Sitemap SEO

[valquiria23 201]

Hi @Jack_mcs, I hope you are very well !!!

Is this addon compatible with Phoenix ?

Best regards

Valqui

[Jack_mcs 845]

1 hour ago, valquiria23 said:

Is this addon compatible with Phoenix ?

I don't know but probably not, at least completely. For any older addon that displays something on a page of the shop, a change is needed to properly work with BS4, though sometimes the page will load fine without it. But this addon would change too many core files so I wouldn't recommend using it until that has been changed. I don't know when that will be.

[domiosc 19]

waiting for when will be that, if any people want accelerate it, I  would can contrib.

[mhsuffolk 42]

Jack has updated it here.

https://apps.oscommerce.com/QN8hJ&google-xml-sitemap-seo

[Jack_mcs 845]

On 1/4/2020 at 4:20 AM, mhsuffolk said:

Jack has updated it here.

That's a different addon.

[Jack_mcs 845]

A new version has been uploaded with these changes:

• Added a check for infobox links since they may exist in a BS shop.
• Changed code in sitemap.php in admin functions to fix php 7.3 problem. Found by member lucsangel.
• Created Frozen and Phoenix versions.
• Dropped maintenance of pre-Frozen versions.
• Removed a definition from admin's function file.

[valquiria23 201]

Thank you very much Jack for the update of this magnificent addon !!!  Great job, I will try it as soon as possible !!

[rsthomas 0]

Will Sitemap SEO help me?

My osCommerce BS website -- 2.3.4 -- has almost 190,000 products and runs well, except when it comes to appearing on Google searches.  It is my belief that potential visitors know exactly what they want and therefore perform their Google search based on the manufacturer name, part number and/or the name of the product.  I currently use SEO URLs and Header Tags SEO.  In addition, I wrote a program to create an HTML file for each product based on the manufacturer name, part number and product name, which points to the actual product on the website.  I even go so far as to list all those html file names in a "master" productlist.html that is included in the site's sitemapspal.xml.  None of the above efforts have produced satisfactory results.  My question is, will Sitemap SEO help on a product-by-product basis, or should I be considering a different solution?

[Jack_mcs 845]

@rsthomasThe main idea behind all of my SEO-type addons is to provide quick links to products. That helps the search engines in getting the pages listed. So, in answer to your main question, yes, this addon will help with SEO but it is not the only thing that should be done.

First, you should install the Google Sitemap, if you haven't already. Once it is working, add the maps to your google webmaster account, and Bings too if you like. Once the maps are entered, check back in a few days to see what google did with them. Fix any problems they find. They won't process all of the links in one go. For that many products, it could take weeks, or even more if your site isn't visited much by them.

Second, install Information Pages SEO and start creating pages for your important keywords.

As for the pages you created, be careful with that. Google knows how to spot pages that are just link pages and they can hurt a site. In case you are not aware of it, there is a model cross-reference file included in Header Tags SEO for that purpose.

There are other considerations than the above but it should help.