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[JacksmithxD]

Can you look into doing rich snippets for xCMS? e.g Author etc.

Thanks

[sabinudash]

My store is configured for non-www url in xcart config.php

So, www.mysite.com and https://www.mysite.com redirect to mysite.com and https://mysite.com respectively.

My question is:

1. I have both mysite.com and www.mysite.com added to google webmaster tools.

2. After adding the same sitemap to both last week,

• only 1 page has been indexed for mysite.com, and
• 1600 plus pages have been indexed for www.mysite.com

How should I interpret this? My search results have not improved much yet.


I appreciate any explanation/suggestions . Thank you.

[Jon]

Originally Posted by sabinudash

My store is configured for non-www url in xcart config.php

So, www.mysite.com and https://www.mysite.com redirect to mysite.com and https://mysite.com respectively.

My question is:

1. I have both mysite.com and www.mysite.com added to google webmaster tools.

2. After adding the same sitemap to both last week,

• only 1 page has been indexed for mysite.com, and
• 1600 plus pages have been indexed for www.mysite.com

How should I interpret this? My search results have not improved much yet.


I appreciate any explanation/suggestions . Thank you.

You should specify the domain without www in your google webmaster tools and put in redirect code from the www to the non-www if that's the version you want to use. Here's a link to a tutorial about setting up a preference: http://www.websitecm.com/articles/x-cart-seo/www-seo-pick-a-domain-preference/

[Jon]

Originally Posted by JacksmithxD

Can you look into doing rich snippets for xCMS? e.g Author etc.

Thanks

We're definitely considering rich snippets.

[Jon]

Originally Posted by sabinudash

I'm trying to change the 'company name' in page titles auto-populated by cdseo.

I used following instructions as provided in knowledgebase.
---------------------------------------------
Open modules/cdseolinks/cdseo_config.php

FIND:
?>


BEFORE ADD:
// WCM - Customization to replace company name in page title
// Be sure to change "New Title" to the text you want to appear
if ($cdseopage == 'auto-population' OR $_GET['cdseopage'] == 'auto-population')
db_query("UPDATE wcm_cdseo set cdseoTitle = replace(cdseoTitle,'- " . trim($config[Company][company_name]) . "','- New Title')");
// / WCM - Customization to replace company name in page title
---------------------------------------------

I applied auto-population again after following above instructions. However the company name did not change in page titles.

Anybody tried this? Appreciate help.

EDIT: This works with newly added products only. However does not work for existing ones.

Anybody has any clue to get this work for existing product titles?

Thank you.

If your company name has changed since you first autopopulated then you need to change the code with the text you want to remove.

// WCM - Customization to replace company name in page title
// Be sure to change "New Title" to the text you want to appear
if ($cdseopage == 'auto-population' OR $_GET['cdseopage'] == 'auto-population')
db_query("UPDATE wcm_cdseo set cdseoTitle = replace(cdseoTitle,'- Text to Remove','- New Title')");
// / WCM - Customization to replace company name in page title

[Jon]

Originally Posted by voodoo1967

Does CDSEO prop allow meta description symbols ? - is it just a case of typing in the code ? - does CDSEO recognise them ?

You can use html numbers and html names, © for a copyright symbol for example.

[Jon]

Originally Posted by lucus81

Hi,


Anyone could help me get rid off this part of codes above CDSE Pro dashboard.
See pic attached.

Thanks
Lucas

Open the admin/cdseopro/index.php file and at the top before <?php add:

<?php
error_reporting(0);
?>

[Jon]

Originally Posted by tam10

Hi Jon, I took your advice and left the secondary url blank. When i try to auto populate it, nothing happens and now i have 29 categories without a custom CDSEO url. (although my site does show the correct url)

Second issue that puzzles me is that Bing get the site map but it does not crawl the pages so i need to resubmit it manually.
no results from ask.com ping it remains blank.

Thanks.

The autopopulation is fine, it won't show the secondary url but it will use the /index2.html, /index3.html etc. as you requested. The Bing issue is puzzling. Have you authenticated your site with Bing?

Ask.com changed recently, we are aware of this and will be making changes to accommodate in the next release.

[lucus81]

Originally Posted by Jon

Open the admin/cdseopro/index.php file and at the top before <?php add:

<?php
error_reporting(0);
?>

Working like a charm.
Thanks a lot

[sabinudash]

Hello,

When searching "site:http://mysite.com" on google, I saw https version of my webpages indexed.

Is it wise to remove https version of the webpages to avoid duplicate content as search engine may also have http version of the same pages indexed?

How should I go about removing https: from search engines?

Highly appreciate any suggestions/tips.