Shopping Carts: Rewrite URL's to be SEO Friendly, or Stick with the Cart's Structure?

Charles Washington · 08-07-2010, 10:01 AM

I was building an ecommerce store using Zen Cart and I was looking at the different modules to change the url's to SEO friendly urls. But, I had a question.

Would you guys change the URL's to make them SEO friendly, or just go with them the way they are? Or, are those dynamic url's ok, and maybe I am overthinking this. I am mixed and I am not sure which way to go.

If I go with the SEO friendly URL's and change shopping carts later, I will be able to update the new cart to pont to those url's easier.

What are your thoughts on setting up a new site. I am going with Zen Cart and looking at a using this SEO mod Ceon URI Mapping (SEO), ecommerce shopping cart software by Zen Cart ecommerce solution

But, I was also wondering if this was even needed. Can a shopping cart be SEO'd without mysite.com/category/product looking domain names

lukemeister · 08-07-2010, 10:54 AM

I would definitely suggest changing to SEO friendly urls immediately - it should be done when the site is initially launched, it's just another way to build more keyword context within your site and pages

Charles Washington · 08-07-2010, 03:55 PM

Any other opinions?

08-07-2010, 10:01 AM	#1
Charles Washington Highly Actionable War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 1,595 Thanks: 341 Thanked 265 Times in 182 Posts	Shopping Carts: Rewrite URL's to be SEO Friendly, or Stick with the Cart's Structure? I was building an ecommerce store using Zen Cart and I was looking at the different modules to change the url's to SEO friendly urls. But, I had a question. Would you guys change the URL's to make them SEO friendly, or just go with them the way they are? Or, are those dynamic url's ok, and maybe I am overthinking this. I am mixed and I am not sure which way to go. If I go with the SEO friendly URL's and change shopping carts later, I will be able to update the new cart to pont to those url's easier. What are your thoughts on setting up a new site. I am going with Zen Cart and looking at a using this SEO mod Ceon URI Mapping (SEO), ecommerce shopping cart software by Zen Cart ecommerce solution But, I was also wondering if this was even needed. Can a shopping cart be SEO'd without mysite.com/category/product looking domain names

08-07-2010, 10:54 AM	#2
lukemeister HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Fargo Posts: 137 Thanks: 10 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Shopping Carts: Rewrite URL's to be SEO Friendly, or Stick with the Cart's Structure? I would definitely suggest changing to SEO friendly urls immediately - it should be done when the site is initially launched, it's just another way to build more keyword context within your site and pages

08-07-2010, 03:55 PM	#3
Charles Washington Highly Actionable War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 1,595 Thanks: 341 Thanked 265 Times in 182 Posts	Re: Shopping Carts: Rewrite URL's to be SEO Friendly, or Stick with the Cart's Structure? Any other opinions?