upgrade resulted in seo urls not working- google not indexing

schoolboy:

Ahhh... the magic words "chase CUSTOMERS"...Yep it's a concept I drill into my clients heads.. Because at the end of the day it's SALES not SE rankings that determine a businesses ultimate future.

schoolboy:

**The trend now is to do in-line embedding of meta data, (termed MICRODATA) using the taxonomy described at schema.org. These new content evaluation and indexing techniques WILL be the standard within a year.

I am busy experimenting with a system that parses the taxonomy into the standard zencart-generated html. It's proving to be quite a headache!**
Indeed.. I'm working on a WordPress site which has a plugin which embeds microdata bits into recipe postings (personal chef site)

Melanie Prough has an article on her site about how to embed microdata into Zen Cart product pages.. I've been testing/experimenting with it, and though the errors I am getting appear harmless, I am not sure I'm ready to implement her ho-to on a live site just yet.. Grrrrrr..

Will you be sharing with the community (or a nosy lady :laugh: hint hint) you results/findings/how-tos????

DivaVocals:

Melanie Prough has an article on her site about how to embed microdata into Zen Cart product pages.. I've been testing/experimenting with it, and though the errors I am getting appear harmless, I am not sure I'm ready to implement her ho-to on a live site just yet.. Grrrrrr..

Will you be sharing with the community (or a nosy lady :laugh: hint hint) you results/findings/how-tos????

I wasn't aware of the work Melanie is doing... In truth she is likely to be ten trillion times more competent at this stuff than I am, so I'll go over to her site to see where she's at.

I would sooner trust her efforts than mine. :D

schoolboy:

I wasn't aware of the work Melanie is doing... In truth she is likely to be ten trillion times more competent at this stuff than I am, so I'll go over to her site to see where she's at.

I would sooner trust her efforts than mine. :DWell I would trust either one of you guys..:D Here's the link to her article: http://pro-webs.net/blog/2012/09/25/customizing-google-snippets-with-schema-org-microdata/

DivaVocals:

Well I would trust either one of you guys..:D Here's the link to her article: http://pro-webs.net/blog/2012/09/25/customizing-google-snippets-with-schema-org-microdata/

My approach was going to be identical to what Melanie has so artfully already done. So I can stop fretting over this challenge and get on with something else. Thanks Diva for pointing me to the article. :thumbsup:

schoolboy:

My approach was going to be identical to what Melanie has so artfully already done. So I can stop fretting over this challenge and get on with something else. Thanks Diva for pointing me to the article. :thumbsup:Gosh I actually helped the famous SCHOOLBOY.. I am speechless!!:smile: Seriously, you are very welcome.. Melanie is going to be releasing more articles on integrating microdata into Zen Cart.. I am excited to see the next chapters..

DivaVocals:

Here's the link to her article: http://pro-webs.net/blog/2012/09/25/customizing-google-snippets-with-schema-org-microdata/

She's on exactly the same track as me - but about 200 miles ahead of me - so I'm going to bin what I've done and work with Melanie's stuff. I've loaded it into a test site and it validates OK, so I'm happy to put it into some live sites. Like you I have some questions about the "AVAILABILITY" and "CONDITION" elements, and these should really be characteristics of the product fields. I might add a couple of custom fields (as Mel is doing) to handle these elements.

schoolboy:

She's on exactly the same track as me - but about 200 miles ahead of me - so I'm going to bin what I've done and work with Melanie's stuff. I've loaded it into a test site and it validates OK, so I'm happy to put it into some live sites. Like you I have some questions about the "AVAILABILITY" and "CONDITION" elements, and these should really be characteristics of the product fields. I might add a couple of custom fields (as Mel is doing) to handle these elements.That's awesome!! I am going to take some time in the next week or two to see if I can work out the "AVAILABILITY" and "CONDITION" elements on my own. I'll share my outcomes if I get it all worked out.. Hope you will do the same.. :smile:

Hey guys - - Get a room!!

kobra:

Hey guys - - Get a room!!

Only if you join us ... :hug:

schoolboy:

Only if you join us ... :hug:
snickers/blush:lol: