Friday, May 01, 2009

Avoiding duplicate content + .htacess tricks

Another important factor in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is avoiding duplicate content. This RagePank.com (mind the swapped first letters of the 2 words - genious!) article gives some information as to how it is taken by the search engines and how you can prevent duplicate content by using some .htaccess commands. Some of the commands can be setup through the standard user interface of your domain provider, but sometimes .htaccess is really very useful to know about it a little bit more. Another fine compilation of basic .htaccess commands can be found here .htaccess Tutorial - Part 1.

Did you know?
The dot (".") before the file name means that it's hidden, so only website administrators can access and modify it.