Graphic Maniacs » SEO http://graphicmaniacs.com Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:08:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Basic .htaccess code samples http://graphicmaniacs.com/note/basic-htaccess-code-samples/ http://graphicmaniacs.com/note/basic-htaccess-code-samples/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:53:21 +0000 Alex http://graphicmaniacs.com/?p=172 ]]> Whether you are working on your website SEO or just looking a way to improve the user navigation, or help the search engine move to new pages, you’ll need to write redirects and rewrites via .htaccess

Here I’ll show the main htaccess tips and tricks.

To force the user view the http://www instead of http://, use this code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

To force the user to browse the website via secure HTTPS port, use this code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://www.example.com/$1

If you don’t want to use HTTPS either, use

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.example.com/$1

If you wish to browse a certain folder in HTTPS, for example your ‘shop’ folder, use

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} shop 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/shop/$1 [R,L]

If you wish to run the script in another folder, but without the user knowing that. This example will open /hiddenfolder/home.html instead of actually /home/

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteBase /hiddenfolder
RewriteRule ^home/$  home.html

To include any file before the requested one

php_value auto_prepend_file somefile.php

And to include any file after the requested one

php_value auto_append_file somefile.php

If you have renamed a particular folder or category, use this code

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/uglyoldfoldername/(.*)$ /newname/$1 [R]

If you renamed your .html files to .php, you can use this code

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ $1.php [R=permanent]

If you decided to use nice urls, but you are using one .php file for that, you can use something like that

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^cat/(.*)/(.*)/$ /index.php?cat=$1&id=$2 [L]

Or simply

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^user/register/$ /user-register.php [L]

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Yahoo!
1: Brittany Murphy (3) -825
2: Jamie-Lynn Discala (1) +293
3: Christmas (22) +34
4: NFL (107) -20
5: Merry Christmas (4) +33
6: Bing (84) -4
7: Tiger Woods (17) -24
8: Hulu (74) +2
9: Twitter (216) -1
10: Drudge Report (271) +0
11: Pandora Radio (329) +5
12: Alicia Keys (6) +71
13: Avatar (3) -33
14: LeAnn Rimes (1) +79
15: Lady Gaga (221) -1
16: Macy’s (35) -2
17: YouTube (23) +8
18: Chase (4) +1
19: Carrie Underwood (2) -64
20: WWE (137) -4

Google:
1. infragard
2. norad santa tracker 2009
3. happy holidays everyone
4. curious george
5. where is santa right now
6. christmas eve quotes
7. elijah wood
8. ultradns
9. merry christmas in german
10. 3 idiots movie review
11. track santa on google earth
12. target hours christmas eve
13. merry christmas in different languages
14. david goldman sean
15. farmville presents
16. robert lewis howard
17. stores open on christmas eve
18. witches of breastwick 2
19. walmart holiday hours 2009
20. christmas pictures

Ask.com
1. Facebook
2. YouTube
3. Flowers
4. What does my name mean
5. MySpace
6. Yahoo Mail
7. Craigslist
8. Dictionary.com
9. Hotmail.com
10. eBay

Ask.com rising searches
1. Avatar
2. Miracle of Hanukkah
3. Christmas Songs
4. Christmas Cards
5. UFC 107
6. The Princess and the Frog
7. Heisman Trophy Winners
8. Kwanzaa
9. Jeff Hardy
10. Kourtney Kardashian

According to this table and current date, people search much about Christmas, Christmas songs and cards, Avatar movie, people look for NFL, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace and eBay. People also watch the life of Brittany Murphy, Tiger Woods, Jeff Hardy, Lady Gaga and Santa.

If you look for quality content, try to include those keywords in your posts, write reviews about Christmas stuff, talk about new movies like Avatar and 2012, dig for famous people photos, songs and rumors.

Good luck with your SEO. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! :)

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This page can be found by searching for:

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