Guest Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Hello all. I'm not sure where I found this little snipplet, but I've changed the title header of my product_info.php page to show this title: Store Name: Item name [model #]. Here is the change to my product_info.php: /* OSC copyright info starts/ends here */ require('includes/application_top.php'); require(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $language . '/' . FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO); [b][color="#FF0000"] $product_check_query = tep_db_query("select count(*) as total from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd where p.products_status = '1' and p.products_id = '" . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'] . "' and pd.products_id = p.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "'"); $product_check = tep_db_fetch_array($product_check_query); ?> <?php $product_info_query = tep_db_query("select pd.products_name, pd.products_description, p.products_model from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd where p.products_status = '1' and p.products_id = '" . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'] . "' and pd.products_id = p.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "'"); $product_info = tep_db_fetch_array($product_info_query); $products_model = $product_info['products_model']; $products_name = $product_info['products_name']; $products_description = $product_info['products_description']; ?> <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html <?php echo HTML_PARAMS; ?>> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=<?php echo CHARSET; ?>"> <title><?php echo TITLE . ': ' . $products_name . ' [ ' . $products_model . ' ] '; ?></title>[/b][/color] Hopefully this helps others out there. I'd really be interested in a snipplet that would allow me to put the manufacturer in the title as well... Any other suggestion would be great! Good luck all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Header Tags will allow you to do that, and more. Also, it is almost always a mistake to include the store name in the title. I suggest you remove that if you are serious about optiizing your shop. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 ...it is almost always a mistake to include the store name in the title. I suggest you remove that if you are serious about optiizing your shop. Jack Could you eleberate more on that please? why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 The first thing the search engines look at on entering a page of your site is the title in the browser. They consider that first word or phase to be the most important and that it represents the page. If your store name is branded, like EBay or Amazon, then it is good to have the name there. But if your store name is Bob's Fish and Tackle, it is very unlikely that anyone is searching for that and it woul donly serve to take away from what the page is really about. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eighteen48 Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 The first thing the search engines look at on entering a page of your site is the title in the browser. They consider that first word or phase to be the most important and that it represents the page. If your store name is branded, like EBay or Amazon, then it is good to have the name there. But if your store name is Bob's Fish and Tackle, it is very unlikely that anyone is searching for that and it woul donly serve to take away from what the page is really about. Jack I think most ppl stores names are not as generic as Bob's Fish and tackle, and actually having the naem of your site as apart of the title actually helps your site ranking especially if someone is trying to search your site by name and not products. What really matters is the meta tags on a persons site. Its basically Web Design 101 Powered By osC 2.2RC2a STS 4.5.8 - HTC 2.6.3 - FP 1.5.9 - BCH 1.0.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 I think most ppl stores names are not as generic as Bob's Fish and tackle, and actually having the naem of your site as apart of the title actually helps your site ranking especially if someone is trying to search your site by name and not products. What really matters is the meta tags on a persons site. Its basically Web Design 101 I totally disagree with this. It doesn't matter how generic the name is, it is very unlikley that anyone is searching for it. Meta tags help but are not as important as the title and both are only important if the text on the page supports them. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timgibbonz Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I totally disagree with this. It doesn't matter how generic the name is, it is very unlikley that anyone is searching for it. Meta tags help but are not as important as the title and both are only important if the text on the page supports them. Jack It is not Web 101 any longer. Listen to Jack. The title tag is the most important tag. Most meta are ignored. Tg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 If i had it like "Store name - Product Name" then wouldnt it come up for anyone searching for that product or the store name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 If i had it like "Store name - Product Name" then wouldnt it come up for anyone searching for that product or the store name?When you have a title like that, the emphasis is put on "Store name." Use one of the online keyword search tools and see how many people are searching for the name of your site. If there are at least 50,000 searches (arbitraily chosen), then it won't hurt you to use it. If it is 10 searches, then it will. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakepetersen Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 then, couldnt you just do prod name, model number then a dash and the store name? everyone is happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 You could but it is not about making everyone happy. The purpose of changing the title should be to improve your position in the search engine listings. If you put something there that is not going to help the site, and may even hurt it, so that you get more traffic and increase sales, why have a web site? Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakepetersen Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 so if you don't put your company name in the title, or the product name or whatever, what DO you put in there to get better seo? I mean if you just drop random words that describe your products so search engines can categorize your site better, it looks pretty unprofessional. I would much rather have "skins game clothing" in my title then golf, shirts, accesories, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Picking out the proper keywords for a page is the most important part of SEO. Many sites, probably most, do this incorrectly. They will put the store name in the title and/or pick keywords based on what they think applies to their site. You have to investigate the keywords to be sure they will bring in the traffic. According to Overture, the number of searches done last month on "skins game clothing" was 0. So if that is a chose keyphase for your site, how may sales do you think you will make off of the traffic generated by it? Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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