Optimizing a Yahoo! Store

[PrimeVisibility2]

Hello,

Thank you everyone who posted comments about BlueStarGifts.com last week. The client might actually be willing to pay for some of the changes that were suggested.

Next Problem:

Has anyone ever optimized a Yahoo! Store for the SEs? What I'm trying to do is add keywords to the page names. Every time I trying to change a page name, Yahoo automatically abbreviates the page name.

So let's say I add a new product and try to make the page name topps_baseball_cards.html. Yahoo will make the page name tobaseallcd.htm or something similar.

Anyone have any experience with a Yahoo store?

Here's the site - http://shop.store.yahoo.com/dcscards/

Thanks for the help.

Matt

[rmridgew]

that abreviation doesnt follow any logic that i can see, i would try to beat them at their own game, I would come up with a very long page name and notice which letters were put where. for instance with this one you could have used topps_ppscbard_s.htm to make toppscards.htm. sites like google will notice this as two words if someone searches for "tops cards"

this one is going to take a little "guess and check"

good luck

[PrimeVisibility2]

rmridgew,

Thanks...that's something to think about. I think the best solution would be to figure out how to re-format the links. I have seen Yahoo stores with custom page names but I just have no idea how to do it. It seems like yahoo has their own programming language called RHTML. So for now I'm stuck with crazy page names.........

Matt

[MsSearch]

:hi:

While rmridgew did post a way to 'beat them at their own game', actual page names play a small part in optimization...instead of focusing your efforts on beating the system, you should focus your efforts more on content and building link popularity...

hope this helps...

[rmridgew]

"beat them at their own game"

that statement does seem to be a bit shady,

ive revealed entirely too much

[MsSearch]

if someone is set on having their pages named after keywords, then that is what they may need to do...

[rmridgew]

remove the underscores and see if it is abreviated, i would also try using dashes.

but if you cant get it try making the link blah.html?topps-baseball-cards

by the way, how much could i get for a mint condition (still in the cellophane) box of 1987 Donruss Rookies

thanks

[PrimeVisibility2]

rmridgew,

You would have to email the client directly for pricing on the Donruss cards. His email address is dom38@optonline.net

Thanks for the tips.

Matt

[rmridgew]

hey matt are you related to scott aronowitz from westchester?

[PrimeVisibility2]

sorry..... can't say I know a scott aronowitz from westchester.