Improve My SEO?? What???

[SeanBarton]

I would love someone to have a look over my site and tell me what they think. ive just been employed as a web developer and have loads of ideas but dont know where to start. my boss keeps shouting at me to become an SEO expert...what is it and how can i attract more people to the site with it?? im using creloaded 6.15 and there is something called seo urls in the settings but as soon as i turn it on the site breaks. ideas?

 

my sales are very low and my boss tells me sales used to be alot higher when we was linking for several hours a day. what is linking and is there an easy way to do it. weve had to start using googles ppc and sales are slightly higher but im still only getting a few visitors every day. we sell batteries of all types and other consumer products as a main focus, you would think this kind of site would be popular. any hints, suggestions, tips would be greatly appreciated.

 

im at.... http://www.battech.co.uk

 

thanks in advance.. - Sean

[Chris Smith]

I would love someone to have a look over my site and tell me what they think. ive just been employed as a web developer and have loads of ideas but dont know where to start. my boss keeps shouting at me to become an SEO expert...what is it and how can i attract more people to the site with it?? im using creloaded 6.15 and there is something called seo urls in the settings but as soon as i turn it on the site breaks. ideas?

 

my sales are very low and my boss tells me sales used to be alot higher when we was linking for several hours a day. what is linking and is there an easy way to do it. weve had to start using googles ppc and sales are slightly higher but im still only getting a few visitors every day. we sell batteries of all types and other consumer products as a main focus, you would think this kind of site would be popular. any hints, suggestions, tips would be greatly appreciated.

 

im at.... http://www.battech.co.uk

 

thanks in advance.. - Sean

 

 

my boss keeps shouting at me to become an SEO expert...what is it and how can i attract more people to the site with it??

 

This bit is priceless! SEO = Search engine optimisation, it's not software

[SeanBarton]

This bit is priceless! SEO = Search engine optimisation, it's not software

haha thanks for your support. i knew what SEO was...i just didnt know how to use it to make more visitors come to my site. advice would be good although aq bit of humour goes a long way :)

 

Sean

[Chris Smith]

haha thanks for your support. i knew what SEO was...i just didnt know how to use it to make more visitors come to my site. advice would be good although aq bit of humour goes a long way :)

 

Sean

 

Sean there are lots and lots on here about how bots work and the google algorithms. there are also many contributions regarding meta tags and header tags I think you should boil a large pot of coffee and have a late night tonight.

 

Try searching for ultimate url

 

Chris :thumbsup:

[jpweber]

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num...amp;safe=images

 

Not rocket science; just google it like I did above. There are plenty of contributions on here ("community/contributions") to search from to make your URL's more search engine friendly.

[jpweber]

Ultimate SEO, Search Engine Friendly URLs, Header Tags ... contributions like that.

[Chris Smith]

Ultimate SEO, Search Engine Friendly URLs, Header Tags ... contributions like that.

 

Have a read of this aswell Search engine optimisation This is from osCommerce solutions. :thumbsup:

[SeanBarton]

ok ive seen that and the contributions available but whenever i turn on the SEO urls (experimental) switch in the settings i kills the site. the template dies rather and i get a nice big red error message at the bottom. also none of my product links work. ive got a test site running reloaded v 6.2 and the seo urls link isnt there. do i have to pay for it for reloaded. can i get it for free elsewhere? thanks for your help with this. as much advice as possible would help. what do you think of the site?

 

Sean

[jpweber]

Sean, please read what we're saying. It's like you don't wanna work, and you'd rather just post here for a magic answer or something.

 

This is one contribution you must download and install on your own by following the readme instructions (we can't do it for you):

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,2796/

 

Here's a Google Site map feed (no free install -- you must do this on your own):

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,3233/

 

Header Tags -- a mandatory contribution (no free install -- work and do it):

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,207/

 

Dynamic Sitemap:

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,3306/

 

There ya go, Sean. No more posting for magic answers in here. X out of the forums and get to work! It might take you an entire day, but if you install these, you're good to go with SEO.

 

And please, don't be lazy; take the time to read those google articles I told you that will teach you about meta tags, etc. ....