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How to create search engine friendly URLs

When SEO is enabled, your links will be in human-readable format and this will help your website rank higher in search results.

To enable SEO for your Joomla website, follow the steps below:

Enable mod_rewrite If you are not sure, please contact your hosting provider. Then rename the htaccess.txt file in your Joomla installation directory to .htaccess Enable Joomla's SEO functionality from Site => Global configuration in the Site administration panel. In the SEO Settings section change Search Engine Friendly URLs and Use URL rewriting to Yes. Click on Save from the top right menu. seo-friendly

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