Comments for E-Commerce for All http://pro-webs.net/blog E-Commerce Tips, Tricks and Tribulations Fri, 04 May 2012 00:34:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on So You Want to be a Shop Owner Part 2 of 5 by Ecommerce web solution needed? http://pro-webs.net/blog/2008/08/11/so-you-want-to-be-a-shop-owner-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1938 Ecommerce web solution needed? Fri, 04 May 2012 00:34:16 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=26#comment-1938 [...] Here is some shopping cart info to help you understand how to choose better http://pro-webs.net/blog/2008/08/11/so-you-want-to-be-a-shop-owner-2/ [...] [...] Here is some shopping cart info to help you understand how to choose better http://pro-webs.net/blog/2008/08/11/so-you-want-to-be-a-shop-owner-2/ [...]

]]> Comment on Zen Cart SEO - 12 Steps to Success 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.

]]> Comment on Zen Cart SEO - 12 Steps to Success 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!!! :)

]]> Comment on Zen Cart SEO - 12 Steps to Success 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.

]]> Comment on Zen Cart SEO - 12 Steps to Success 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..

]]> Comment on Product Images for Facebook Like by Richard http://pro-webs.net/blog/2011/07/13/product-images-for-facebook-like/comment-page-1/#comment-1670 Richard Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:28:49 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=1567#comment-1670 Legend! This works like a charm..thank you so much for this! Like :-) Legend! This works like a charm..thank you so much for this! Like :-)

]]> Comment on Google Will No Longer Report the Query Terms that the User Searched with to Reach Your Site! by Melanie http://pro-webs.net/blog/2011/10/20/google-will-no-longer-report-the-query-terms-that-the-user-searched-on-to-reach-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-1647 Melanie Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:23:28 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=1621#comment-1647 I certainly hope not.... PPC campaigns are a very expensive undertaking for the unskilled marketers, such as myself. New shop owners are easily sucked in to low conversions and huge PPC bills enough already. I certainly hope not.... PPC campaigns are a very expensive undertaking for the unskilled marketers, such as myself. New shop owners are easily sucked in to low conversions and huge PPC bills enough already.

]]> Comment on Google Will No Longer Report the Query Terms that the User Searched with to Reach Your Site! by Jeff Lew http://pro-webs.net/blog/2011/10/20/google-will-no-longer-report-the-query-terms-that-the-user-searched-on-to-reach-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-1646 Jeff Lew Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:21:03 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=1621#comment-1646 You are right that from the Analytics user's perspective the data is anonymous. Maybe this will force Analytics users to run Adwords campaigns just to get the keyword conversion rates... You are right that from the Analytics user's perspective the data is anonymous. Maybe this will force Analytics users to run Adwords campaigns just to get the keyword conversion rates...

]]> Comment on Google Plus 1 for Your Zen Cart by Melanie http://pro-webs.net/blog/2011/06/02/google-plus-1-for-your-zen-cart/comment-page-1/#comment-1635 Melanie Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:07:14 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=1534#comment-1635 Have a link to your pages that you are using it on? Have a link to your pages that you are using it on?

]]> Comment on Google Plus 1 for Your Zen Cart by Shady http://pro-webs.net/blog/2011/06/02/google-plus-1-for-your-zen-cart/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 Shady Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:04:14 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=1534#comment-1634 Really i like that mod,but i face some problem,hope you can help -the logo of the google plus,not appear on the link on the mainpage. -the twitter inside not appear. -the facebook take time to open. thanks for help Really i like that mod,but i face some problem,hope you can help
-the logo of the google plus,not appear on the link on the mainpage.
-the twitter inside not appear.
-the facebook take time to open.
thanks for help

]]> Comment on Handling Deleted and Out of Stock Products by Melanie http://pro-webs.net/blog/2010/03/21/deleted-out-of-stock-products/comment-page-1/#comment-1632 Melanie Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:57:59 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=994#comment-1632 1.3.X or 1.3.9 This was working in 1.3.8 as it sits, but I have not tried it in 1.3.9. If you have it working with this tweak in 1.3.9, feel free to email the code and I will credit and share. 1.3.X or 1.3.9 This was working in 1.3.8 as it sits, but I have not tried it in 1.3.9. If you have it working with this tweak in 1.3.9, feel free to email the code and I will credit and share.

]]> Comment on Handling Deleted and Out of Stock Products by Anthony Taylor http://pro-webs.net/blog/2010/03/21/deleted-out-of-stock-products/comment-page-1/#comment-1631 Anthony Taylor Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:36:07 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=994#comment-1631 cPath can be a chain of categories like 92_96. Thus casting it into an (int) doesn't work. Once I removed this everything seemed to work fine. cPath can be a chain of categories like 92_96. Thus casting it into an (int) doesn't work. Once I removed this everything seemed to work fine.

