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Great post Jim!
I used it!

Looking for information and found it at this great blog!
Thanks!

Hello!Very nice, beautiful and interesting blog!I enjoy reading your blog … keep it up guys! Respect you!My site: http://handbags.irishost.net

Looks Good website
http://seo.hitechinfosoft.com

I’m love this great website. Many thanks guy

Hey what exactly do the permalink lines look like?

I mean about this text:

Add the following lines in the .htaccess file before the WordPress permalinks lines:

could you give me an example of how the lines look like? cause I see lines, but not sure which is the right one and where it should be!

So I have to add this Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^myblog\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.myblog.com/$1 [R=permanent,L]

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.myblog.com/$1/ [L,R=301]

before the BEGIN WordPress part?

I ‘ll tri it with my blog http://www.thai-ebook.com

Is this considered a 301 or 302 redirect?

I noticed that code caused errors on my server. I’m not sure what is configured differently but I had to use the following:

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

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
RewriteRule (.*) http://christeredwards.com/$1/ [L,R=301]

This redirects to http://domain.com/some-folder/ (instead of the example above that includes the www.

I think the way I set this up with my host automatically does the conversion, just in reverse. All http://www.netexperienced.com traffic switches to read http://netexperienced.com…you say stick with this, so I will, but am I missing out on link juice from people who link to me by http://www.netexperienced.com? I wasn’t totally clear. Thanks!

Mike

Hey Jim,

This is great info, but I’ve been having a problem when I find great tips like this for WordPress blogs. They are all written as if you are hosting on an Apache server.

There’s where my problem lies. I host my blog on an IIS server. Any idea how to do this with an IIS server since it doesn’t use a .htaccess file?

The other thing I’m trying to figure out is how to change my permalinks to NOT include /index.php/%post name%/. I just want /%post name%/. But the workaround I’ve found for this also includes instructions with a .htaccess.

Any help would be appreciated! You’ll definitely get a link back to your site WITHOUT a nofollow. =)

I sure did. The code:

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^sophistishe\.org
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.sophistishe.org/$1 [R=permanent,L]

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.sophistishe.org/$1/ [L,R=301]

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress

Excellent Aricle my Friend
Could you send me the html code that this would look like on a blog. I understand what you have said but still not to sure where or how you put it in.
I am lacking some of the understanding. Can this nofollow ad in be done in text rather than html?
Tremendous article, you found somthing that many of us did not know and thanks again.

Randy Gibbons

I set my perma links to look like this: http://myblog.com/my-blog-post and in my htaccesss wordpress inserted:
# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress

To use your trick do I keep the code that wordpress gave me or delte it and insert what you’ve posted. I think I’m getting an error because I pasted the code that you provided on top of what wordpress provided to it looks like this:
Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^sophistishe\.org
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.sophistishe.org/$1 [R=permanent,L]

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.sophistishe.org/$1/ [L,R=301]

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress

Sheena – what code are you using now for your .htaccess I’m a simliar issue. My post names are not working correctly and I assume it’s .htaccess related.

Nifty. Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the tip, I use it on my blog and it works great, thanks. I have similar question with Tommaso, I’d like to know how to write it on a sub domain blog, http://blog.domain.com
I have several blogs on free hosting with that URL.
Thanks again.

I also get errors and my blog is under /blog/. Any suggestions?

//Andreas

**************** TIP *********************

Hi guys I just logged in to say that after changing the .htaccess from the non-www version to the www version I started to have a series of problems editing posts, deleting or adding categories, etc. (I’m using WP v2.2)

After 48 hours of intense editing and customization I realized there was a problem and the thought of doing everything again .. made me wanna puke …

***The problem:

When you try to add a category the “add category” button does nothing and the information entered dissapears.
Trying to add a category from a post shows the same problems.

***Solution:

Grab a beer and Chillax!…then read the following explanation:

The problem seems to be caused by the .htaccess modification in order to push the .www version of your blog.

Simply go to OPTIONS>>>GENERAL and change your wordpress and blog address (URL) to the www version.

