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3 Tips for Page Titles and H1 Header tags

Good morning everyone. I have a few issues with the default ProStores Product Catalog/List template. So I have compiled 3 tips on how to deal with them. By default the page title starts with “Results for..”. The first 4-5 words in your page title are the indicator to Google and others of what is on [...]

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ProStores Google Analytics Ansynchronous Tracking Plug-in – FREE

I am happy to offer our new ProStores Google Analytics Ansynchronous Tracking Plug-in for free here on our blog. From Google, “asynchronous tracking optimizes how browsers load ga.js so its impact on user experience is minimized. It also allows you to put your Analytics snippet higher in the page without delaying subsequent content from rendering.” [...]

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Dealing with Discontinued Stock in a Search Friendly Way

Ever get to the point where you’re out of stock and its been discontinued? Typically you just delete the item or un-check ‘active’ to hide it. Why is this a bad idea? Because that product has been gathering authority (or Link Juice) from the search engines and if you just hide then boom all that [...]

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ProStores Tip: Using css images on secure pages in ProStores

1. use an external stylesheet. 2. put your external stylesheet in your templateSet images folder. 3. reference your images in your stylesheet like so: background:url(bg.jpg); – Using no paths. 4. Use ssml to reference your stylesheet in your header template. <link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” title=”style” href=”$storeVersion.images['style.css']“/> Share and Enjoy:

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Installing Google Analytics in your ProStores Site Video Tutorial

Installing Google Analytics: Prostores Video Tutorial

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ProStores – What is Domain Trust and Authority

Last Friday’s Whiteboard Friday from SEOmoz.com contained some really good information about why and how websites show up in search the way they do. Take a few minutes to watch and listen, then apply what you’ve learned to your ProStores sites. SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday – Domain Trust & Authority from Scott Willoughby on Vimeo. Getting [...]

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3 Simple Tips to increase traffic to your ProStores Site

These are three simple tips I’ve found that have helped increase traffic to each client site that I’ve applied them to. 1. On your Product List and Detail pages, use the H1 and B tags. On the List template find <ss:value source="$catalog.searchtext" default="All"/> and wrap it with those two tags. By default H1 has styling [...]

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10 SEO and Marketing-Friendly Title Tag Formulas

Learn 10 easy tips to create seo and customer friendly Title Tags. http://www.conversationmarketing.com/2008/09/10-seo-and-marketing-friendly.htm Read this, then check out my post about creating custom page titles in ProStores. http://www.onetakemedia.net/blog/prostores-tip-creating-custom-page-titles/ Share and Enjoy:

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ProStores Certified Designer!

Just wanted to share a little with all you folks that read my blog, I am now the happy recipient of the ProStores Designer Certification! I’ve been involved with ProStores Design and Coding for 3 years now, but had not actually gone through the process to get certified. I have now and am glad I [...]

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How to display related products on cart template

Just a quickie for today! I’ve seen a few people using this already but I thought I’d share it with you all. <ss:if test="$cart.Details"> <p>You may also be interested in the following products:</p> <ul> <ss:foreach item="detail" within="$cart.Details">   <ss:foreach item="relatedproduct" within="$detail.relatedProducts">     <li><ss:link source="$relatedproduct"><ss:value source="$relatedproduct.name"/></ss:link></li>   </ss:foreach> </ss:foreach> </ul> </ss:if> Share and Enjoy:

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