Increase Website Speed Using .htaccess
Are you challenged by slow page load times? You can shorten the time it takes to load your page and possibly improve your Google search ranking by altering your .htaccess file.What is an .htaccess file?An .htaccess file is a file used on Apache webservers to configure the server software. This is done so that the server software behaves in particular ways to either enable or disable certain functions that server features. There are many uses for this file, such as redirecting URLs, rewriting URLs, protecting sensitive parts of a website or even blocking specific IP addresses. Always take care when updating these files as even the smallest typing error could result in problems for the website. Errors could cause pages and functions on a website to become unavailable, or even make the entire website itself unreachable. Always backup the file and test the changes made to militate against any potential issues you may have unwittingly caused. There are other server types out there so such as Nginx, Microsoft’s IIS and Google’s GWS. However, Apache has a larger share of sites using it currently, which is why I’ve decided to cover it in this post.