HTTP is a simple communication protocol based on TCP/IP and is the absolute substratum for data delivery on the World Wide Web. For many years, HTTP is serving as a powerful protocol wherein ...

HTTP is the standard protocol defining how information passes between your visitor’s browser and the server hosting your site and HTTP status codes are your handy way of knowing exactly what is ...

Each time you visit a web page, a bureaucratic exchange takes place between your computer’s web browser and a distant web server. Your web browser (called the ...

Google has published a new help document explaining how different HTTP status codes affect how a site appears in search results. A recent tweet suggests Google’s Gary Illyes had a hand in putting this ...

Google’s John Mueller recently explained that HTTP status codes are the first thing Google checks when crawling content. This topic came up during the Google Webmaster Central Hangout on October 18.

Even non-developers are familiar with the 404 – Not Found status code. Some Web application users may have been exposed to more arcane (and sometimes scary) messages like 500 – Internal Server Error, ...

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 ...