Need To Temporarily Block A Page From Google Search Results? This Search Console Tool Makes It Easy
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There is a newer version of this article available at https://artshacker.com/how-to-temporarily-block-a-page-from-google-search-results/ Regardless the reason why you need to temporarily block a page from search results, there’s a handy tool inside Google Search Console made for that exact task. Make sure You’re logged into your Search Console account before starting, then head to the Remove URLs tool admin panel at “Google Index > Remove URLs.” Select the “Temporarily hide” button. In the popup, enter the URL’s ...
Last Minute Hurricane Tech Checklist
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With Hurricane Irma heading toward Florida, I wanted to offer up a quick checklist of website related items arts orgs can use to help anticipate and mitigate any potential outages. Place a notice on your website indicating any hours the office will be closed during the storm. Don’t forget to remove any notice after the storm is passed and you’re back to regular operating hours. Contact your web provider (or hosting provider if you manage ...
Does Your Website Have A SSL Certificate? If not, you may need one sooner than later.
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At the beginning of August, Google Webmaster Tools began sending notices to users with a warning that “Starting October 2017, Chrome (version 62) will show a “NOT SECURE” warning when users enter text in a form on an HTTP page, and for all HTTP pages in Incognito mode.” Currently, “not secure” warnings only appear on webpages that asked for passwords or credit card fields but this latest step expands those situations to include text input ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…