Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

[Earnest-Enterprises]

Question: Does SSU eliminate the need for meta tags in ZC? I have approximately 3300 products I need to create meta tags for but if using SSU and meta tags together is overkill (as far as the search engines are concerned) I won't spend the (a great deal of) time on the meta tags. Or does SSU simply create a product name link (alone and unrelated to meta tags) in a more useable and readable form?

Thanks....

[countrycharm]

Question: Does SSU eliminate the need for meta tags in ZC? I have approximately 3300 products I need to create meta tags for but if using SSU and meta tags together is overkill (as far as the search engines are concerned) I won't spend the (a great deal of) time on the meta tags. Or does SSU simply create a product name link (alone and unrelated to meta tags) in a more useable and readable form?

Thanks....

No Simple Seo does not eliminate the need for meta tags. Zencart does a very good job taking care of the meta tags for products if you choose not to fill them out. What I do since I have over 3000 product is to fill a meta tag out for my categories and let zen take care of the rest.

[Earnest-Enterprises]

Thank you, Countrycharm. I wasn't aware that ZC did such a good job of handling meta tags without completing each one (title, keywords and description) for each product independently. That definitely saves a lot of work using meta tags for categories only. I would guess that SSU only refines what ZC already does (?)Thanks again.

[CoolCarPartsOnline]

Question: Does SSU eliminate the need for meta tags in ZC? I have approximately 3300 products I need to create meta tags for but if using SSU and meta tags together is overkill (as far as the search engines are concerned) I won't spend the (a great deal of) time on the meta tags. Or does SSU simply create a product name link (alone and unrelated to meta tags) in a more useable and readable form?

Thanks....

Even though Zen Cart does create meta tags on the fly. It is a good idea to create them manually. I have 160K products and each one of them has it's own hand written (template) Meta Tags. I noticed 1000% increase in sales after a few months (along with other things that I have done).
SSU is good but after testing having good content and good meta tags would reward you a lot more than SSU as far as SEO.

[Earnest-Enterprises]

Thanks, Cool Car, for that and your point is well taken. It does make sense and anything I can do to promote sales will be a plus. I use Easy Populate Advanced which helps with the importing/exporting of meta tags. Unfortunately it won't write them for you.... Guess there's no easy way other than starting to peck away to get them done and in place. Thanks again.

[aeolidia]

I am also running 1.3.9d and get a blank page in the admin at /ssu.php

Everything else seems to be working fine, but I can't set up any link aliases without being able to go to this configuration page.

[khopek]

I am also running 1.3.9d and get a blank page in the admin at /ssu.php

Everything else seems to be working fine, but I can't set up any link aliases without being able to go to this configuration page.

Make sure you have the most recent version of SSU and Module Manager. I know I had issues because I didn't have the current version of Module Manager. Unfortunately you have to get these from the author's website as they are not keeping the mods in the Downloads area current. Which is really annoying I might add.

You might also try peeking at your debug log in the cache folder to see if it tells you what error is causing the blank page.


On a side note...I still have not been able to edit the Manufaturers Aliases. So if someone can help me that would much appreciated.

[aeolidia]

Aha, perfect! I had the latest SSU, but didn't realize I needed to track down Module Manager as well - I uploaded the new MM files and we're all set. This site doesn't use manufacturers, so I'm afraid I'm no help with that. Thank you!

[khopek]

Glad it worked! I know I was ripping my hair out about it when it happened to me.

[countrycharm]

I am also running 1.3.9d and get a blank page in the admin at /ssu.php

Everything else seems to be working fine, but I can't set up any link aliases without being able to go to this configuration page.

Yes Post your debug log in the cache folder here.