it easier to improve Wordpress functionality to suit various styles of needs. You can create nearly all types of websites in Wordpress including ecommerce sites, portfolio sites, business and educational websites, blogs and so on. Another important fact that Wordpress is the favorite of so many users is that you can manage SEO in Wordpress with much more ease compared to any other CMS.
Sample Mixed Chart Chart.js

Sample Mixed Chart Chart.js

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How to draw a Mixed chart in chart.js The chart.js javascript charting library is an excellent library for making different types of charts including bar charts, line charts, mixed charts, bubble charts, radar charts, pie charts and so on. These charts are highly customizable which means when you draw charts using chart.js you do not feel limited by features. Chart.js is an open source and well maintained library. It is also the most popular one based on number of downloads and Github stars.
Title and Subtitle Chart.js

Title and Subtitle Chart.js

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How to Add title and subtitle in chart.js Chart.js is a javascript charting library used for creating charts of various types including line charts, bar charts, mixed charts radar charts, bubble charts, pie charts and so on. Chart.js is also the most popular javascript charting library based on the number of Github stars and downloads. One of the leading reasons it is so popular is that it is highly customizable. You can use plugins that can add new functionalities and help you create absolutely awesome looking charts.

Install Free SSL Certificate on Apache Server Ubuntu 22.04

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How to Install Free SSL on Apache Ubuntu 22.04 Every website needs a SSL certificate. It is important for the security of your website and visitors’ data and it is also important in terms of SEO. If you are running a website on an Apache server or planning to run one, you can easily install a free ssl from Let’sEncrypt on your server for each website you have hosted on it.
How to Fix Crawled Currently Not Indexed

How to Fix Crawled Currently Not Indexed

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If you check in your search console account, inside the pages section, you will see that the pages are divided into two categories - indexed pages and not indexed pages. The search console also provides the reasons why some of your pages have not been indexed and there can be various reasons behind it. There can be pages that are not indexed because they have been marked as not indexed. Other pages are not indexed because they redirect to other pages or they are 404s.

Manage Mysql Database Using Wp Cli

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How to Manage your MySQL/Mariadb Database Using WP-CLI Wordpress depends on the mysql database to store content and deliver performance. The role of the database is central to the performance of Wordpress sites and a slow database can cause the site to load slower. In a previous post, we have discussed plugins and methods to manage, clean up and maintain as well as backup your Wordpress database. It is a good practice to care for your database and maintain it so that your Wordpress loads faster.
Resize EBS Volume on EC2 Instance

Resize EBS Volume on EC2 Instance

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HOW TO RESIZE YOUR EBS VOLUME ON EC2 INSTANCE If you need to resize your EC2 instance’s EBs volume that means you have already created the EC2 instance. To use the new volume size with your instance, you will need to resize the volume and extend the file system. Until you have extended the file system, the extra storage will remain unused. Resize EBS Volume Attached to an EC2 Instance To resize an EBS volume, first go to your EC2 dashboard.

Enable Mod_Expires

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How to enable the Expires Module on Apache Server Ubuntu Mod_expires plays an important role in caching on APache server, allowing you to specify expiration time for different types of content on your website for successful caching of content. Mod_expires controls the Expires HTTP header setting and the max-age directive of the Cache-Control HTTP header in server responses. There are two ways to set the expiration directives. One can set it relative to the time the content was modified or relative to the client access time.
EC2 Create Key Pairs

EC2 Create Key Pairs

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How to Create Key Pairs for EC2 Instances EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) Instances by Amazon have grown highly popular among users including developers, bloggers and enterprises. These instances are cost effective, secure and easily scalable as well as easily manageable. These instances are very easy to launch and use. When you are launching an EC2 instance, you are required to create a key pair for that instance. The Key Pair is required if you want to ssh connect with your instance.
Hugo Website on Apache Server

Hugo Website on Apache Server

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How to Run a Hugo Website on Apache Server Hugo is the world’s fastest static website generator that you can easily run on various platforms like Cloudflare pages, github or Netlify. However, if you want, you can also run a hugo site on an Apache or Nginx server. Read this tutorial to learn more. Why use Hugo for your website/blog? Hugo is the world’s fastest framework for creating websites. It is an open source static site generator that you can use to easily generate a website and bring it online in minutes.
Use Astra Hooks

Use Astra Hooks

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How to use Astra Hooks with Astra Free Theme Astra is the most popular Wordpress theme with five out of five star ratings and more than 1 million active installations. The theme offers a lot of customization options. It is lightweight, fast, responsive and SEO friendly. You can design just any type of website including blog, portfolio websites and ecommerce sites using Astra. The theme is also very user friendly and most customizations can be applied easily.
Customize Chart.js Tooltip

Customize Chart.js Tooltip

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How to Customize the Tooltip in a Chart Drawn with Chart.Js Chart.js is an excellent tool for drawing and presenting charts on your website. It is the most popular javascript charting library based on the number of npm downloads and github stars. You can use this charting library to draw various types of charts including line chart, bar chart, mixed charts, area chart, pie chart, doughnut charts and so on.