X-Cart forums

[Donster]

I have a new site up (www.edfredstore.com). Most of our traffic is coming from forums where potential customers are looking for solutions for a cleaning problem and they see a post about our products.

This leads me to believe that I should create an extensive informational static page where we answer typical questions, like a FAQ of cleaning. Does not have to be pretty. And of course, this Must achieve a good search ranking to be of value.

So, use an embedded page? Maybe even another domain and link it? I don't know where to start. Is there a primer anywhere on static pages?

[balinor]

Just create an embedded static page - simple as that. Don't create a new domain and link to it, that won't do you any good and looks fishy.

[Donster]

That looks simple. I thought that embedded pages did not do well with SEO.

I have been surprised at the apparent traffic at forum pages. Wondering if I should create a forum on our corporate site www.edfred.corp (it is a sucky site I inherited) as well as a static page? Or can a X-cart site have a user forum, maybe using a mod?

Our users are cult like fans and often tell us they would promote us if asked. I would think we would develop a very active forum.

[balinor]

Not sure where you heard that, but embedded pages work just as well as product pages, it is all about the content, not the type of page.

A forum is great, but only if it is active. A dead forum actually hurts you, as your site looks outdated and empty.