What we need: SEO, title- and metatag-optimization

[Bruz]

Hi there!

As I've written here I'm goning to start this new topic dedicated to SEO, title- and metatag-optimization. At the moment PrestaShop does not the best it could do in this area, so here are my suggestions:

The <title>-tag should contain for product-pages:

<title>product - manufacturer - 1st category - sitename</title>

for the manufacurer:

<title>manufacturer - sitename</title>

and for the categories

<title>category - 1st sub-category - ... - sitename</title>

Let's get to the meta-tags:
http://img.skitch.com/20081202-nmup3gsewdwa8fcygh56d81qyc.jpg
The description of a manufacturer as seen in the picture above needs to be in the

<meta name="description" content="description">

if not we'll have the same description for every manufacturer, Google (and people searching) hates that!

I already went live with "my" shop and make use of the Google Webmaster-Tools and Google is already complainig about "double title-tags": http://img.skitch.com/20081202-1bnf2higypyuiqy1xaxccgnjj7.jpg

PrestaShop is great - let's make it even better!

[weloveperfume.co.uk]

Hi thanks for the advise

Can you please let us all know which files we need to change and which lines

Thanks


:-)

[Bruz]

Sorry, you got me wrong - I'd like to have it this way, but I don't...

[Damien Metzger]

Hi Bruz,

You already can set your products' and categories' meta titles as well as meta description when you add or edit them.
Not yet for the manufacturer, but everything else that can be done for SEO has been done

It's up to you to fill it your way.

[Bruz]

HI Damien,

thanks, you're right - the only thing left is the title for the manufacturers - is there a way to add this? (I've already tried with the /* Categories specifics meta tags */ in Tools.php changed to id_manufacturer, but nothing changed)

 /* Manu specifics meta tags */
           elseif ($id_manufacturer = Tools::getValue('id_manufacturer'))
           {
               $row = Db::getInstance()->getRow('
               SELECT `name`, `meta_title`, `meta_description`, `meta_keywords`, `description`
               FROM `'._DB_PREFIX_.'manufacturer_lang`
               WHERE id_lang = '.intval($id_lang).' AND id_manufacturer = '.intval($id_manufacturer));
               if ($row)
               {
                   if (empty($row['meta_description']))
                       $row['meta_description'] = strip_tags($row['description']);
                   return self::completeMetaTags($row, Category::hideCategoryPosition($row['name']));
               }
           }

[adibranch]

Bruz, SEO is different for everyone, just because you want product - manufacturer - 1st category - sitename , does not mean it will work for other shops. Its all down to the product types , products, competitiveness and generics. Personally, that combination would not work for most of the shops i administer, but it may for you. So, perhaps not best to speak for everyone

[Bruz]

Yea, I'm just looking for a way to get the manufacturer's name in the title-tag right now instead of the always repeating page name set for manufacturer.php (Preferences -> Meta-Tags)!

[TropischBruin]

Please have a look at: SEO - How are you taking this? before you start inventing the weel (which is already there).
See page-2, the comment of Freeflyer.

I do like you attemt to get the manufacture name in title-tag!

Keep up the good work ;-)