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[spingary]

Just installed XC SEO for a new client (v4.1.9). Installation was quick and easy, very nicely done. I'll report back as to how it works for them.

[intel352]

Glad to hear it

Just a note, a new release of XC SEO is coming in the next week or so, once I have a chance to finalize it, it will be a minor release focusing on bug-fixes (should be ~3 bugs smashed, with no other known outstanding). Keep an eye on this thread for that update.

[charlesw]

Hi, how can the basic version of XC SEO be adapted to rewrite links in https?

I am currently working on a new website in x-cart v.4.1.9 (not yet on-line) and XC SEO works very well for me in http, e.g. http://www.regentgifts.co.uk/home.php?cat=500 rewrites to http://www.regentgifts.co.uk/face-masks-c-500.html. But the same category, product or other links are not rewritten in https://www.....

Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can give,

Charles

[josebueso]

Hi

I have notice this too.
This link is listed in google and returned a not found error.
https://uncionmusic.com/musical-con-lali-torres-dvd-en-vivo-cristiana-pr-16407.html

Any solution to this?

[cflsystems]

Using the free version and have no problems with url rewrite - both http and https showing the same rewriten html url

[intel352]

Ensure you're using v1.3 of XC SEO if you're having any issues with HTTPS

Originally Posted by josebueso

This link is listed in google and returned a not found error.
https://uncionmusic.com/musical-con-lali-torres-dvd-en-vivo-cristiana-pr-16407.html

this is a problem with how X-Cart handles redirecting 301 links. I have a fix for this (it only occurs depending on certain settings in the admin area). the fix will be in the next release, contact me if you need the fix now.

Cheers

[koby]

Just wanted to post my support for what Jon is doing with XC SEO. It's worked out well for my store since installing 1.2 and he was gracious enough to lend a hand installing 1.3 for us.

[intel352]

If you're a user of XML Sitemaps Commercial version (http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/), a good application that generates sitemap.xml files for your store, then this information is pertinent to you:

Originally Posted by intel352

Regarding xml-sitemaps commercial application, I spoke with the author this week, it turns out you can change the UserAgent value via a manual config value specification.

This is specifically helpful for XC SEO users, as the sitemap is then seen as a legitimate bot, and the URLs are cleaned up accordingly.

[deltron3030]

Hi Jon,
What application are you talking of here for the sitemaps (i want to do this) ?

Also wondering if there is any benefit using other seo products with xc like

Category Meta Title Control - Free Xcart Mod #161 from bsce


I am really suprised at the speed of this xc seo mod!

[intel352]

Hi deltron, I posted the wrong url, it's actually http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ (I updated my previous post to reflect this url).

That is a well-done sitemap generator, which provides a listing of all website urls for search engines. It helps get your website indexed faster. Typically once you create your first sitemap.xml file, you notify the search engines that it exists, and then they constantly check that file in the future for updates.

There was an issue where the generator identified itself as "XML Sitemaps.com" or something similar, which X-Cart did not recognize as a bot. This meant that the generator saw all the urls that a user would normally see (which is, more urls than bots are typically shown by XC SEO). Changing the User Agent value as shown, will have the application detected as a bot, so that fewer urls are generated, specifically for use with bots, to avoid duplicate content issues, etc. One user had 300+ urls throughout his website with and without XC SEO. When using XC SEO, and the XML Sitemaps' generator with the User Agent value set to "googlebot", the url count was reduced to only 66!!


Yes, any mods that help you define meta tags and the like, are good mods to have.


I'm glad you like XC SEO and it's speed I've always been happy with it's speed, as it's performance is never noticeably slower than a cart without XC SEO.

Cheers