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12/10/2012 9:38 AM
 
This is my first time to use the Smith Cart and I'm trying to make it more SEO friendly. I'm using Smith Shopping Cart v5.2.0, SQL Server 2008 with DNN v6.2.2.

Will someone give me an example of what to enter for the following:

URL Keywords
Title Tag
Description Tag
Keyword Tags
Photo Alt Tags

Thanks in advance for any help.
 
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12/10/2012 10:26 AM
 
Smith Cart has a great online manual Jonnie_D,

Here is a link to the SEO portion of that manual:

http://www.smith-consulting.com/Suppo...

It has some great examples.

Alex
 
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12/10/2012 10:27 AM
 
URL Keywords – The keywords entered in this field will be dynamically added in the URL of the product detail page.  If you have configured friendly URL’s in your portal or are using the iFinity URL module then the value you enter in this field will be the page name when the user navigates to the product details page for the product.  For example, if you have a product titled Halo4 and you enter "Halo4" as your product page name the product detail page URL would be the following:

yourdomain.com/halo4.aspx

Enter keywords that are relevant and targeted towards your product. Targeted keywords in the URL help your SEO rankings.  If you enter several keywords use hyphens as dividers and not underscores as hyphens have proven better for SEO.

For more info on configuring SEO friendly URLs in Smith Cart please see the following link:
http://www.smith-consulting.com/Forum...

Title Tag - The Title tag shows up in the top bar of the user's browser and is one of the most important things in good search engine positioning.  Each page of your site should have a unique title tag with its own keywords that relate to the page.  Title tag length should be between 50-80 characters long - including spaces. You should optimize for 1-2 of your most important product keyword phrases in the title tag.

Description Tag - The description meta tag is meant to describe what your page is about and must contain the popular search words from your keyword research. All of your product pages should have a unique description META tag and should include 3-4 of your most popular search words especially those used in your title tag and content. Try to have your most important keywords appear at the beginning of your description.  Your description meta tag should not exceed 200 characters.

Keyword Tag - The keyword meta tag is should include the important keywords that relate to your products. Good meta keyword optimization include 3-4 of your most important keyword phrases, especially those used in your title tag and product description.  Your keyword meta tag should not exceed 300 characters.

Product Photo Alt Tags 1-6 - Alternate text is meant to provide additional information or alternative description for your product images. The Alt Tag field allows a maximum of 150 characters but it is recommended that you limit your alt tags to 80 characters.  The alt tags should be unique for each product photo and make sure you enter relevant and appropriate keywords that describe the picture.  It is also good SEO practice to embed important keywords in your image names before you upload them in the product setups screen.

For a full description of the SEO features in Smith Cart please see page 147 of the Smith Cart User's Guide:
http://www.smith-consulting.com/Porta...

Thanks,


Scott Kelly
Project Manager
DotNetNuke Consulting, DotNetNuke Store and DNN Ecommerce
 
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12/10/2012 1:54 PM
 
Thanks for the helpful SEO information. Should this info be added to the thumbnail on the BuyNow page or the ProductDetailsPage?  The reason I ask is because I'm having trouble with my ProductDetailsPage. A friend who is helping me posted this trying to get an answer for why the ProductDetailsPage isn't working. Any help you can give is appreciated.
http://www.smith-consulting.com/Forum...
 
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