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[Tavarz]

Looking for the best applicable SEO mods, anyone try this?

http://www.magneticone.com/store/X.Cart.Modules...Mods/Advanced.SEO.for.x.Cart

[ARW VISIONS]

prob best ot stick with this one.

http://www.websitecm.com/x-cart-mods/cdseo-pro-x-cart-seo.html

[Asiaplay]

I have not used this mod... but it does seem to ignore some of the following things which are needed for SEO (reading their introduction this mod is purely URL rewrites and not full SEO).
i.e. this mod seems to ignore...
a) URL rewrite for manufacturers
b) metatags, meta descriptions etc. for each of the pages
c) 301 rewrites for when you change a URL later (so old URL redirects if someone has bookmarked it and uses that).

Jon's mod (found at www.websitecm.com ) does take account of these things - so I would tend to agree with Ashley on this...

Cheers - Asiaplay

[Jon]

I agree with the two posts above but I'm probably bias

[savajr]

Originally Posted by Asiaplay

I have not used this mod... but it does seem to ignore some of the following things which are needed for SEO (reading their introduction this mod is purely URL rewrites and not full SEO).
i.e. this mod seems to ignore...
a) URL rewrite for manufacturers
b) metatags, meta descriptions etc. for each of the pages
c) 301 rewrites for when you change a URL later (so old URL redirects if someone has bookmarked it and uses that).

Jon's mod (found at www.websitecm.com ) does take account of these things - so I would tend to agree with Ashley on this...

Cheers - Asiaplay

What you said is not true - module supports 2 of 3 mentioned features. and has one that makes it very interesting.

here is quote from product description

- Extensible
Key parts are open source providing you unlimited flexibility in extending seo mod to support your specific extensions
This is something you can't find in any other mods, but which gives you unlimited customization opportunities.

- Preserve Current SEO Rankings
Ability to add smart 301 redirects to preserve existing SEO positions

You are welcome you send your questions directly to MagneticOne support - support@magneticone.com

[savajr]

Originally Posted by Tavarz

Looking for the best applicable SEO mods, anyone try this?

http://www.magneticone.com/store/X.Cart.Modules...Mods/Advanced.SEO.for.x.Cart

Tavarz
Better use Power SEO mod

Download free trial and give it a try - takes very small time to implement, quick install, simple setup - works by default.

[Tavarz]

Originally Posted by savajr

Tavarz
Better use Power SEO mod

Download free trial and give it a try - takes very small time to implement, quick install, simple setup - works by default.

From reading this it seems it's possible to modify it as the key areas are open source. That's great if it lives up to those words

[savajr]

Originally Posted by Tavarz

From reading this it seems it's possible to modify it as the key areas are open source. That's great if it lives up to those words

Exactly - you can add custom rules by yourself. It has examples on how to add new rules and also all existing rules for you to use as example or copy from.

Additionally there are 5 sets of url templates for you to chose from with 1 click of a mouse:

URL Templates:
Use this option carefully - changing URL Template can affect your website SEO rankings

Products as Pages and Categories as Folders
http://www.domain.com/store/hardware/modems/zyxel-omni-56k
http://www.domain.com/store/hardware/modems
http://www.domain.com/store/categ4page/some-page

All Products and Categories in Store Root
http://www.domain.com/store/zyxel-omni-56k
http://www.domain.com/store/modems
http://www.domain.com/store/some-page

Products as Pages with .html and Categories as Folders
http://www.domain.com/store/hardware/modems/zyxel-omni-56k.html
http://www.domain.com/store/hardware/modems
http://www.domain.com/store/categ4page/some-page.html

All Products and Categories in Store Root as Pages with .html
http://www.domain.com/store/zyxel-omni-56k.html
http://www.domain.com/store/modems.html
http://www.domain.com/store/some-page.html

Products as Pages and Manufacturers as Folders
http://www.domain.com/store/zyxel/zyxel-omni-56k
http://www.domain.com/store/hardware/modems
http://www.domain.com/store/categ4page/some-page

Give it a try to be 110% sure

[Asiaplay]

Savajr,

Apologies - is how I read the intro at the time posted - thanks for clarification.

Cheers, Asiaplay

[Squeeze Juice Marketing]

Originally Posted by Tavarz

Looking for the best applicable SEO mods, anyone try this?

http://www.magneticone.com/store/X.Cart.Modules...Mods/Advanced.SEO.for.x.Cart

As Ashley and Asiaplay recommended your best bet hands down is CDSEO. SEO is not something to be taken lightly if you are serious about your web business.