Lab notes

Small technical notes built around one mistake, one evidence boundary, or one decision rule. No invented benchmarks, customers, or field results.

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Lab notes are dated editorial observations. Stable procedures live in Guides; protocol definitions and changing crawler details live in Reference.

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Lab Note 01 · Aug 22, 2026 · 5 min

How to find search bots in server logs

Use user-agent strings to find candidate crawler requests, then keep claimed and verified bot traffic separate.

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Lab Note 02 · Aug 22, 2026 · 5 min

What a 301 response does not prove

A 301 states that a resource has moved permanently. It does not prove destination quality, intent equivalence, or search-engine selection.

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Lab Note 03 · Aug 22, 2026 · 5 min

Private data can hide inside ordinary access logs

Access logs may contain addresses, identifiers, query values, referrers, and user agents. Minimise the sample before sharing or analysis.

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