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How to use cookies in a secure manner to authenticate users?

In most cases I like using cookies to remember returning users to my websites. In my early/foolish days, I would store a UserID (auto-increment integer) in a cookie and if the user returned I would use that cookie value to log them in…
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Sitemap for a one-page site

I'm wondering whether it's worth the effort to create a sitemap for a single-page site. By single page I'm not talking about a webapp made with Angular or Backbone, just a presentation site/page which has navigation links that link to sections…
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Choose the Google Sitelinks that are shown when somebody searches for my website

How can I remove Search for product, About us, Log in, etc. which are displayed in Google Search? And how can I add particular categories like Automobiles, Mobiles & Tablets, etc.?
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Locate sitemap at HTTP or HTTPS?

Our homepage has a 301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS but all other pages on the site are on HTTP. (1) Should the sitemap be located at HTTPS and is there any problem if we: (2) include the HTTPS version of homepage (not including the HTTP…
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How to enable compression in WAMP installed on Windows Server?

How to enable compression in WAMP running on Windows Server 2008? I searched the net and I followed these steps given here: http://www.zigpress.com/2009/04/09/enabling-gzip-on-wamp/. But after restarting my WAMP the icon got yellow not green. Than…
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Finding what is causing my site to issue 301 redirects

I have an URL which is 301 redirecting but I cannot find where or how it is happening and wanted some checks to perform if possible? I've checked .htaccess - it's not there I've checked cPanel in redirects section - it's not there In WordPress, I…
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Replacing the 404 Page Not Found error page

I am new to managing websites and just set up a personal website for myself. I had like to replace 404 Not Found Error page, in the same way many websites do it. How do I go about it?
Tim
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Google says no structured data exists when content only shows up with user interaction

I have a website and I am working over its SEO. I have put all required structured data in it as per my knowledge and have also tested it with Google Webmaster's Structured Data Testing Tool and it detects everything fine and all requirements are…
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How can I neatly embed Flash in a page in a way that is cross-browser compatible?

When I receive Flash objects from my designer, it comes with an example HTML page which includes both tags and tags as well as a whole heap of JavaScript. If I copy and paste this code in to my webpage, it works, but the code looks…
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For Paypal website payments standard, Do I need to create add to cart buttons using my client's account?

I wish to use Paypal web site payments standard on one of my clients webpages. It's a simple static site, so I do not wish to use a e-commerce package. I'm creating test code using my own paypal account. But when it comes to creating the real…
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Does Google consider W3C validation errors of a website? If so why www.google.com has 23 Errors, 4 warning(s)

Some SEO analysts says that fixing W3C validation errors of a website is an important On Page Optimization if so why www.google.com has 23 W3C validation errors, 4 warning(s)? Does Google consider those errors?
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Will enclosing an

element inside a

element affect SEO?

Is it okay (SEO-wise) to construct the following line as such:

These are the best

Cheap Widgets

ever.

Wondering if this looks too unnatural for search engines?
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Why does my sitemap have a ".gz" extension, and how can I edit it?

An XML sitemap generator plugin for WordPress puts the following strings in my robots.txt file: User-agent: * Disallow: /wp-admin/ Disallow: /wp-includes/ But other WordPress blogs have lots of tags included in it. Also, my XML file's sitemap…
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Which pages from the sitemap are not indexed by Google?

I have a sitemap file that has been submitted to Google, and has been processed, according to Google Webmaster Tools. As per GWT for 2013-05-31, 8255 web-pages are submitted, but only 8209 are indexed. Which 46 of the 8255 pages are not indexed?
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How do large sites like StackOverflow handle their access logs?

I'm wondering how large sites like StackOverflow handle their access logs. A write to the disk on every request seems a little bit uneconomical, but is Google Analytics that reliable to use it as your only information resource?
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