- Compatible With
- Store Builder
- Multi Vendor
- Min Original Price ($)
- 50
Advanced Sitemap for CS-Cart - ab__advanced_sitemap
The Advanced Sitemap add-on for CS-Cart helps you create comprehensive and search-engine-friendly sitemaps. These sitemaps are essential for better search engine indexing, which can help improve your website's SEO. The add-on generates various types of XML sitemaps, organizes them by object type, and allows flexible configuration of sitemap generation.
Key Features:
- Index File Creation:
- The add-on creates an index file for your store’s sitemap. This file includes links to individual sitemap files like product maps, category maps, and image maps.
- Separate Sitemaps for Store Objects:
- It generates individual XML sitemaps for specific store objects:
- Products
- Categories
- Pages
- **Pages for Brands/Manufacturers
- This helps ensure that each type of content is indexed separately, which can improve search engine visibility.
- It generates individual XML sitemaps for specific store objects:
- Image Map Generation:
- The add-on creates a separate XML image map, which helps search engines better index your images.
- Sitemap Size Management:
- The add-on separates sitemaps into multiple files if the number of links exceeds the recommended limits (up to 50,000 links or 10 MB in size). This ensures compliance with search engine recommendations.
- Flexible Attributes:
- By default, the generated sitemaps do not include optional attributes such as "Last Modified Date", "Change Frequency", and "Priority" to reduce XML file size for faster parsing by Google. However, you can enable these attributes for any object in the sitemap through the settings.
- Support for Custom Links:
- You can add custom links to the sitemap, including links from third-party add-ons (for example, SEO pages for filters).
- Separate Sitemaps for Each Storefront:
- If your CS-Cart store has multiple storefronts, the add-on generates a separate sitemap for each one.
- Scheduled Sitemap Regeneration:
- The add-on supports scheduled tasks (cron jobs) to regenerate sitemaps at regular intervals. This reduces the load on your server and ensures that search engines receive up-to-date information.
Additional Features:
- Flexible Settings: Configure sitemaps for products, categories, pages, and brand/manufacturer pages.
- Attributes for Links: Configure attributes like last modified date, change frequency, and priority for each type of page.
- Custom Link Support: Add any custom URLs you want to include in the sitemap.
- Support for Add-ons: Integrates with other add-ons and includes their URLs in the sitemap.
Use Case:
The Advanced Sitemap add-on is highly beneficial for CS-Cart stores with a large number of products, categories, or custom pages. It ensures that all these objects are indexed properly by search engines, and by generating smaller, more manageable XML files, it helps improve crawl efficiency.
Demo:
A video demonstration of the add-on in action is available for reference:Watch the video here
Documentation:
For more detailed instructions and configuration options, refer to the add-on's official documentation. This guide will walk you through setting up the add-on and configuring all the flexible options available to customize your sitemap generation.
Let me know if you need help setting up or configuring any specific features!
This add-on is included in SEO package for CS-Cart projects as recommended by SEOs.