]]> Comment on IE Design Frustration? by Meta Keywords - Bing Blasphemy | E-Commerce for All http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/09/26/ie-design-frustration/comment-page-1/#comment-1605 Meta Keywords - Bing Blasphemy | E-Commerce for All Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:21:16 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=588#comment-1605 [...] redirect was literally ignored by Bing for 4 full years and whose own design staff has to use a ton of IE hacks to display their OWN damn pages. So Microsoft just handed all the motivation the spammers need to begin adding a thousand keywords [...] [...] redirect was literally ignored by Bing for 4 full years and whose own design staff has to use a ton of IE hacks to display their OWN damn pages. So Microsoft just handed all the motivation the spammers need to begin adding a thousand keywords [...]

]]> Comment on Microsoft Bing Making a Bang? by Meta Keywords - Bing Blasphemy | E-Commerce for All http://pro-webs.net/blog/2009/06/01/microsoft-bing-making-a-bang/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 Meta Keywords - Bing Blasphemy | E-Commerce for All Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:19:51 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=314#comment-1604 [...] from the folks who took 4 years to realize that we use no WWW in our urls.... The forced redirect was literally ignored by Bing for 4 full years and whose own design staff has to use a ton of IE hacks to display their OWN damn pages. So [...] [...] from the folks who took 4 years to realize that we use no WWW in our urls.... The forced redirect was literally ignored by Bing for 4 full years and whose own design staff has to use a ton of IE hacks to display their OWN damn pages. So [...]

]]> Comment on Google Plus 1 for Your Zen Cart by Sami http://pro-webs.net/blog/2011/06/02/google-plus-1-for-your-zen-cart/comment-page-1/#comment-1561 Sami Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:24:02 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=1534#comment-1561 Disreguard comment! I have got it all to work :) Disreguard comment! I have got it all to work :)

]]> Comment on Google Plus 1 for Your Zen Cart by Sami http://pro-webs.net/blog/2011/06/02/google-plus-1-for-your-zen-cart/comment-page-1/#comment-1560 Sami Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:27:50 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=1534#comment-1560 I can't seem to get the +1 to show, it shows the others (buzz, twitter etc) but not the +1 logo. The FB one doesn't seem to show the like on FB itself, is it meant to? Any help would be good. I have put the code into the TPL_PRODUCT_INFO_DISPLAY.PHP file as it places it after the review section and on every page so I don't have to do the code to EVERY item on my shop. It didn't show when I had the code in the item description either. I can't seem to get the +1 to show, it shows the others (buzz, twitter etc) but not the +1 logo. The FB one doesn't seem to show the like on FB itself, is it meant to?

Any help would be good.

I have put the code into the TPL_PRODUCT_INFO_DISPLAY.PHP file as it places it after the review section and on every page so I don't have to do the code to EVERY item on my shop.

It didn't show when I had the code in the item description either.

]]> Comment on Google Plus 1 for Your Zen Cart by Melanie http://pro-webs.net/blog/2011/06/02/google-plus-1-for-your-zen-cart/comment-page-1/#comment-1555 Melanie Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:13:55 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=1534#comment-1555 Very welcome Very welcome

]]> Comment on Google Plus 1 for Your Zen Cart by Arijit http://pro-webs.net/blog/2011/06/02/google-plus-1-for-your-zen-cart/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 Arijit Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:32:49 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=1534#comment-1554 Great post....made my day... BIG thanx :) Great post....made my day...
BIG thanx :)

]]> Comment on Google Plus 1 for Your Zen Cart by Melanie http://pro-webs.net/blog/2011/06/02/google-plus-1-for-your-zen-cart/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 Melanie Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:55:16 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=1534#comment-1543 Get the text file in the last paragraph, should use the formatted text in the example anyways =) Get the text file in the last paragraph, should use the formatted text in the example anyways =)

]]> Comment on Google Plus 1 for Your Zen Cart by Paresh http://pro-webs.net/blog/2011/06/02/google-plus-1-for-your-zen-cart/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Paresh Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:00:51 +0000 http://pro-webs.net/blog/?p=1534#comment-1541 This is a great mod, thanks so much! :) however I too am also having the tweet problem, it is showing up as text. Im not much of an expert when it comes to Zen Cart but is there anyway of fixing this problem? Whitebear you mentioned that class="twitter-share-button" is what was missing, where would i insert that text? This is a great mod, thanks so much! :) however I too am also having the tweet problem, it is showing up as text. Im not much of an expert when it comes to Zen Cart but is there anyway of fixing this problem? Whitebear you mentioned that class="twitter-share-button" is what was missing, where would i insert that text?

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