Problem with meta tags

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   Hey guys,
I've implemented the code change.  We'll see in a month or so if results are favorable or not.  Will let you know.  BUT, one thing I did notice is that we now lose the meta tags, or the individual identity in the meta tags for subcategory pages and product detail pages.  It would be nice to somehow pull those back in there so the pages will show the product name in the title etc, instead of all those pages showing the same default title, description tag etc.  They've lost their identites!! :)
Is that possible?
Thanks!  Jeff

Edited by dockgear - 13-December-2005 at 4:21pm

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dockgear Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09-December-2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote dockgear Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Problem with meta tags Posted: 13-December-2005 at 4:20pm
	Hey guys, I've implemented the code change. We'll see in a month or so if results are favorable or not. Will let you know. BUT, one thing I did notice is that we now lose the meta tags, or the individual identity in the meta tags for subcategory pages and product detail pages. It would be nice to somehow pull those back in there so the pages will show the product name in the title etc, instead of all those pages showing the same default title, description tag etc. They've lost their identites!! :) Is that possible? Thanks! Jeff Edited by dockgear - 13-December-2005 at 4:21pm

ProductCart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group ProductCart Team Joined: 01-October-2003 Status: Offline Points: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote ProductCart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13-December-2005 at 4:29pm
	Jeff, that's not the way it should work. Look at the store that we used in our example (e.g. http://www.ormsbyeditions.com/productcart/pc/c197.htm). The product and category names are reflected in the <TITLE> meta tag as you browse the store. Make sure that you are using the updated version of include-metatags.asp that is part of the download.
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ProductCart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group ProductCart Team Joined: 01-October-2003 Status: Offline Points: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote ProductCart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14-December-2005 at 12:34pm
	We found the issue and posted a new set of files that fixes it. 2005-12-14_123256_ProductCart_SEO_HTM_Pages.zip
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watercrazed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 31-December-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote watercrazed Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03-February-2006 at 4:10am
	Another issue users might want to take into consideration is the problem of SE spaming, I still need to do something about it but tagging every page title with the company name and tagline will probably create issues with google rankings.
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ProductCart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group ProductCart Team Joined: 01-October-2003 Status: Offline Points: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote ProductCart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03-February-2006 at 12:13pm
	Could you elaborate by providing a couple of examples? The meta tags are different on all product and category pages. They correctly tell the SE that the page is about a certain product or category. So there should be no risk of SE spamming.
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watercrazed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 31-December-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote watercrazed Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18-February-2006 at 3:41am
	I have about 800 hand done static pages and about 1200 cart generated pages It is not so obvious now but orginally my catalog title was about 15+ words long, like my home page title with most of my money keywords woven in the sentence. I was concerned when I noticed that every the page title had a 2 word category description and a 15+ indentical word tag based on my main catalog site title following it http://www.ultimatewatermassage.com/ProductCart/pc/viewCat_h .asp?idCategory=86 http://www.ultimatewatermassage.com/ProductCart/pc/viewCat_h .asp?idCategory=78 the long title seems to work well on my home page and some major category pages, in my main site as long as each title is unquie and related to page content, in most/many of the 4 million plus result terms,the 1 and 2 positions in my field have very long page title and very keyword heavy. But when that tag is repeated on every page It raises concerns.
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