{"id":4742,"date":"2020-06-17T13:14:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T07:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=4742"},"modified":"2025-02-25T15:17:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:47:19","slug":"actionable-seo-tips-for-your-opencart-ecommerce-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/actionable-seo-tips-for-your-opencart-ecommerce-store","title":{"rendered":"Actionable SEO Tips for Your Opencart Ecommerce Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/actionable-seo-tips-for-your-opencart-ecommerce-store\/#Opencart_SEO_Tips\" title=\"Opencart SEO Tips:\">Opencart SEO Tips:<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/actionable-seo-tips-for-your-opencart-ecommerce-store\/#Optimize_the_Opencart_Headers_and_Title_Tags\" title=\"Optimize the Opencart Headers and Title Tags:\">Optimize the Opencart Headers and Title Tags:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/actionable-seo-tips-for-your-opencart-ecommerce-store\/#Add_Automatic_SEO_URL_Generation\" title=\"Add Automatic SEO URL Generation:\">Add Automatic SEO URL Generation:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/actionable-seo-tips-for-your-opencart-ecommerce-store\/#Remove_Duplicate_Content_and_Use_the_Canonical_URLs\" title=\"Remove Duplicate Content and Use the Canonical URLs:\">Remove Duplicate Content and Use the Canonical URLs:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/actionable-seo-tips-for-your-opencart-ecommerce-store\/#Disable_Indexing_for_Unwanted_Opencart_Pages\" title=\"Disable Indexing for Unwanted Opencart Pages:\">Disable Indexing for Unwanted Opencart Pages:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/actionable-seo-tips-for-your-opencart-ecommerce-store\/#Create_an_Opencart_Sitemap\" title=\"Create an Opencart Sitemap:\">Create an Opencart Sitemap:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/actionable-seo-tips-for-your-opencart-ecommerce-store\/#Continuous_Website_Assessment\" title=\"Continuous Website Assessment:\">Continuous Website Assessment:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Every business wants more sales and so it is very important to optimize your website. To make more sales, you will need to attract more eyeballs on your ecommerce site and for that you also need to optimize your store or hire some SEO professional for your business website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">OpenCart is an open source platform that enables the business entrepreneurs from across the world to create feature rich ecommerce sites. Since it comes with a plethora of features that are specially tailored to make the store truly work as per your needs, with lots of modules and themes, you can easily choose to customize your site and boost the performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opencart_SEO_Tips\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Opencart SEO Tips:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Optimize_the_Opencart_Headers_and_Title_Tags\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Optimize the Opencart Headers and Title Tags:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">One most important SEO practice for your OpenCart ecommerce development store is to assign the product name as H1 and the model as H2.\u00a0 The OpenCart title tags can be created automatically and you can also choose the Advanced tab and enter the exact parameters that you want the SEO extension to include in the title tag.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Add_Automatic_SEO_URL_Generation\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Add Automatic SEO URL Generation<\/strong>:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When you create a new category or a new product or any other page in your <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/opencart-development\/\">OpenCart website development<\/a><\/span> store, you are able to setup a keyword for the SEO URL. This needs to be done manually from the SEO tab in the page creation section. But with the Automatic SEO URL Generation feature, you don\u2019t have to modify that manually and you can now automatically create it by simply using the name of the page.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/blog\/how-adding-online-booking-extensions-can-be-beneficial-for-your-opencart-ecommerce-site\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">How Adding Online Booking Extensions can be Beneficial for Your OpenCart Ecommerce Site<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remove_Duplicate_Content_and_Use_the_Canonical_URLs\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Remove Duplicate Content and Use the Canonical URLs:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We all know that content is king and your OpenCart store also needs fresh and relevant content to pass the required message to your target customers. This content needs to be carefully crafted by professional content writers having hands on experience in SEO and creative writing. Quality content that resonates with the information that your audience is searching for will keep them glued to the store. Hiring a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/opencart-development\/\">professional OpenCart development agency<\/a><\/span> can help to create the content and also monitor it to ensure that it continues to perform well.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disable_Indexing_for_Unwanted_Opencart_Pages\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Disable Indexing for Unwanted Opencart Pages:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There may be some pages in your OpenCart store that should not be indexed by your search engines. Some pages like your admin panel, your checkout process or the cart view can be easily disabled from getting indexed in your robots.txt file. This will help you to avoid unnecessary indexing of pages. For this, all you have to do is to simply copy and paste them into the editor and then save it and you are ready to move.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Create_an_Opencart_Sitemap\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Create an Opencart Sitemap:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A sitemap is a very important thing that should be added to a site as it makes it easier for the search engines to crawl as well as index the OpenCart site faster and also more extensively. Your Opencart sitemap will help the store to pass the data to the search engines and also guide the search engines with the highest priority pages first.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Continuous_Website_Assessment\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Continuous Website Assessment:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Another most important thing that you need to do is to assess and determine the performance of your site regularly. 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