Gracias!

I can’t get this to work on my site that is hosted in a sub directory – everything works except if you go to articlesnatch.com/blog it doens’t redirect correctly. SO i have removed the lines but here is what i had.

without the comment ## of course

#Options +Indexes
#Options +FollowSymLinks
#RewriteEngine on
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^articlesnatch\.com
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.articlesnatch.com/blog/$1 [R=permanent,L]

#RewriteBase /
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.articlesnatch.com/blog/$1/ [L,R=301]

What are the lines to add for a subdomain?
You are a HUGE asset to me and I appreciate all you do.
Thanks,
Dave

Sweet! Its not enough to just format this in the permalinks setting to custom /blogpost/?

Great site JIm!

Hmm I am actually use a WordPress Blog. But have no idea of this issue. Thanks for the post.

Cheers,

It seems there’s an unanswered question here. I do have the same problem:
domain.com/blog/
and posts that include the date like
domain.com/blog/index.php/12/12/07/title-of-post

Now I would like to thank for the useful article, but if anybody can solve out this problem i would be happier.

Onre more thing: my .htaccess file is very long. Where should i place the code? exactly here?

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /blog/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ – [S=35]
RewriteRule ^feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?&feed=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?&feed=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /blog/index.php?&paged=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^comments/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?&feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^comments/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?&feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^comments/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /blog/index.php?&paged=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?s=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?s=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /blog/index.php?s=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/?$ /blog/index.php?s=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?category_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?category_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /blog/index.php?category_name=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/?$ /blog/index.php?category_name=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /blog/index.php?author_name=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/?$ /blog/index.php?author_name=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&d
ay=$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3
&feed=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&paged=
$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L
]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&paged=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)/trackback/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$
4&tb=1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&month
num=$2&day=$3&name=$4&feed=$5 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$
2&day=$3&name=$4&feed=$5 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$
3&name=$4&paged=$5 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$ /blog/index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$
4&page=$5 [QSA,L]

# END WordPress

This is for wordpress…What about if i use blogger Jim?

Hi, Could you please tell me where I would insert the above code. I have put it into my (single post.php) above this line;
<h1 id=”post-”><a href=”" rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link: “>
Can you please tell me if this is correct. I am not sure I am following you regarding .htaccess is this the same thing as what I have done.

Hi, I can’t seem to find this solution anywhere and can’t seem to code it myself…

I’m trying to redirect all http://www.domain.com to subdomain http://sub.domain.com

does anyone know how I can do that?

Thank you!

Thanks for providing the code with this information. Very helpful.

I was change my .htaccess to

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wayan\.web.id
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.wayan.web.id/$1 [R=permanent,L]

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.wayan.web.id/$1/ [L,R=301]

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress

But my server says there is some misconfiguration. can you give a solution for my domian??

Hi Jim,

Excellent post.

How do I know if it is working fine as without editing my current .htaccess file, all my articles automatically link to http://www.mydomain.com/articles/. Should I need to modify according to your codes? My current .htaccess as below.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

@Adam – You should always use / at the of your domain name when link building. The non / is usually 301 redirected to the / version, but you will get link juice leakage.

Jim, I’m new to WordPress SEO – Is this all still needed in 2009? If yes do you need to add it for every new page created or can 1 bit of code sort everything (and future posts)?

Hi Jim,
In my blog I append one .html after the postname.
like http://tutorboy.com/articles/linux/creating-a-playlist-for-mplayer.html

http://tutorboy.com/articles/ is the blog section.
linux is the category name.

is this affect my SEO , I have some other business related to the the domain so i cant put wordpress in my root, that is why i made a section as articles for wordpress. What do you think is this optimized?

Nice Article. After searching WordPress SEO I landed on your page. I am 100% impressed

if you are using the latest version of wordpress guys then ignore this article. not needed anymore.

Hi thanks for the great information site. Could you tell me where I can get to the .htaccess file in wordpress to add these lines of text.

Great! Thanks for the infos… Now i have huge URLs to ping