Business / Search Engine Optimization (SEO) / htaccess: Apache directory-level configuration file which can be used to password protect or redirect files. As a note of caution, make sure you copy your current .htaccess file before editing it, and do not edit it on a site that you can't afford to have go down unless you know what you are doing. The .htaccess file is usually used for redirecting pages to a static looking url for better search engine placement and better looking url addresses.
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