Question regarding site source code

Hi

Installed Autoptimize plugin to speed up the site and it changed the source code of the site to appear differently (http://www.slotmachinesonline.co/) . Someone knows if it might have negative effect on how Google sees it?


Thanks

Hi, it depends in which way the source code was changed. It could be improved so that it can be good for your SEO or not. Can you give some information what exactly changed? f.e. it can have a positive and / or negative effect when H1, H2 and so on changed or this tool changed the content structure or internal linking in some way. There are many factors involved to answer this question.

if you check the link above, if you do page source, it doesn't show all the code in a regular way. I don't think it changed any h1 h2 tags and so forth. But it looks like some short version and not the full regular way.

it's changed because it has been optimized, it's fine

The plugin has a lot of great reviews. So it should be fine.

Looks like your site is very fast, but you can check it you know ;)

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Originally Posted by wonderpunter

it's changed because it has been optimized, it's fine

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Thank you.

If all it did was strip white space and concatenate CSS and JS files then it won't affect anything for search engines unless they count page load speed as a ranking factor.

I notice you use the wp-super-cache plugin. If you haven't updated it recently, do it asap as a critical vulnerability was discovered yesterday which can allow an attacker to gain administrative access to your site. I would question whether you should be using that plugin at all based on the amateurish code that caused the vulnerability.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015...dpress-plugin/

Indeed they count page speed as ranking factor. It is one of the strongest factors. Much more important than all those h2 things etc. from ancient seo times.

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Originally Posted by Muppet

unless they count page load speed as a ranking factor

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Since 2010, man.

In fact, this article was published on 9 April 2010, making it exactly five years of advantage for some and blissful ignorance for some.
http://searchengineland.com/google-n...g-factor-39708

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Originally Posted by Muppet

If all it did was strip white space and concatenate CSS and JS files then it won't affect anything for search engines unless they count page load speed as a ranking factor.

I notice you use the wp-super-cache plugin. If you haven't updated it recently, do it asap as a critical vulnerability was discovered yesterday which can allow an attacker to gain administrative access to your site. I would question whether you should be using that plugin at all based on the amateurish code that caused the vulnerability.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015...dpress-plugin/

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Thank you Muppet! Yep, was updated.

You probably right. Might switch to W3 Cache.

Thanks folks, I know that Google considers page load speed a factor. Not all search engines do though.

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Originally Posted by Muppet

Thanks folks, I know that Google considers page load speed a factor. Not all search engines do though.

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Its a very important to make sure your pages are load fast regardless the fact Google is considering this on its algorithm. think about your users always.
I close a page that not loading after 3 seconds almost instinctively!

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Not all search engines do though.

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Yeah, but who cares about other search engines. Atleast in EU almost everyone uses Google