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| SEO, Marketing & Promotions |
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At Shopstorenow, we want to make sure your on-line business is a success. We have many great SEO tools built into our software and want to make sure you are taking full advantage of them. Now's the perfect time to make sure your website is optimized for search engines. With the latest Shopstorenow eCommerce Solution Software, you have the tools. |
| Navigate to Store Settings -> Marketing & Promotions, from Top of the index page of your admin area. |
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| TIP #1: Just a Click 'Submit To Search Engines' feature |
| Click on the "Marketing & Promotions" then Click on Submit to Search Engines and you got a message like "Thank you for requesting your site to be submitted in Search engines, we will send report of your search engine submission in next 48 hours ". |
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| TIP #2: Just a Click 'Submit To Shopping Directories' feature |
| By Clicking on Submit to Shopping Directories, the products within your online shop will be submitted to the Froogle shopping directory, allowing shoppers to find your products. |
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| TIP #3: Fill for the Meta Tags & Desciptions |
| Navigate the link "Store Settings / Search Engine Keywords / Index" |
| Then fil all the information needed and click on Update button. This all will help in increasing site ranking in Search Engines. |
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| TIP #4: Fill for the Product & Categories |
| Navigate the link "Store Settings / Search Engine Keywords / Category" |
| Then fil all the information needed and click on Update button. This all will help in increasing site ranking in Search Engines. |
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| TIP #5: Write good content |
| Content is king. The more relevant content you have on your site the better. For example if you can have many paragraphs for your ProductDescription(s) that is one of the best things. Same for your categories, if you can type up at least a few paragraphs for your categories, you will have MUCH better success with the search engines. They have always liked lots of text paragraphs. And of course try to include your keywords as much as possible in them. |
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| These are answers of some important queries to make your site more SEO friendly: |
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| Do I have to submit my website to the search engines? |
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If you haven't done so already, yes. Search engines will find you eventually on their own if other sites link to you, but it doesn't hurt to give them a hand. Here are the two major search engines to submit to:
Yahoo: http://submit.search.yahoo.com/
Google: http://www.google.com/addurl.html |
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| So how long does it take to see results? |
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| The major search engines are crawling the web, and re-crawling websites non-stop. Once you're listed in the search engines, even if not ranked well, the search engines will automatically re-crawl your website every so often. You may get lucky and have them visit your site the day after you make all your changes, or it make take 1-3 months. All of us webmasters simply have to be patient. |
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| How do I choose good keywords? |
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If you're trying to optimize your website text with good keywords, it's good to try and find out what the most commonly searched for phrases are. The following tool is a great way to find that out:
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ |
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| How do I learn more about SEO? |
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| There are many great resources out there to learn about search engine optimization. Two sites where you can learn a great deal about the subject and ask questions are: http://www.seochat.com and http://www.searchenginewatch.com |
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Google Page Rank |
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| This has become one of the important aspects in getting high rankings in Google. Basically, the ranking system has to do with how many high quality and relevant sites link to your site. We recommend downloading from Google their toolbar, so you can see your ranking. In addition if you go to the above mentioned sites you'll be able to read more detail about getting links and why they are so important. |
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| Remember things are always changing in search engine land, so you have to constantly educate yourself to stay ahead. Patience is also a good virtue to keep in mind, because getting high rankings can take time. Finally, be safe and err to the side of caution on any questionable strategies to get you to the top. |
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| Good Luck! |
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