Shopping cart platforms are numerous. It is so hard to choose the one that could fit all your needs. SEJ has picked the one that is one of the best to deliver search engine and social media optimization features – SearchFit.
Search Engine Friendly Software:
- Control of important SEO factors like the URL, link text, title attribute,
- Internal interlinking for easier crawling and enhanced user experience:
- Include subcategory links;
- Automatically add links from one category page to all other categories in the same category type;
- Add links to related products;
- Add breadcrumbs (Category > Sub Category > Product).
- Optimized page load time: SearchFit uses static pages for product detail pages. This translates to less server space needed to support a large number of visitors at one time.
- Avoid duplicate content problem resulting from pagination by adjusting the link text of your pagination links;
- Title and meta tags customization, export,
- Create and customize XML sitemap and Robots.txt file;
- Text optimization by suggesting keywords that may attract readers and search engines (for product specifications, FAQ’s, testimonials, instructions, etc);
- Customize image alt text.
- Google base integration.
Social Media Features:
- SearchFit allows you to publish your products to your social media page or profile right from your SearchFit backend. You can create different product groups for Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, etc;
- The software supports over 20 social networks using the OpenSocial platform and custom integrations.
- SearchFit allows to incorporate product reviews and product comparisons.
Weaknesses
(according to the developers):
- Not cost effective for small businesses (update: no more true, the SearchFit plans for small businesses start from $1/month);
- (Currently) no support for open-source sites such as Joomla.
Compare prices and features here: all plans have free trial and discounted first-month prices (All the mentioned features are available in all plans).
Further Reading:
- Keep an eye on new features and updates;
- Have a look at the official blog for news and more insights.
The product does support social networks like MySpace. I am not sure why in the weaknesses section of the article it says that it does not suppor it.
We have been using the system to manage 3 websites with one database and achieve top ranking as quickly as 2 months. Our sales have grown 300% as well as our conversion rates and email marketing database. We use the many features like the affiliates, reviews, tell a friend, product feeds to Google, social networking and others and are very happy with the results.
We plan to create 3-4 more website and capitalize on this software’s features and SEO features as they are updated for FREE every month; you can’t beat that! The new Photo Gallery feature will be used to show our Bike products properly.
We love it and hope our competitors are not reading this as it’s a true asset in the SEO/SEM e-commerce market place.
NationWide Access, LLC.
Stanley, my bad, was quoting the company’s representative (interview link). I did mention a few lines above that it does support major social networks. Deleted that line.
Ann, no problems at all. Thanks for the article!
Thanks for share
I already used this software.
I am using SearchFit already. Awesome software with great features. If you want your sells to grow then go with SearchFit. I highly recommend it!
I have been trying some shopping carts for some time and I am glad I found this SearchFit software. Their SEO tools are the best out there. Easy to use and very powerful!
Just to let all know the “Not cost effective for small businesses ” weakness is not a weakness anymore.
The SearchFit plans for small businesses start from $1/month. Nobody beats that. Read more at
http://www.searchfit.com/compare-shopping-cart-small-business-plans.htm
@Stanley, thanks a lot for your constant updates, I edited the post to contain up-to-date information.