Crumbs, it was a while since I done this. But the answer was provided by a kind fellow somewhere within the XC-SEO thread. Looks like this one by cbarnes
http://forum.x-cart.com/showpost.php?p=196528&postcount=367
Go into modules/XC_SEO/outputfilter.seo.php and find the function _insert_href_title()
right below it inside the function, find the line...
if((strpos(" title=",$found)===false)){
and change to this...
if((eregi("title=",$found)===false)){
Can't remember if the code needed changes .tpl-wise - I doubt it though. (Well except for the addition of the title tag which should take prominence outside of the XC-SEO mod)
Remember to back up, just in case ;D
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Doms