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Points: 0 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-September-2008 at 8:56pm
If PC cared...
 
Why doesn't PC work in the root directory and make an option to turn on static pages?
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Points: 135 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12-September-2008 at 3:54am
The folder structure is not something that can be easily altered at this time, and the impact on search engine rankings is negligible if you have your category pages 2 levels down, especially considering that the "productcart" folder can be renamed to a strong keyword phrase for your Web site (e.g. if you are selling outdoor furniture, that folder could be renamed "outdoor-furniture").

The SEO technique discussed here (.htm URLs) cannot be embedded into the system out of the box because it relies on the assumption that the server can support it, which is not always true. In other words, this cannot be turned into an "On/Off" feature, unfortunately.


Edited by earlyimp - 12-September-2008 at 3:54am
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Points: 56 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12-September-2008 at 5:33am
Many sites that run ProductCart have added it to an existing site, so having everything in the root would be a very bad idea for those stores.

The whole folder depth issue as far as SEO is concerned just doesn't hold water in my experience. For example, I just googled "bananas" , got 20.4m hits and on the front page after wikipedia, youtube and a couple of others is :

  1. Cool Planet - Bonkers about bananas

    www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/banana/index.htm - 13k -
     4 levels down

  2. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Bananas could split for good

    news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2664373.stm - 45k -
    5 levels down

  3. Yes - in 10 years we may have no bananas | Environment | The Guardian

    www.guardian.co.uk/science/2003/jan/16/gm.science - 81k -
    5 levels down
There are the SEO rewrite techniques available, but mostly it's down to good old fashioned content and graft to build a well respected & linked to site.
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Points: 135 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-October-2008 at 3:48pm
This thread is now closed as there is an article in the ProductCart WIKI dedicated to using keyword-rich URLs in ProductCart. See: http://wiki.earlyimpact.com/productcart/seo-urls
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