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Not only do URLs with PHPSESSIDs look terrible, but they could easily be thought of as duplicate content. You've probably seen them:

Something like this perhaps...

...index.php?PHPSESSID=6834tgksdfdadgfdgaglkghd

Yuck. You can easily turn that off with a line in your .htaccess file:

php_flag session.use_trans_sid off

And that should do it!

From time to time you might see a table in your drupal database that has crashed, or wasn't closed properly. I have seen this a few times with the table responsible for the access counter.

To remedy this you should repair the table, via a repair function on a web based MySQL tool or via the command line:

REPAIR TABLE sometable

that's it!

I have been using Ubuntu now as my main operating system for a few years and if there is one Linux distribution to suggest, Ubuntu is the one. Have access to thousands of applications, setup a LAMP server with just a few clicks... oh did I mention it's free? (of course). Their forums are also a great place to get help or learn more.

It's a good idea to have 1 main site location. Whether it is http://www.seocactus.com/ or http://seocactus.com/, when launching your site you should choose one and stick to it. You don't want the search engines thinking you have duplicate content.