GET YOUR SITE OPTIMISED WITH CDSEO LINKS
 

CUSTOM DYNAMIC SEO LINKS by WebsiteCM.com

WebsiteCM's blurb about this item:

I was offered the chance to try this puppy out the other day and I thought I'd give it a go, couldn't hurt.

Jon's always producing fantastic mods so expectations were high and this is no exception.

It's a cinch to install, easily configurable and works in no time.

I have purchased other SEO mods but this one is SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE'S :)

This mod transforms your URLS into very very search engine friendly ones like this:

(say for example you have a site that sells, amongst other things, widgets and in particular, a widget called Fireball3000 which is the world's most sought after widget)

Your normal url might look like this:
www.widgetworld.com/home.php?productid=758
Your usual modification gives you a URL like this:
www.widgetworld.com/fireball3000-pr-56.html
With this mod you get:
www.widgetworld.com/widgets/fireball-3000.html

So, if you are a search engine looking for the most relevant URLs from which to index content about FireBall 3000 widgets, naturally you'd rank the last one as more relevant because it's set up to tell you exactly what you're looking at.

This is why I would say if you are in the market for some cost effective, inexpensive SEO tools for your site and increase your traffic and sales into your site (who isn't?), BUY THIS MOD.

CUSTOM DYNAMIC SEO LINKS - Click here to see this mod

Please note: This is the view of me and doesn't constitute an official announcement ;)

Yes I recently came across this. And i am deciding between
safteynetwebs DFSU or this.

But I cant really see this helping much if any in the search engines. URL might play a small part -- but the very small difference in he customized URL in this mod versus the standard URL rewrite is very little.
My thought would be that small difference vs. the standard rewritten URL is so insignificant it would be a waste of your time to go into each producty... and specify an unique URL.

I would be curious to hear some SEO gurus thoughts on this.

Also perhaps Jon can offer some assisatnce on the following:
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Does this mod rewrite x-cart static page URLs?

Does this mod work with rewritten URLS to froogle output?

Does this extra control of URLS hurt site performance at all compared to standard rewrite(due to the extra checks to see if a unique URL is specified)?

I would really like to see this mod a a couple of sites, just to make sure there are no bugs...

Jon's mod covers alot, it'll certainly help with your rankings

I am not suggesting it wont help alot compared to not having any mod at all.

What I am saying that there really wont be a difference compared to the standard URL rewrite such as safetynetwebs DFSU.

Point 2 about the froogle feeds creation is always my concern with these mods (I know DSEFU can do it with some modifications).

To make it a killer mod it really needs to include feed generation including in with it - we use a modified verson of the default froogle feed generator to output product feeds for froogle and for the various affiliate networks and product comparison sites that we are on , so there is no point in us using a mod like this unless feed creation can be changed because of duplicate content penalties.

So before I would buy it would have to be either
A) version 2 which includes froogle feed generation
B) have froogle feed generation as an add on

If you look at the comparison chart on the product details page there are many ways this mod is an improvement over the standard html format.

It does not use mod-rewrite.

It is less server intensive than mod-rewrite and is equivalent with your standard PHP pages - it adds only one query per page.

We have not yet modified it to support froogle but as I am confident it would be very easy to do, we'd be happy to work with you to make it compatible free of charge.

You can see the mod functioning on WebsiteCM.com.

We are also happy to provide a license for a test store of yours to test with.

Hi Jon,
Will we be able to use this on the upcoming 4.1.0 version? If so I will be buying it tomorrow.

Thanks

Hi Jon could you speak a little more about the performace enhancement of this versus the URL reqrite that uses mod rewrite. Do you think this will be a noticeable diffference speed wise?

When 4.1.0 is released we will ensure compatibility.

The speed increase would be the difference in using mod-rewrite and not using mod-rewrite.

No offence, but mod_rewrite is NOT a big performance drag.

You'd be better off trying to increase the speed of the SQL used in x-cart.

^ Agreed. The mod is for SEO purposes, not for speed, I am only indicating differences between mods, not offering suggestions for speed optimization as I have done here: http://www.websitecm.com/news/14/Speed-up-your-XCart-Installation.html

Hi Jon,

When the Xcart issues another upgrade, will your existing customers for your
product need to purchase additional files from you in order to complete the upgrade and maitain your mod?

How difficult is this to install?

I would be interested in testing this on my test site.

Please let me know.

Thanks,

The difficult components of the install are automated through a web-based installation. While not difficult, there are however many template changes required to modify the links.

We will be upgrading the mod to maintain compatibility through x-cart versions and currently offer these for free.

If you'd like to try on a test site I can provide you a time-sensitive trial, just email support@websitecm.com with the domain name.

When I run the CDSEO server test, I always get
Your host accepts ForceType but does not allow AcceptPathInfo, even though my server host has AcceptPathInfo enabled for us
Any idea?

If you send FTP info to support@websitecm.com we'll make sure it works for you.

Hi Jon:
I send all the FTP info of my web site to you, hopefully you can make it ready for your CDSEO mod

Thanks

free trial CDSEO
 

I did find a bug in the free trial version of CDSEO, if I purchase it, Do you provide tech support to fix that? For How long?

Jon,

If the site in question has the safteynetwebs DFSU mod installed on it, will it be necessary to remove it first?

Thanks

^ To the best of my knowledge, yes.

