: SEO executive .htaccess file knowledge Should SEO executive in a company have knowledge of .htaccess file to make changes in that file or it is the task of developer in the company to make

@Shakeerah822

.htaccess is not the developer issue, This is the need and complete by Programmer. .htaccessuse with Apache and web application, in SEO .htaccesswe are using in URL rewriting, Redirection pages, 404 pages fix and some other tasks.

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@Ogunnowo487

Should SEO executive in a company have knowledge of .htaccess file


Yes - to have some knowledge of .htaccess, where it fits in the development hierarchy and what you can do with it would be a good thing.


...to make changes


Probably not. A little knowledge could be disastrous. This is the role of the developer.

.htaccess (per-directory Apache config files) are not isolated units, they work together with the web application. You change one you might need to change the other. Would your "SEO executive" be diving into the application code itself to change URL structures, server-side caching, etc?

Company roles vary. You can have SEO guys who are experienced developers, and developers who have SEO knowledge, so it varies. But if your "SEO executive" is not fulfilling a developer role then they should only be advising, not actively developing.

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