Comments on: Zen Cart SEO - 12 Steps to Success http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/09/10/zen-cart-seo-12-steps/ E-Commerce Tips, Tricks and Tribulations Fri, 04 May 2012 00:34:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Melanie http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/09/10/zen-cart-seo-12-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-1931 Melanie Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:28:11 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=525#comment-1931 That's great. It is so hard to get people to think even half as fast as things on the web change. I hate people referring to url rewrites as "SEO URLs". It's BS, they were never intended for keyword spamming... they were devised to help the older spiders crawl the parameters in URLs, which is no longer necessary =) Hasn't been for like 5 years. Drives me nuts people call and say HELP I've lost all of my ranking to find out some so called "SEO" installed a rewrite module on an indexed site and crashed the rank with all the changed urls. With proper 301 redirects most, but not all can be recovered over time.... But losing any rank without a gain in some valuable metric is just, well ill advised. That's great. It is so hard to get people to think even half as fast as things on the web change. I hate people referring to url rewrites as "SEO URLs". It's BS, they were never intended for keyword spamming... they were devised to help the older spiders crawl the parameters in URLs, which is no longer necessary =) Hasn't been for like 5 years. Drives me nuts people call and say HELP I've lost all of my ranking to find out some so called "SEO" installed a rewrite module on an indexed site and crashed the rank with all the changed urls. With proper 301 redirects most, but not all can be recovered over time.... But losing any rank without a gain in some valuable metric is just, well ill advised.

]]> By: DivaVocals http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/09/10/zen-cart-seo-12-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-1930 DivaVocals Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:43:31 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=525#comment-1930 Got it.. I use this post as my bible, and I had to finally let my client read it so he would stop asking me to do things his previous web designer used to do to "improve" his rankings.. He is on page one of Google using search terms most potential customers will use to find his product.. The issue is my client is convinced that he should be NUMBER ONE on page one. His old web designer used to promise him he can do that for him.. So he wanted to know how I could do the same.. I showed him this article.. Showed him how each item was executed on his site, then I showed him how doing all of this has gotten him on page one using search terms most potential customers will use to find his product. Then I showed all the things he has STOPPED doing because "they take too much time to do", and how they will affect his current rankings eventually.. Like adding relevant CURRENT content.. (He doesn't maintain his blog which is directly linked to his Facebook page, and he hasn't updated his products in MONTHS..) I think I FINALLY have him convinced that there really isn't a MAGIC bullet.. This article helped!!! :) Got it.. I use this post as my bible, and I had to finally let my client read it so he would stop asking me to do things his previous web designer used to do to "improve" his rankings.. He is on page one of Google using search terms most potential customers will use to find his product.. The issue is my client is convinced that he should be NUMBER ONE on page one. His old web designer used to promise him he can do that for him.. So he wanted to know how I could do the same.. I showed him this article.. Showed him how each item was executed on his site, then I showed him how doing all of this has gotten him on page one using search terms most potential customers will use to find his product.

Then I showed all the things he has STOPPED doing because "they take too much time to do", and how they will affect his current rankings eventually.. Like adding relevant CURRENT content.. (He doesn't maintain his blog which is directly linked to his Facebook page, and he hasn't updated his products in MONTHS..) I think I FINALLY have him convinced that there really isn't a MAGIC bullet.. This article helped!!! :)

]]> By: Melanie http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/09/10/zen-cart-seo-12-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-1929 Melanie Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:58:02 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=525#comment-1929 This post <a href="http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/10/31/seo-myth-method-or-discipline/" rel="nofollow">SEO - <strong>Myth</strong>, Method or Discipline</a> is about things that you read which are untrue. Having a sitemap in xml format will help the search engines better crawl the pages which are important. It will help them locate pages which are isolated by less than perfect navigation and simply help you to get a more effective crawl from search bots. This post SEO - Myth, Method or Discipline is about things that you read which are untrue.
Having a sitemap in xml format will help the search engines better crawl the pages which are important. It will help them locate pages which are isolated by less than perfect navigation and simply help you to get a more effective crawl from search bots.

