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[toussi]

After reading all these threads, HOW stable is this addon?

I am currently using Magic-seo but its getting expensive buying it for every site...

Is it worth me using this addon at the moment?

[yellow1912]

After reading all these threads, HOW stable is this addon?

I am currently using Magic-seo but its getting expensive buying it for every site...

Is it worth me using this addon at the moment?

2.9.6 is stable and being used on many sites.
3.x and up provides a wide range of new features, but it is still in testing and not recommended for use on a live site

Regards

[toussi]

Pardon me if this has been asked before.

Is this as good as Magic-SEO? any up and downs?

[yellow1912]

As of version 2.9.6, this module includes these things:

1. Convert most if not all ZC created links into User Friendly links (no more query string like ?main_page=index&cPath=blah)
Several link examples:
a contact us:
site.com/contact_us (or site.com/contact_us.ext where ext is the extension you choose)

a product info page:
site.com/bracelets-c-1_2/fashion-silver-p-9

It works for any module that uses ZC's function to create links.

2. 301 redirection: redirect all old-style link to seo links.

3. For links containing cPath and products_id inside, corresponding category/product name can be added to the links (as show above)
a. As of now, you can decide the number of category names to be included (for example, if you choose 3, with a cPath like this: 24_47_49_50 the category names of the last 3 categories (47,49,50) will be appended to the link
b. If the category name or the product name in the link is incorrect, ssu will automatically redirects to the correct one
c. Usually in ZC, a product_info link can contain both cPath and products_id. However, if the cPath is incorrect or is not there, ZC doesnt care at all, it still displays the page just fine. SSU will redirect the users to the correct link (by finding out the correct cPath of the product)

4. Allows store owners to exclude any page link from using seo link style.

5. Light-weight, minimal performance penalty

6. Allow removing short words from category/product names

7. Allow limiting the max length of category/product names

8. currently supports: category, product, ezpage, manufacturer names

As you can see, it really shines when you need something fast, free, and can convert all links (including links generated by other modules such as google base feeder,....)

It does have its drawback, for example, you can see the links still contain identifiers such as (-p-) or (-c-)

3.2 version and up aim to address this problem.

Also, as of now, SSU does not understand links generated by Magic Seo yet, so dont use it on sites that already using Magic Seo (yet).