11 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}
11 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}

Which Shopping Cart Is The Best For SEs?

by williamtan
9 replies
Hi Warriors,

Amongst all the shopping cart - osCommerce, Magento, Zen Cart, CubeCart, Prestoshop etc. which is most search engine friendly?

Would love to hear the reviews of the various shopping carts used by the warriors.

Thanks.
#cart #ses #shopping
  • Profile picture of the author Devan Koshal
    Magento
    CubeCart
    Prestoshop
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[347947].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author williamtan
    Hi Devan,

    I've heard Magento is very resourece intensive and would probably require VPS hosting?

    CubeCart - is the free version good for SE? It'll be great if it is as it can be easily installed with cPanel's Fantastico.

    So osCommerce and Zen Cart are out?

    Regards, William
    Signature
    The Ultimate Autoresponder System - No more recurring fee for autoresponder ... EVER AGAIN!
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[348036].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author Devan Koshal
      Originally Posted by williamtan View Post

      Hi Devan,

      I've heard Magento is very resourece intensive and would probably require VPS hosting?

      CubeCart - is the free version good for SE? It'll be great if it is as it can be easily installed with cPanel's Fantastico.

      So osCommerce and Zen Cart are out?

      Regards, William
      I would go with Prestoshop.

      Magento is very high maintenance and is pretty complicated to use.

      Cubecart free version is rubbish for seo

      osCommerce is very unsecured pretty easy admin loopholes/security loopholes...especially when dealing digital products . The programing is rubbish for seo..its completly built on <tables> so code to text ratio is HIGH and google hates that & tables.

      Zencart is just standard.

      Prestocart is build using CSS and DIV so that means a good text to code ratio...google indexes websites that use DIV and CSS a lot better...if you look at the coding at high ranking scripts i.e. wordpress you will see that there a no <table> codes.

      Its interface is also easy to use and its got alot of features. And it has SEO urls so instead of yoursite.com/index.php?category=1&productID=1521

      It would be yoursite.com/Apple/MacBookPro



      Devan
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[348044].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author Ron Killian
        Originally Posted by Devan Koshal View Post


        osCommerce is very unsecured pretty easy admin loopholes/security loopholes...especially when dealing digital products . The programing is rubbish for seo..its completly built on <tables> so code to text ratio is HIGH and google hates that & tables.
        Devan
        Huh? Guess I better tell Google to take all my links and ranks down and to stop sending me traffic. Out of the box, yes it is crap for SEO, but with a couple mods it can do quite well.
        Signature
        PLR Affiliate Program Has Launched! Easily Promote Over 5,000 PLR and MRR Products.

        Largest Selection of PLR Articles on the Planet! PLR Ebooks, PLR Video, PLR Websites and more with Private Label Rights
        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[348163].message }}
        • Profile picture of the author Devan Koshal
          Originally Posted by Ron Killian View Post

          Huh? Guess I better tell Google to take all my links and ranks down and to stop sending me traffic. Out of the box, yes it is crap for SEO, but with a couple mods it can do quite well.
          Yeah out of the box is rubbish, it ranks with the seo plugins, it would rank a lot better if it wasn't built entirely on tables.
          {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[352766].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author williamtan
    Thank you very much for sharing your expertise in the various e-commerce scripts.

    Good and clear explanation esp on the "text to code ratio" thingy. You are a programmer aren't you

    Looks like I've got to give Prestashop a try.
    Signature
    The Ultimate Autoresponder System - No more recurring fee for autoresponder ... EVER AGAIN!
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[348051].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author Devan Koshal
      Originally Posted by williamtan View Post

      Thank you very much for sharing your expertise in the various e-commerce scripts.

      Good and clear explanation esp on the "text to code ratio" thingy. You are a programmer aren't you

      Looks like I've got to give Prestoshop a try.
      No Problem,

      And yeah i am a programming/web designer lol worked with many shoppingcarts.

      Devan
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[348052].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author derekwong28
    I used litecommerce and it was very good. It is even better than its sister x-cart. One big issue is that once you have reached a product page, do you need to make another click to go to a page with a functional add to cart button.
    Signature

    Do not get between a wombat and a chocolate biscuit; you will regret it dearly!

    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[348284].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Fendi Salim
    I have not used the various shopping carts mentioned. Instead I have used Wordpress to create a storefront using eShop plugin and its latest version comes with discount coupons.

    Well, Wordpress is good enough for small storefronts I guess though I won't doubt its ability for larger ecommerce sites.

    I will be experimenting with eCommercethemes next.

    Another plugin worth mentioning is the eCommerce plugin and a complete theme would be the MarketTheme.
    Signature
    >> Free Wordpress Themes << | WP Design Partner Wanted - PM Me
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[352720].message }}

Trending Topics