]]> By: DivaVocals http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/09/10/zen-cart-seo-12-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-1928 DivaVocals Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:38:00 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=525#comment-1928 Can you please clarify item #8. "Create a search engine sitemap. A search engine sitemap is an XML document that helps the search engines find your pages more easily. This document IS NOT for your human visitors and DOES NOT in anyway force the search engines to index these pages." However, in this article: http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/10/31/seo-myth-method-or-discipline/ you state: "My sitemap.xml means Google must crawl and index these pages. Ha, ha. This is not a command to any search engine, but rather a document intended to help the search engines find our pages easier because our navigation and internal linking sucks! <strong>Fact is you don't have to have a search engine sitemap at all.</strong>" I'm confused as to whether or not you are recommending to create a sitemap or not.. Can you please clarify item #8. "Create a search engine sitemap. A search engine sitemap is an XML document that helps the search engines find your pages more easily. This document IS NOT for your human visitors and DOES NOT in anyway force the search engines to index these pages."

However, in this article: http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/10/31/seo-myth-method-or-discipline/ you state:
"My sitemap.xml means Google must crawl and index these pages. Ha, ha. This is not a command to any search engine, but rather a document intended to help the search engines find our pages easier because our navigation and internal linking sucks! Fact is you don't have to have a search engine sitemap at all."

I'm confused as to whether or not you are recommending to create a sitemap or not..

]]> By: Top Posts for 2010 - PRO-Webs, Inc | E-Commerce for All http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/09/10/zen-cart-seo-12-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 Top Posts for 2010 - PRO-Webs, Inc | E-Commerce for All Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:23:51 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=525#comment-1322 [...] Zen Cart SEO - 12 Steps to Success - 9-10-2009 - Although we answer individual questions in the Zen Cart forum and we talk to Zen Cart shop owners everyday... We have never really put pen to pad for the proper steps to organically optimize your Zen Cart. I will make this list as detailed as possible without losing the attention of the average store owner... [...] [...] Zen Cart SEO - 12 Steps to Success - 9-10-2009 - Although we answer individual questions in the Zen Cart forum and we talk to Zen Cart shop owners everyday... We have never really put pen to pad for the proper steps to organically optimize your Zen Cart. I will make this list as detailed as possible without losing the attention of the average store owner... [...]

]]> By: Melanie http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/09/10/zen-cart-seo-12-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Melanie Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:47:39 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=525#comment-372 Keep your content fresh =-) Keep your content fresh =-)

]]> By: Tony http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/09/10/zen-cart-seo-12-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Tony Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:03:08 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=525#comment-371 Great article! I have a zen cart website but has little traffic. I think it'll be good if i follow your instruction. Great article! I have a zen cart website but has little traffic. I think it'll be good if i follow your instruction.

]]> By: Melanie http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/09/10/zen-cart-seo-12-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Melanie Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:32:53 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=525#comment-361 Certainly no magic wand, and possibly even more hard work than a normal business in many cases. Certainly no magic wand, and possibly even more hard work than a normal business in many cases.

]]> By: Kerrin http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/09/10/zen-cart-seo-12-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Kerrin Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:25:57 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=525#comment-360 Melanie, congratulations on the great list. There is certainly a lot there for online store owners to think about. There's no magic wand but, like you've said, spend the time and you'll reap the rewards. Well done! Melanie, congratulations on the great list. There is certainly a lot there for online store owners to think about. There's no magic wand but, like you've said, spend the time and you'll reap the rewards. Well done!

]]> By: jernen http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/09/10/zen-cart-seo-12-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-350 jernen Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:23:26 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=525#comment-350 Thank u ,that is very useful for me! and i have many problem to solve! Thank u ,that is very useful for me!
and i have many problem to solve!

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