Set up redirects from variations of .html to the canonical document location. Stop losing website traffic to simple-to-recover-from typos.
Humans mistype ww. or wwww. all the time. Set up a wild card domain to catch and redirect all these simple mistakes to not…
Learn how to open the Windows Settings app from the Run dialog, Terminal app, Command Prompt (cmd), and PowerShell. For Windows 10 and 11.
…Web browser vendors can’t even agree on what URI schema to use.
Set up redirects from URLs with too many forward-slashes in the path to a normalized address with one slash. Helps fix problems with…
Always use Java’s URI API instead of Android’s URI API to avoid Android’s mishandling of IPv6 literal addresses.
There are a number of XMPP clients available for Android, Conversations is the only one you’ll want to use. Excellent features and security.
I’ve analyzed dozens of search engines and the robots.txt file of millions of websites. Here are my list of some of the…
How to link to the special-purpose Windows license upgrade page on the Microsoft Store. Useful when referring people to upgrade from Home to…
A smart app connects your Linux desktop and Android device. It lets them share files and clipboard contents with each other encrypted over your…
You can deter image hotlinking and reduce the associated bandwidth costs by reducing the image quality instead of outright blocking it.
Opt for distributed trackerless BitTorrent downloads with this new browser extension that removes trackers from Magnet links.
Ensure reliable and long-term content distribution over BitTorrent with a dedicated seedbox. All you need is a small server or a cloud VPS.
Five best practices to reduce bandwidth requirements for feeds (Atom/RSS). Tips for reader and publisher implementations.
EdgeDeflector stops Windows from forces-opening links in Microsoft Edge, and makes Windows respect the system-wide default web browser setting instead.
How to exclude specific pages and control what pages appear in Google AdSense Matched content/recommendation advertisement units.
Set up syncing with your CalDAV and CardDAV accounts with the built-in Windows Calendar and Contacts apps. Windows can sync with any CalDAV…
Windows 10 supports syncing email, contacts, and calendars with all major providers. However, Microsoft chooses to close it down to a handful of providers.
Create a URL transition-plan and create redirects for old URLs. Take a few minutes to avoid losing traffic when you move domain names…
Don’t blindly “cut off ports” after the first colon to “convert” a socket address (<IP>:<PORT>) to an IP…
Update to the latest version of EdgeDeflector for compatibility with Windows 10 16241 onwards. EdgeDeflector makes Windows respect your default browser setting.
Set up faster HTTP redirects by using HTTP/2 server push to send the new location in the same response informing the client about…
Protect your WordPress install against brute-force password guessing with SSHGuard. SSHGuard parses your server logs and blocks repeat-offenders.
Bots and older clients sometimes request /page#fragment URLs over HTTP without stripping away the URL #fragment. Here’s how to recover using redirects.
How to set up a custom /search URL path for search result pages from your WordPress installation. Nicer URLs help search engines understand your…
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