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WebmasterWorld Highlighted Posts: Sep. 20, 2026

Is Reddit a Viable Traffic Source for E-commerce and Online Businesses
Posted in Foo by Whitey

Reddit is one of the most active platforms for user-driven discussions, with niche subreddits covering nearly every industry. But does it actually work as a traffic or conversion channel for online businesses?"[br] ... read more
Not Ranking in Other Countries
Posted in Google Search and SEO by Gokul

...when it comes to other countries my site does not rank any page for a single keyword. My question is does the domain extension [.exchange] affects this? If I choose .io or any other domain will it let me rank. ... read more
2025 Link Building Trends and Insights
Posted in Link Building by Whitey

73.2% believe backlinks influence AI-driven search results. Notably, 78.8% think nofollow links impact rankings, and 80.9% see value in unlinked brand mentions. ... read more
Does SEO matter any more?
Posted in Google Search and SEO by Kendo

We are currently interviewing SEO experts and finding some anomalies in their reports. Some are amusing and some so ridiculous that, well, that is what prompted this post.[br] ... read more
Attack of the Robots, Spiders, Crawlers.etc
Posted in Foo by Whitey

We are being hammered by bots from all over. Our tech team are onto it, but blocking solutions are being overridden. It is hard to stay online. From posts around these forums I see we are not alone, including Webmasterworld itself.[br][br] ... read more
AI bots
Posted in Crawler, Spider, and User Agent ID by Scooter24

I have a travel photography site with > 40000 image and countless pages about travelling. There is a honeypot mechanism which I implemented years ago to prevent people from downloading the entire site. If people try to do so, their IP address gets blocked in .htaccess. Until last September-October there was a limited number of such events per month. But since last November this has ballooned to very high levels. ... read more