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Hello,

I am trying to enhance our website SEO and I am not sure what is the best way to go for it. Below is a copy of my htaccess file.

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
# rewrite rules

RewriteEngine On
# ditch index.php

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.*)$  index.php/$1 [L] 

<Files 403.shtml>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>

Options -Indexes
AuthName testwebsite.com
IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<IfModule mod_suphp.c>
suPHP_ConfigPath /home/alsalafe
<Files php.ini>
  order allow,deny
  deny from all
</Files>
</IfModule>

Also I would appreciate any recommendation regarding a book or a course that could enhance my knowledge in this track.

Thanks in advance.

Are you looking to improve your SEO through things like content and backlinking or are you looking to just improve your site for search engines?

Improving it for search engine is the main objective. However, a comprehensive formula would be better for sure.

There is a lot of stuff online which can help with this. General SEO comes from content and laying your code in the correct elements. Improving your rankings on Google can be done by getting good sites linking back to you, you can also better the site by having regular new content being posted, such as with a blog.
There are many other factors Google takes into account, such as page speed, keyword stuffing, etc. It is worth keeping up to date with the updates, their blog is a good place to visit http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/

A good thing to do is install something like Google analytics to get an idea of what your users are doing too, this will help you know what is working and what isn’t.

I don’t know of any good books for SEO, there may not be just one, but it is worth having a look online and going through results.

You might want to check out webmasterworld.com esp the supporter’s forum and post your questions there for the most up-to-date and experienced advice.  Content is always king.

You might want to check out webmasterworld.com esp the supporter’s forum and post your questions there for the most up-to-date and experienced advice.  Content is always king.