So for example, if someone goes to Google Search and does a search for baked chocolate chip cookies, which web address do you think Googlebot is going to think is most relevant for its user:

1. http://funcooking.com/?p=1
2. http://funcooking.com/baked-chocolate-chip-cookies

Number 2, of course. So here’s how you can change your WordPress permalink structure to maximize your site’s search engine optimization.

Doing It Yourself

By following the steps in the video tutorial, WordPress does all the work for you. If you’re good with that, don’t even bother with this part.

If, however, you want to add the code to your .htaccess file yourself, here’s what you need to do.

Go to your blog’s root directory and create a file named .htaccess if there’s not already one there. Once created, open the file and add these lines of code in it:

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

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