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Ubuntu 14.04 can't enable .htaccess

I'm developing a website local and just switched from Windows to Ubuntu 16.04 - Sadly my .htaccess doesn't seems to work since rewrite rules don't apply and sources can't be found. I activated: sudo ...
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Can I change the name of my site as shown in the mobile search results on Google?

I'm working on a wp site that is displaying the incorrect name of the brand for Google search results. This only happens on a phone/mobile. Each search result is in a card with a little breadcrumb ...
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Redirected to www, but Google is indexing no-www without snippets, should I use noindex instead?

I started my blog a month ago and was using non www version for my website. Then, I recently decided to stick to www.example.com version. So I changed it and Google has indexed the www version ...
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Why are my HTML resources re-downloading despite having an expiration date a month in the future?

I have set the expiration information for my resources in the .htaccess file as shown below: <IfModule mod_expires.c> ExpiresActive on ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month" ...
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Matrix URL vs query string URL

Matrix URL is a way to pass data in URL to the program, it's like a query string, but a bit nicer. Matrix URL notation is an idea first introduced in a 1996 proposal by the founder of the web, ...
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Are (non-escaped) URL fragments bad for SEO?

I have a product search page with a search filter with a fair number of different options. Each time the user changes the filter, the search results are updated in-place by JavaScript, and the URL is ...
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ExpiresByType not working for PNG images when set in .htaccess for a WordPress site

In my website I have the expires headers settings reported below. When I use Google's PageSpeed Insights test I get the message: XYZ.png expire headers not set, which I'm getting for all the PNG files ...
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Removed AMP for WordPress Plugin and now "/amp" and "?nonamp=1" URLs have infinite self-redirect

Google Search Console(GSC) shows "Page with redirect" errors on my website. According to GSC, these posts are not indexed. That is fine. But look like the URLs with "/amp" and &...
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Automatic display of WebP images instead of JPG images via Htaccess

I use Wordpress, the plugin "EWWW Image Optimizer" creates from JPG images automatically also WebP versions (example: From the image image.jpg is also an image image.jpg.webp created). The ...
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Redirect URL if Only if Query String is Present with .htaccess Rule

I would like to redirect example.com/image.png?example, only if the ?example query string is present, to example.com/folder/folder/folder/new-image.png, and then for ?example to be removed from the ...
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PHP file triggers on every page load?

I've got a WordPress website that has a script which seems to be triggering every time any user loads a page. This PHP script is very simple (less than 25 lines) and is meant to be an API endpoint, so ...
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Can I have a generic rule to map subdomains to directories?

I have these rulesets which are working. RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.city$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://example.city/$1 [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on ...
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After changing URLs, how do I clear the old URLs out of Google Search Console?

I've recently changed the url structure of my site for SEO purposes from... example.com/this_is_the_page ...to... example.com/this-is-the-page The sitemap.xml is up to date and Google Search Console ...
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I used a permanent 301 redirect and now want to use old domain again, is this bad SEO wise?

I have a blog that I wanted to professionalize it a bit more and moved from a personalized domain name (DomainA/subfolder) to a more professional domain name (DomainB). The blog is from 2015 and I ...
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.htaccess not redirecting me to correct place

I have a website which opens to /resources/Installer/index.php but the path I need it to open to is /Installer/index.php. I have asked my webhost to help but they have said they cannot help. I have ...

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