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E-commerce sites need to be optimized differently than content websites.  These articles cover some of the ways to use SEO for your site.

Seven sensational SEO tips for ecommerce sites

Sales-based sites are where SEO really comes into its own in terms of return on investment, and it literally is the case that even the smallest tweaks can result in real increases in revenue.

So here are seven ways to help transactional e-commerce sites boost their search rankings…

1. Multiple categorisation

A common instinct for e-commerce site architecture still seems to be the ‘filing cabinet‘ approach: each product is assigned one category and one category only. But of course in reality any one product may fit into many different ‘buckets’. A pair of trainers might fit into ‘mens trainers’ as well as ‘Reebok trainers’, ‘white trainers’, ‘tennis shoes’ and ‘cheap trainers’.

Now you may say to me “get with it mate, usability people have been recommending this for years!” True, and you may already be using a number of ’sort by’ options to categorise your products. But do those categories form their own landing pages from which to target all those keyphrases, or are they simply ways of filtering results? The key is to make sure each of those categories is linked to using a clean, HTML anchor text link.   –more

SEO: A Quick Primer on the Difference Between Ecommerce and Content Sites

Remember that quote that says half of the ad budget goes to waste – we just don’t know which half? If your SEO strategy is not right, you could be wasting 100% of your SEO budget.

We have gotten to a point where, if you have an online presence, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a must in your strategy. However, many of our small businesses, though we have SEO within our strategy, follow an approach that results in a waste of time, money and lost opportunity. If you follow the right strategy, it can make a big difference to your business.

For the purpose of this article, I would broadly categorize websites into ecommerce and content websites. If you sell something on your website, then I would categorize it into an ecommerce website.    –more

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