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[Jon]

Originally Posted by anandat

Hi Jon,
As you can see clean url function is a part of xcart now.
CDSEO PRO has almost similar functions like clean url.
Why people will like to spent $149 for CDSEO Pro when they will get similar mod by default for FREE !

My friendly suggestion is that you should not be charge now for updates. Updated version should be available for free to all license holder.
This way people will happy invest in CDEOPRO as they will have assurity to get new features for CDSEOPRO.

What do you think ?

CDSEO has definitive advantages with several more in the works. If we didn't charge for upgrade development we wouldn't be able to afford to continue to support the module!

[cloelke]

Hey Jon,
I'd appreciate a response to my support tickets as well as they are dealing with items/files needed asap for xcart to install with my upgrade to 4.6
TZV-417-98413
TZV-417-98413
IVY-735-32153

Thanks
Ryan

[Jon]

I am working my way through tickets. As we were not given any notice about 4.6 by Qualiteam, we are having to finish existing workload and try and fit 4.6 compatibility into an already packed development schedule, a such, modules are not yet 4.6 compatible and may be another couple weeks before they are all compatible. CDSEO and xCMS will be first priority.

[DavyMac]

I need to find a way of changing the canonical link that CDSEO sets for the category and manufacturer pages > 1.

I'm following the guidance provided by Google with regard to a series of content http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/view-all-in-search-results.html For category and manufacturer pages I have a "view all" page (first_page_url/?show_all), which contains the super-set of content for the entire category, and the guidance states that each page > 1 should have a canonical pointing to the URL of the first page - currently cdseo sets the canonical to the pages own URL.

I don't wish to open a can of worms regarding the "correct" use of canonicals and whether I should be using rel="next/prev" although I know people have strong views on this, I am simply following the instructions of our SEO company who wish our pages > 1 to have a canonical pointing to the first page.

Any ideas on how to set the canonical for pages > 1 to be the URL of the first page? I had a go at making the changes in home.php but CDSEO Pro over-rides my code!!

[DavyMac]

Originally Posted by DavyMac

I had a go at making the changes in home.php but CDSEO Pro over-rides my code!!

Disabling the "Enable canonical tags" setting within CDSEO Pro stopped my new code from being over-ridden so I've now got the resultant behaviour I require

[costanza]

I'm using CDSEO and see that I can create a gzip version of the .xml sitemap. My server has gzip enabled.

1. Is there a benefit to using the sitemap.xml.gz version instead of just the regular sitemap.xml?
2. If I enable the .gz version, should I then delete the regular sitemap.xml (and vice versa)? I noticed when I generated the .gz version, the regular sitemap contents were cleared. I then generated the regular version again and now have both files with sitemaps loaded.

I want to be clear on this. I'm concerned having an empty sitemap file, or having both the zipped and unzipped sitemaps may cause SEO problems?

3. If I end up using both, should I point to both in my robots file??

[Jon]

Originally Posted by costanza

I'm using CDSEO and see that I can create a gzip version of the .xml sitemap. My server has gzip enabled.

1. Is there a benefit to using the sitemap.xml.gz version instead of just the regular sitemap.xml?
2. If I enable the .gz version, should I then delete the regular sitemap.xml (and vice versa)? I noticed when I generated the .gz version, the regular sitemap contents were cleared. I then generated the regular version again and now have both files with sitemaps loaded.

I want to be clear on this. I'm concerned having an empty sitemap file, or having both the zipped and unzipped sitemaps may cause SEO problems?

3. If I end up using both, should I point to both in my robots file??

The benefit to the xml.gz is that the file size is smaller. This is helpful for sites with many urls or sites that have low bandwidth for their hosting. In general however it is not necessary.

You don't want to have both the xml and the sitemap.xml.gz populated. You should use one or the other, only add one to your robots.txt, and make sure that file is specified properly in your Google webmasters account.

[Jon]

Originally Posted by DavyMac

I need to find a way of changing the canonical link that CDSEO sets for the category and manufacturer pages > 1.

I'm following the guidance provided by Google with regard to a series of content http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/view-all-in-search-results.html For category and manufacturer pages I have a "view all" page (first_page_url/?show_all), which contains the super-set of content for the entire category, and the guidance states that each page > 1 should have a canonical pointing to the URL of the first page - currently cdseo sets the canonical to the pages own URL.

I don't wish to open a can of worms regarding the "correct" use of canonicals and whether I should be using rel="next/prev" although I know people have strong views on this, I am simply following the instructions of our SEO company who wish our pages > 1 to have a canonical pointing to the first page.

Any ideas on how to set the canonical for pages > 1 to be the URL of the first page? I had a go at making the changes in home.php but CDSEO Pro over-rides my code!!

I will be adding different options for this to an upcoming CDSEO release.

[costanza]

Originally Posted by Jon

The benefit to the xml.gz is that the file size is smaller. This is helpful for sites with many urls or sites that have low bandwidth for their hosting. In general however it is not necessary.

You don't want to have both the xml and the sitemap.xml.gz populated. You should use one or the other, only add one to your robots.txt, and make sure that file is specified properly in your Google webmasters account.

Thanks Jon, very helpful.

Is it better to delete the file or open it and delete the content? (Generating the normal sitemap.xml again didn't take the content out of the .gz file.) It seems funny that it's okay to have an empty sitemap file, yet I dont want to mess things up for CDSEO.

[Jon]

Either way is fine as long as it isn't linked to. Personally I would delete the contents of it.