TIm Bray thinks you should know when censorship is blocking you from a Web site. Bray, a leading Google Android developer and co-creator of one of the first Web search engines, Open Text and XML, has ...

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 ...

With a few exceptions, web status codes are meant to indicate errors. A 404 page shows up when you tried to reach content that wasn't found, for example. However, there's now a code for those times ...

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 ...

404, 301, 500… No, these aren’t just random digits. They indicate how your website performs and how search engines like Google view and rank your website. Below, I’ll break down the most common HTTP ...

Google's Search Relations team shares which HTTP status codes matter most for SEO. Learn how redirects, 1xx codes, and network errors impact your site's performance. Google only cares if redirects are ...

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, ...