Web Professionals use mod_rewrite to issue 301 and 302 Redirects for Search Engines. Sometimes you may not have mod_rewrite.c or you want an alternative redirect method. Using mod_alias RedirectMatch you can use REGEX in Redirect commands!
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.htaccess Tutorials, Sample .htaccess files
Apache .htaccess file, tips, tricks, and sample code including mod_rewrite, SSL, headers, and cache…
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Comprehensive .htaccess example file with advanced examples in 1 htaccess sample skeleton .htaccess file with the very best apache htaccess examples… Updated frequently based on detailed info from the Apache htaccess tutorial.
Continue ReadingReplacing ‘%23′ with ‘#’ in incoming links
I had some urls show up in my google sitemaps for one of my sites with “404 Not found” errors for a bunch of urls that had “%23comment-155″ looking urls instead of “#comment-155″
Continue Reading301 Redirect with mod_rewrite or RedirectMatch
301 Redirects using Apache mod_rewrite or RedirectMatch in .htaccess or httpd.conf
Continue ReadingInstruct Search Engines to come back to site after you finish working on it
Nifty SEO tip to get Search Engine Bots to check your site every hour until you finish working on it and tell them you are finished.
Continue ReadingRewrite underscores to hyphens for SEO URL
Replace underscores in URLs with hyphens using Apache .htaccess.
Continue ReadingServe Alternate Content based on Time
Time-dependant rewriting uses mod_rewrite and apache server time variables to display different files depending on the time, while the URL stays the same. An often requested implementation of this is to display a different home page or image depending on if its morning, noon, or night.
Rare XHTML elements use for SEO
Use these standards best-practices to achieve more powerful links in terms of SEO, EM, STRONG, DFN, CODE, SAMP, KBD, VAR, CITE, ABBR, and ACRONYM
Continue ReadingFight Blog Spam with Apache
Fighting Blog Spam with Apache htaccess and other methods.
Continue ReadingGet the Most from Search Engines
One of the most cost-effective ways to drive traffic to your Web site is to optimize it for search engines. Many of them use automated programs called “crawlers” or “spiders” to create an index of the Web, which they use to determine what sites are [...]
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