If you do buy this mod from Jon, or indeed any other product from websiteCM.com, his customer service is second to none and this is as important a factor in my recommending him to you as the quality of his mods and add-ons are.

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Hold on a second, let me catch my breath: that is the longest sentence I've come across in a long time!

Don't get me wrong - it sounds like a fantastic mod. I wanted something like it because the XC-generated URLs are too long.

If you guys would sell it, a lot of people (including me) would buy it. By selling I mean explain its benefits (what it can do), not what it is. There is also a lot of ambiguity in the description, which makes me doubtful.

I will try to understand why it is needed. From what I can tell, these are the main benefits:

1st benefit) There is a chance it will increase profits.
This is done by helping to increase search engine ranking, and ranking = traffic and traffic = profit.
Based on that, would it be accurate to say that the software pays for itself in most cases?
Also, if I understand the benefit correctly, I would be losing money by not buying this enhancement.
What would be really helpful is to see some success rate statistics, SEO expert opinions or testimonials from someone not affiliated with you.

2nd benefit) Saves time and money for people using HTML catalog.
It saves time by updating automatically. Instead of generating an HTML catalog and scouting for broken links, everything is done for us, leaving our time for something more productive.

3rd benefit) The satisfaction of your customers, Jon, is your concern
I gather this from donavichi's statement on his customer service

Well there are lots more, and I won't do your job for you anymore :P
Which approach do you think is more compelling? I think just by writing all this, I am more excited than you are about it.

Just post some of those helpful things I ask for in the 1st benefit, and you will get an order from me :)

Thanks
Sam[/i][/quote]

I did purchase, and emailed Jon about the issue I have, still awaiting

Hi Sam, you are correct, I am definitely not a marketer. I've been looking for a marketing person or company to partner with but have yet to find one who I feel understands what we do well enough to write for us. If you are in the marketing business feel free to contact me and I'd love to talk.

pwd88 - I've responded to all tickets with regard to CDSEO Links, perhaps it did not make it to you. I've just finished moving offices this weekend so have been unavailable but will be sure to address any current support tickets asap.

Somebody was inputting support requests into the product review fields at the bottom of the product page.

Please be sure to send support requests at http://www.websitecm.com/support/ :)

Hi Jon:
FYI, I found more bugs when I try to use your help desk support system to file one of my cdseo problem, firstly user can not login in spite of I recover my password, and making sure I enter them correctly, secondly I could not track the status of my already entered ticket, could not reterieve my ticket either
I just want my fully licensed cdseo problem fixed

You've entered several tickets on the same issue which have all been responded to which makes me wonder if you are receiving my emails. Perhaps you can PM me on the X-Cart forums for support.

With regard to your question, when you enter the url in your admin section you can not have slashes in it.

It should just be "16x20-baseball-photos" or "baseball-16x20-baseball-photos" but NOT baseball/16x20-baseball-photos

Since this is a paid mod, moving to Pro Services - Offers

Jon:
if this is waht you mean you have responded, then it doesn't help

Your ticket has been received, one of the staff members will review it and reply accordingly. Listed below are details of this ticket, Please make sure the Ticket ID remains in the subject at all times.

Ticket ID: CDH-771532
Subject: some links in admin panel and all pagination links in admin panel are broken
Department: General
Priority: Medium
Status: Open

You can check the status or reply to this ticket online at: http://www.websitecm.com/support/

Please do let us know if we can assist you any further,

WebsiteCM

That is an auto-responder. I have replied to each of your tickets. I have PM'd you an example.

For those of you that have added this to your store...

what was the amount of work needed after you installed it and it did the one-time process, but then tweaking the link names? I have 2000 products and cannot imagine having to go one-by-one to tweak their names afterwards.

Could someone explain how that worked for them?

Thanks much!
Brian

Hi Brian,

I believe you have now added me to MSN, I am not currently available but will be later today or tomorrow to speak in further detail.

The initial installation is web-based and automatically updates all of your product and category urls using the product and category names, you need then only to customize the ones you wish.

Hi Jon,
I know you mentioned that your mod does not use mod rewrite-- so i was hoping you could mention the technique your mod uses. This way i can do some research on it and compare it with mod rewrite and hear what others have to say.

Is there something common technique that is known that your mod uses.


Thanks

The mod uploads a file with no extention i.e. "keyword-file", and sets apache to process it as a php file, even though it appears in the url as a folder. The PHP file then processes the url string to get the category or product url and queries the database to get the categoryid/productid, and then loads the page.

Is this a propreitary method that you came up with or is this known as some common term/technique.

I just want to search google to see what i come up with and what others say about this method.

It's a common technique.

does it have a name or is it referred to as anything in particular?

Sorry I'm not aware if it has a particular name or not.

Hi - I have the DSEFU mod installed and have been very happy with it. I downloaded the test install file and uploaded the contents to my XCart directory. I ran the link:

http://www.vacsew.com/xcart/websitecm/websitecm-cdseo/test/

and well - what does it mean? No responses match what should have been reported.

I should mention that the upload does not contain a seperate dir of websitecm-cdseo/test/

If I eliminate the /test/ part i still get the same Internal Server Error.

^ Likely means your server does not support the commands at all, or you have installed incorrectly. If you send FTP info with a request to investigate, to support@websitecm.com, we will look to make your .htaccess compatible.

Done - eMail is on its way to you right now.