ORLANDO, FLORIDA-Ebay’s promotion of Magento Go is an excellent opportunity for online merchants to explore the SEO benefits the open-source, e-commerce product offers.
According to eCommerce Bytes, an independent news source for online retailers, the users of eBay’s ProStoreswere urged to switch to Magento Go, which eBay acquired last year, in a recent email newsletter from ProStores.
Courtesy of sumoheavy.comSo, what is Magento exactly? And why has eBay turned its back on the older platform? Our operational manager Saeed Khosravi theorizes that eBay has lost interest in promoting ProStores because it is outdated and lacks the required flexibility to become a full-fledged, customizable Internet store.
“Out of the box, Magento Go is very search engine friendly since the open source community version gives you the flexibility to configure your website to perform better on search engines,” he explains.
What You’re Getting
The product is a feature-rich online service that allows entrepreneurs and small businesses to quickly build an online storefront to sell products and services. The main thing the website describes about Magento is the unprecedented flexibility and control over the look, content and functionality of stores that features powerful marketing, search engine optimization and catalog-management tools.
The product may be more flexible than its predecessor, but that doesn’t mean the SEO guidelines change. The rules are the same no matter what platform they are on, says Khosravi. The crucial thing to know is how to apply these rules properly to get the most out of the platform and make the site easy for search engines to interact with.
SEO Tips For The E-Commerce Platform
The biggest SEO benefit of Magento, according to Khosravi, is how out-of-the-box search engine friendly it is. They make many standard SEO techniques easy to implement, which he recommends taking full advantage of right away.