When accessing Laravel in browser, the URL contains "index.php" OR "public/index.php". Having these in URL is not a good SEO practice.
To remove "index.php" from URL, you can write a small code snippet in ".htaccess" file located at "public/" directory.
Method #1:
# Redirect to non-index.php url.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
Method #2:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
# Redirect to non-index.php url.
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*/index\.php
RewriteRule ^index.php(.*)$ /$1 [R=301,L]
NOTE*: If above changes are not reflecting, make sure your Apache Virtual Host entry has AllowOverride set to All.
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*/index\.php
RewriteRule ^index.php(.*)$ /$1 [R=301,L]
AllowOverride All