Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

[seahawkfan]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

Hello, my mm4 store is set up using the SFL module so my links are like this
Category link: http://www.stop-crime.com/page/OSP/CTGY/stun-guns

Product link: http://www.stop-crime.com/page/OSP/P...n-guns/SM-100S

I am justlearning mm5.5. Is there a way to do this in mm5.5? Also I was thinking about changing the links to .html somehow. But i am worried about losing my position in search engines. Any way to do this and keep the positioning?

Thank you in advance

[Pete McNamara]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

Is there a way to do this in mm5.5?

Yes

changing the links to .html

There is no good reason to do that and lots of reasons not to do that e.g you will lose your position in search engines, you will break the bookmarks of your existing visitors and so on.

[seahawkfan]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

Yes



There is no good reason to do that and lots of reasons not to do that e.g you will lose your position in search engines, you will break the bookmarks of your existing visitors and so on.

Thanks pete, could you point me in the right direction as to changing the 5.5 links to the links I have in my mm4 store using the SFL module? I see how to change to .html, but mine do not have the .html in them.

[Pete McNamara]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

My search engine friendly links tutorial for MM5 is a start.

[seahawkfan]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

My search engine friendly links tutorial for MM5 is a start.

Pete I looked at the tutorial. It shows the p and pc and c, I have tried to get it show this format: http://www.stop-crime.com/page/OSP/CTGY/new-products. And I can't get it to work. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Also My url are in the following format:
Product: http://www.stop-crime.com/mm5/mercha...t_Code=SM-100S

Category: http://www.stop-crime.com/mm5/mercha...Code=stun-guns

Misc: http://www.stop-crime.com/mm5/mercha...Store_Code=OSP

In the tutorial, you show the store code last. Mine don't have it that way. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/p/(.*)/(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=%1&Store_Cod e=ZZ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/pc/(.*)/(.*)/(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=%1&Category_ Code=%2&Store_Code=ZZ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/c/(.*)/(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=%1&Store_Co de=ZZ [L]

[Leanne]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

Try something like this (this is NOT a strength of mine, so be forewarned!)

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/page/OSP/PROD/(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=%1&Store_Code=OSP [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/page/OSP/pc/(.*)/(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=%1&Category_ Code=%2&Store_Code=OSP [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^page/OSP/CTGY/(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=%1&Store_Code=OSP [L]

[Pete McNamara]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

I am pressed for time so will do the link from the category page to a product page e.g. this is a current link to a product

http://www.stop-crime.com/mm5/mercha...Code=stun-guns
To rewrite this to:
http://www.stop-crime.com/page/OSP/SM-100S/stun-guns
then the .htaccess code should be:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/page/(.*)/(.*)/(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) /mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=OSP&Product_Code=%1&Category_ Code=%2 [L]

Does that work?

[thall]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

When making my "Add to Cart" button SEO friendly using MM5.5, it correctly redirects me to the BASK page but the URL shows "http://mywebpage/mm5//merchant.mvc?" instead of "http://mywebpage/BASK.html".

Does anyone know how I can correct this?

Thanks

[Leanne]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but why do you want your BASK page to be SEO friendly?

[thall]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

Not a dumb question at all Leanne. I'm actually just working on adding my BASK page to Google Analytics but I see "http://mywebpage/mm5//merchant.mvc?" instead of the real url of the page.

[Pete McNamara]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

working on adding my BASK page to Google Analytics

So why do you want/need the link to the BASK page to be search engine friendly? That page has no content (i.e. if a search engine robot went to that page, it would see the basket empty error message). You actually don't want the robots to go there.

[thall]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

Now that you explain it that way, I see your point. My only purpose to doing this was to add my BASK page to Google Analytics but I guess I've been doing it incorrectly. I'll search the posts again for GA setup.

Thanks

[Leanne]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

It's been a while since I did this, but if this helps at all, this was how funnels were set up on one store I worked on:

<script src="https://ssl.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
_uacct = "UA-xxxxxxxxx-x";
_udn = "domain.com";
<mvt:if expr="g.Screen EQ 'OCST'">
urchinTracker("/funnel_G1/custinfo.html");
<mvt:elseif expr="g.Screen EQ 'OSEL'">
urchinTracker("/funnel_G1/shipinfo.html");
<mvt:elseif expr="g.Screen EQ 'OPAY'">
urchinTracker("/funnel_G1/paymentconfirm.html");
<mvt:elseif expr="g.Screen EQ 'INVC'">
urchinTracker("/funnel_G1/invoice.html");
<mvt:else>
urchinTracker();
</mvt:if>
</script>

[NetlineSports]

Re: Switching from Pete's Tutorial to Miva 5.5 SEO links

I'm getting close to going live with a new store. I have set up SEO friendly links following Pete's tutorial to include the Product Name in the url. However, for ease of maintenance, I'm considering switching to the built-in Miva 5.5 SEO links. I need to understand what that would involved beforehand. Does the Miva 5.5 SEO option automatically convert store morph url variables to SEO friendly links in the page templates or would I need to change the url variables in every template manually? (I realize I will need to replace all of the SEO-friendly url variables I inserted following Pete's tutorial.) Example: Would I have to change this non-SEO link that is currently in my Nav bar template? <a href="&mvt:global:sessionurl;Screen=HELP&Store_Cod e=&mvt:global:Store_Code;"> Thanks!

[Jim Cockerham]

Re: Guidelines to setup Miva 5.5 SEO, Short-link, Site-map features?

I am just trying to avoid the duplicate content issue. How important is the "Search" screen to Google, I mean will it ever get there with any results?

I am trying to get the Miva 5.5 short links on the "Search" screen to use the same links as the product and category screens:

Right now I have this on the prod and cat screens:

http://www.firstaiddiscounts.com/PROD/First-aid-cabinet/1155.html

and this on the "Search" screen:

http://www.firstaiddiscounts.com/PROD//1155.html