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How do I show .htaccess / .htpasswd files in Core FTP

May 19th, 2010 | Posted in SEO, Web

The .htaccess file and .htpasswd files are present on *NIX webservers, and server a variety of purposes, the most common of which is for MOD_Rewrite for SEO friendly URLs.
However, most FTP programs do not show these files by default, making it difficult to amend them!
If like me you use the great FTP program Core FTP, [...]

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Google guilty of buying paid links…

February 19th, 2009 | Posted in SEO, Web

Matt Cutts has been forced to apologise on behalf of the big G, after it came to light that Google’s Japanese branch, google.co.jp, has been hiring paid bloggers to evaluate a new widget.
The pay-per-post service CyberBuzz was hired to take part in a promotional campaign by the Japanese, which is in direct contravention of Google’s [...]

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OsCommerce Ultimate SEO URLS - category name display problem

October 8th, 2008 | Posted in Problems & Solutions, SEO, Scripts

Ran in to this problem whilst ‘SEOing’ a client of mine’s OsCommerce store using the very popular Ultimate SEO URLs contribution.
I installed the mod with no problems, and initially, browsing the site seemed to be functioning fine - however, I then noticed then although the product names were being appended to the URLs properly, the [...]

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How many clicks will you get for ranking #1 in SERPs?

August 8th, 2008 | Posted in SEO

It’s also been a given that being in position number one in SERPs for your chosen keyword is the place to aim for, and that page one is better than page two. This will lead to much higher click-through rates for your website, and therefore more visitors.
However, have you ever wondered how many click [...]

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Google Insights - the ultimate keyword search trend tool?

August 6th, 2008 | Posted in SEO

Today Google announced the launch of Google Insights, based on their Trends technology, the tool is aimed at advertisers according to CNet, but I would say that the community most interested in this will be all of us Search Engine Optimizers.
I have been playing with this exciting new Google release all afternoon, and it definitely [...]

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