Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

[countrycharm]

Please could you help?

I have zencart 1.3.9h and Simple SEO 3.5.8

Each day I have to reset my cache otherwise the site fails with categories and products not being reached. After the rest it works fine, but I am not sure how long for.

Please advise what I should do to remedy this.

Mike

Update to version 3.8.8 Your cache will not be half as big and with some bug fixes as well.
You can get 3.8.8 from here

[swamyg1]

Hi,

I have two issues related to SEO URLS, hopefully they'll be easy enough to solve.

The first is that when the homepage initially loads, the links are of the form eg.

/cancellation-returns/chapter/0?zenid=02fa1bbfe51e56f8c0c5ece0a86ea5df

/bean-bag-wedgies/?zenid=02fa1bbfe51e56f8c0c5ece0a86ea5df

However once you've clicked once on a link then the links behave as expected and the ?zenid=... disappears and you get nice urls i.e. /bean-bag-wedgies etc. (with the exception of some EZpages see below) so it seems that SEO url takes one click to get used to things before it starts working fully?

The second issue is that certain pages, terms and conditions page is a good example, have terms-conditions/chapter/0 i.e. suddenly the /chapter/0 has appeared at the end of the URL

Any help with these two issues would be greatly appreciated. The link to the site is s t y l i s h b e a n b a g s . c o . u k.

Thanks

I'm having the same problem... did you ever sort this out? I hope it doesn't affect my SE rankings!

[g1smd]

Showing URLs with session IDs leads to infinite Dupicate Content problems.

This needs fixing, and very soon.

[g1smd]

These SEO URL modules are completely redundant. They are not necessary. They do not help with better SEO. They do not improve your page ranking potential. They are risky to install and use, and (according to Google) may actually HARM your website's chances of good SE results.

Anyone who tells you that they DO improve page ranking does not understand how search engines deal with dynamic URL's these days.

You see, there is no such thing as a "SEO URL"... it is a term made up by charlatans in the so-called "SEO Industry".

A logical URL structure will always help searchengines better index a site. URLs with multiple parameters cause various Duplicate Content issues, issues that can be more easily controlled by not using parameters at all.

Any URL that returns 200 OK is a valid URL. With parameters, the same page of information can have an infinite number of parameter combinations.

However, poor implementation hinders some URL rewriting schemes. In particular, there is no need whatsoever for category details to appear in the URL for a product. The item ID and the name of the product are all that are required, with a redirect issued to the canonical form if the name and ID does not exactly match.

[swamyg1]

I'm having the same problem... did you ever sort this out? I hope it doesn't affect my SE rankings!

I resolved this problem on my site, Looks like I was missing the following code in includes/functions/html_output.php:

    //bof simple seo url
    global $ssu;
    if(is_object($ssu) && ($link = $ssu->ssu_link($page, $parameters, $connection, $add_session_id, $search_engine_safe, $static, $use_dir_ws_catalog))!= false) return $link;
    //eof simple seo url

I totally disagree with the value of this module. SEO optimized urls are critical to SE rankings and without them I and many others would be left behind in the dust IMO. I am so thankful for this module! It's brilliant really!

This mod has only caused problem with the very first couple of installs a couple years back, but has been foolproof since!

[g1smd]

Indeed.

I would far rather have these product URLs indexed:
www.example.com/34383-red-widget
www.example.com/32568-orange-appliance
www.example.com/42754-blue-gadget
www.example.com/62345-yellow-thingywotsit
www.example.com/25333-green-doodad

than these:
www.example/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28&products_id=34383
www.example/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=45_56&products_id=32568
www.example/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_29&products_id=42754
www.example/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37_77&products_id=62345
www.example/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=24_37_91&products_id=25333

Category in URL is always a bad idea.

Using parameters promote Duplicate Content issues; a single character change is a "different" URL.

Users do not need to see the literal strings "index.php?main_page=product_info" or "cPath" or "products_id" in the URL. That's unnecessary fluff.

The default Zencart install could so easily use URLs like "www.example.com/25333" with an .htaccess internal rewrite to the script at "/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=25333", and the script can easily deduce category information to display on the page and internal navigation links.

[bear1728]

hello, is this site running with ssu?
http://www.eastmanoutdoors.com/cooki...funnel-filters

i'm not able to set max category level less than 1, but i found the site above has the product url without category name or id, how to make it done?

i want my product url display like this:
http://www.site.com/product-name-p-156
is it possible to be with ssu? since i'm using ssu on my site and i dont want to change it to other seo modules

[bear1728]

to make spiders easier to craw more pages,

the url w w w.site.com/product-name-p-156
is better than the following url
w w w.site.com/category-name-c-2/product-name-p-156

could it be done with simple seo url?

[g1smd]

The URL format www.example.com/p156-product-name is even better. The RegEx parsing from left to right can immediately pick up the product number, and will operate faster. The scripting can also still work with an accidentally truncated URL such as www.example.com/p156-produc and then issue a redirect to the correct full URL.

Yes, these formats are exactly what an "SEO module" can do for you.

Category details should never appear in the product URL. That leads to Duplicate Content issues, but the problem is easily avoided.

[ridelow]

Good Morning Guys,
I tried to install SIMPLE SEO on my site on friday but something odd has happened. the pages of the site are just showing up as blank pages, the site is www.farbgel.com
can anyone shed any light on what i need to do to bring the site back?

thanks in advance

rob