Hi,

I actually asked it a year and a half ago (with a slight variation) but didn't get any real response and things do change over time.

On my eCommerce website I have the main category pages with client side filtering and sorting. As a result, the number of page views is lower than can be expected.

Do you think having more page views is still a ranking factor? and if so is it more important than user experience?

Thanks

Great article though MOZ for example does not appear in "news" search which seems weird. Does it mean it won't come up in alerts for terms like "SEO"...?

Also, do you think I should ask for inclusion in the news? Does it help with SEO?

Thanks Andy-Halliday but this is not what I meant (though it is a good implementation which I practice also).

I wondered why some sites articles get noted and others don't. gazzerman1's response seems right and the article he referred stated that you might ask for inclusion (MOZ for example does not appear in the news and therefore may not appear in "search term" alerts though I doubt it).

Anyhow, this also led to my next question if it means anything if it is good to ask to be included in the news: http://moz.com/community/q/does-including-your-site-in-google-news-and-google-alerts-helps-with-seo

Thanks

Hi All,

I recently started using Google Alerts more and more and while sites I support never appear there (not surprising) I recently noticed few very poor and low quality sites that do.

This site for example appears quite a bit in its niche.

So to my questions...

What makes a site appear in Google Alerts? And does it mean anything?

Thanks

Hello and Merry Christmass

Should I NOFOLLOW my "Add To Cart" buttons?

My e-commerce site has hundreds of products. Content wise, there is no real value to the reader on that page (besides for some testimonials and "why here" sentences). So it is not a page you'd want / expect to find in the SERPs.

Also, with hundreds of links pointing to this page it would be "stronger" than other important pages which doesn't make sense.

Last but not least, if I have limited time that the bots are on my site, why keep sending them to a non important page.

This is why I am leaning to nofollowing the "add to cart" buttons and looking for reinforcements.

Thanks

Thank you all.

@Gregory Baka - I kinda agree with you but also encountered the following:
http://www.link-assistant.com/blog/how-to-build-trust-for-an-ecommerce-site-in-both-search-engines-and-users/ 
Which does show a diffeence.

We are also not based in North America so we cannot apply BBB badges.

About increase or decrease in conversions I also encountered studies going both ways (though the increase seems more definite than the decrease). I assume that if it is shown delicately and not boldly (as the badges companies suggest) it does the trick (having those who look for it find it and not the other way around).

I Also just encountered a nice piece about improving shopping cart experience and they suggested on doing it as a part of the design - implicitly adding confidence that made sense:
http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2011/04/06/fundamental-guidelines-of-e-commerce-checkout-design/ (Point number 4)

Thanks everyone

Hi,

I just got off the phone with TrustE and McAfee.

They want approximately $1400 and $900.

Needless to say these are significant amounts. Is it a must for a small business selling luxury goods (transactions above $1000).

Thanks

Hi,

Is there a problem or a general recommendation about using the same gmail account for two different sites (both in Google Analytics and Webmaster tools)?

Thanks

Thanks.

The only other way I see to maintain order and shorten the filename is to place them within folders:

domain.com/images/products/category-name/product-title.jpg

VS

domain.com/images/products/product-title-product-category.jpg

But then I can have several exact same file-names (that are placed on different categories)

Hi,

I have an eCommerce site with hundreds of product images.

For management reasons files are named in length to have the product details in them.
Is there a limit for a filename length before it is considered ambiguous or spammy etc.?
(it usually ranges 50-70 chars).

Thanks

THANKS!!! I've been working on it since your first reply

Last question (I'm a bit rude now) -

I also have price beneath "The New Ipad" anchor. Currently it is not in the href and I'm thinking of keeping it this way (which would mean it will be in the H3 but not in the href).

Also, the href's are simple href's not surrounded by h3's, What do you think? Changing them? (keeping the price outside the href but inside the H3)

It seems correct but changing would mean of a lot of anchors will be changed on the entire website... scarry

Works amazing!!!!!

Thanks a lot for all of your help.

Hi,

I actually asked it a year and a half ago (with a slight variation) but didn't get any real response and things do change over time.

On my eCommerce website I have the main category pages with client side filtering and sorting. As a result, the number of page views is lower than can be expected.

Do you think having more page views is still a ranking factor? and if so is it more important than user experience?

Thanks