The Reputation Algorithm

The Reputation Algorithm

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The Reputation Algorithm
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Website Redirects, Robots & Cookies

Website Redirects, Robots & Cookies

Chapter 2.4 in which we continue to discuss the additional website technologies of .htaccess, robots.txt and cookies.

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David Erickson
May 17, 2023
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In this segment of Chapter 2, we’ll wrap up our discussion about the technologies that power websites before we get on to the good stuff of how websites can generate signals that affect reputation.

This will be a short segment, covering:

  • What is htaccess?

  • What is Robots.txt?

  • Wha…

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