The ultimate guide to HTTP status codes and headers for SEO

Do you understand how HTTP protocol works and the impact it has on crawling and indexing web pages? No? Here’s a guide written by Contributor Barry Adams on HTTP status codes and headers that will make it easier to learn.

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Google Maps Plus Codes Now Searchable, Making Hard-To-Find Places Easier To Locate

Google’s Open Location Codes can now be searched on both Google and Google Maps. The post Google Maps Plus Codes Now Searchable, Making Hard-To-Find Places Easier To Locate appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Google’s Matt Cutts Explains How Google Search Handles 404 & 410 Status Codes

Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, posted a video today explaining the difference in how Google handles 404 and 410 error status codes. Both 404 and 410s are errors for a web page or document not being available, however a 410 is defined as “gone” forever. So 410s are more…

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