If you’re concerned about privacy and security, you’ve already done a lot to avoid online tracking. You probably use an extension like Privacy Badger and have ...

Google's newest web browser already starts trimming away a bit of detail to make it easier for newbies to understand where they are on the web. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

If networks of links are the road map that search engines use to crawl the web, URLs are the street names that give that map meaning and consistency. As such, URLs affect search engine optimization in ...

A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator, a tool used to find webpages. A URL is composed of a protocol, a domain name, a path to the webpage, and a webpage name. Here's a brief introduction to URLs and ...

Everyone understands the value of a readable URL. But many web applications and websites still output complex ones that no one, even a search engine can understand. Microsoft now makes it easier to ...

Google's John Mueller was asked if redirecting a URL to a new URL will also pass the Core Web Vitals metrics. The short answer is yes, if you redirect page A to new page B, page A's Core Web Vitals ...

This standard defines the process Web Services uses to ensure a requested URL is approved for use with a website they host. Any requested URL is subject to approval before it can be used for a website ...

Earlier today, Google released an update to its Google+ app for iOS, expanding support for Hangouts. But tucked in there is a one-line update not which could have some interesting implications for ...

BOSTON - Responding to a wave of online scams, Microsoft Corp. said that it is fixing a flaw in its popular Internet Explorer that makes it easy to mask the real address of a Web page displayed on the ...