Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

[schoolboy]

Diva, the only thing that really matters is whether GOOGLE thinks that pretty urls improve customer experience

You have lost track of reality... the only thing that matters is if the site is making money.

Google is now rivalling some the major monotheistic religions for blind and irrational faith in its sheep-like audience.

Savvy business people never put all their eggs into one basket - if anything, they look for baskets that are empty. Google's basket is so full now the effort to "get noticed" has become a futile paraniod obsession with the vast majority of website owners. So much so they have forgotten even the most simple of marketing principles...

[SPH]

Well, maybe one can make even more money doing all of those good things...plus pretty urls, if google likes pretty urls. Personally, I'd like pretty urls for one person: me. I miss seeing what my product is just by looking at the url.

But I do agree with you re google and eggs in one basket. In fact, one of my sister's main prom dress sites...a leader...was hit hard by google and I'm corresponding with them now, trying to remove tons of junk incoming links, many probably put up by her ex-seo person. Others put up by who knows who. A real mess.

My sis constantly tells me she does not like her biz being dependent upon a third party ... google/search engines...over which she has little or no control. Fortunately, she has a brick n mortar store helping her...I don't and am totally web dependent.

We really are tired of this whole seo thing and are interested in another alternative...leg work...but one that is web based. (Traditional Print media and even local radio, which she has used, are too local and we cannot afford a national ad.) So it would have to be web based. Maybe social media is the new thing. I'm not sure of her social media results, but not as good as her killer biz before Panda and when her seo person was actually spot on.

sph
www.prommart.com

[SPH]

Re google and seo results, I just posted on the Search Engines thread an article about how google apparently likes attractive and modern looking sites.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...28#post1118028

[DivaVocals]

You have lost track of reality... the only thing that matters is if the site is making money.

Google is now rivalling some the major monotheistic religions for blind and irrational faith in its sheep-like audience.

Savvy business people never put all their eggs into one basket - if anything, they look for baskets that are empty. Google's basket is so full now the effort to "get noticed" has become a futile paraniod obsession with the vast majority of website owners. So much so they have forgotten even the most simple of marketing principles...

**nods in agreement**

I'd like to add, many small business owners don't know the most simple of marketing principles to begin with.. Hence the Googlemania obsession for many of them..

[long_john]

Does anyone know how to make SSU work with this mod in 1.39h?
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=2066

Any help with be much appreciated.

[schoolboy]

Does anyone know how to make SSU work with this mod in 1.39h?
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=2066

Any help with be much appreciated.

I'm almost at the stage of cutting my wrists on this thread...

[DivaVocals]

Does anyone know how to make SSU work with this mod in 1.39h?
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=2066

Any help with be much appreciated.

If you had read through this support thread a bit, you'd know that this mod is NOT SUPPORTED or MAINTAINED by ANYONE. The original author has not posted here in YEARS and no longer supports this or any of his/her other Zen Cart mods.

So the answer to this question is that it is UNLIKELY that anyone will ever answer your question unless they have had some level of success getting these two add-ons to work together..

So your options are as follows:

1. Live with dynamic URLs
2. Invest in the services of an outside developer to update SSU for you
3. Find another add-on to replace SSU
   (and if you MUST use one of these class of add-ons, I recommend Ceon URI as it is a much more flexible add-on and doesn't clash with other add-ons. Ceon URI is also better supported, written and maintained than other add-ons like SSU or Ultimate SEO -- sorry that's my opinion)

I'm almost at the stage of cutting my wrists on this thread...

Don't do that..

[SPH]

Not I, although I use Simple SSU on my site here:

http://www.fashion-mart.biz/

Your question is the number one reason NOT to use any url rewritter with zencart: conflict with other mods and zencart upgrades. Speaking of which, I'm sure you'll be upgrading to the new 1.5 zencart soon...right? I doubt there is any further interest in this particular rewriter for anyone to upgrade it for 1.5.

This rewriter is on its way out. And so are our 1.3.9h carts.

sph
www.prommart.com

[DivaVocals]

Your question is the number one reason NOT to use any url rewritter with zencart: conflict with other mods and zencart upgrades.

This is not a true statement with regards to the Ceon URI mod..

[SPH]

One more thing: re your hopeful mod Dynamic Filter.

I don't know that any free zencart url rewriter writes all pages. Categories and Products, for sure. But after that, it may be hit and miss.

For example:

http://www.fashion-mart.biz/index/manufacturers_id/1 - The mfr is Alyce Paris, my Simple SEO rewriter (yours) doesn't rewrite the manufacturer listing, that great, anyway. Maybe I could enable it in the admin, but won't bother.

http://www.prom-mart.com/zencart-dem...ckard-m-9.html - My 1.5 zencart demo/test site, where Ultimate SEO URL happens to be working. And it is doing better with the manufacturer link.

CEON...I'm not sure, but I'd be surprised if it re-wrote everything.

My point is that it may be possible that your proposed mod will not be re-written by any free url rewriter.

Again, we should forget this Simple SEO and figure out what to do, if anything, with our soon to be 1.5 carts. Rewrite on the new cart, or not rewrite. That is the question.

sph
www.prommart.com