Redirecting the domain to a www or non-www URL can help with URL canonicalization by search engines – the process by which a search engine selects which version of your site’s URL to display in search results.
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Making sure your website is accessible to everyone is important not just for fairness, but also for improving its online presence. Accessibility isn’t just a fancy extra feature, it’s a crucial part of creating a good website. When you focus on making your site accessible, you also improve its chances of being found by search engines, which benefits both your users and your site’s ranking.
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To remove trailing slashes from all WordPress URLs using .htaccess, you should add a specific rule before the WordPress rewrite rules. This ensures that the rule is processed before WordPress’s own rewrite rules, which are crucial for the site’s functionality.
If you just want to remove the trailing slashes from posts, proceed to Step 2: Update Permalinks.
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Sometimes Bing displays a SERP snippet with sections based on your heading structure on your page and links See more
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However, this See more
link doesn’t go anywhere because the hash part in the URL is invalid. The hash part of a URL, denoted by #, is commonly referred to as a fragment identifier. When placed at the end of a URL, it points the browser to a specific section of a webpage.
Example See more
link on Bing SERP snippet:
https://www.sitelint.com/blog/what-is-a-single-page-application/#Single%20Page%20App%20Example%20Sites.
The Bing SERP snippet and its See more
link contain the hash part (fragment identifier) that has the illegal character space %20. Hence, the link doesn’t point anywhere because it’s invalid. We need to fix it so that when the user activates the link, the browser will lead the user to the specified location under the hash ID.
The appearance of a website on a Search Engine Results Page (SERP) refers to how it is presented to users when they perform a search. SERP features are any search result displayed that is not a traditional link or paid search result. They include elements such as Rich Snippets, review stars, featured snippets, the People Also Ask component, and knowledge panels.
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Making SVGs accessible is important to ensure that all users, including those with visual impairments, can access and understand the content of svg images, and the more accessible the SVGs, the better search engines will understand it.
Measuring the success of a website project can be done through various metrics, depending on the goals and objectives of the project. Here are some common metrics used to measure the success of a website project:
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Table captions and summaries can help with SEO by providing context and information about the table’s content, making it easier for search engines to interpret and index the table. Captions and summaries provide information that can help users find, navigate, and understand tables.
The caption and summary for a table are important to the search engine because they allow the search engine algorithms to better understand the data in the table.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we search and find information online. Bing Microsoft’s search engine is leveraging AI to deliver more relevant, personalized and engaging results to its users. As a result Bing is gaining popularity and market share.
Despite Google’s dominance in search engines, alternatives are out there. Understanding Bing SEO techniques can help you get more traffic to your content.
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Headings communicate the organization of the page’s content. The h1 heading, which is usually the largest heading on a page, describes the main topic of the page and typically corresponds to the title of the page. It gives users an indication of what the page is about.
The h1 heading influences visitors’ decisions about whether or not to continue reading a page. It communicates the page’s relevance to search engines.
According to the WCAG headings rules, levels should be used hierarchically, with the main heading being the highest level (h1) and subheadings being subsequent lower levels (h2, h3, h4, etc.). This structure makes it easier for people with visual impairments, cognitive disabilities, and learning difficulties to easily understand the content of a web page.
In this article, we’ll go over all you need to know about the h1 heading and how to make the most of it from the perspective of the user, SEO, and accessibility!