When you add a product nothing is added to the meta keywords which appear on that pages <head> section of the page.
You may be confusing keywords (these are added manually at the section level) and key words .... these are used in the product name / description and are literally "key" words to describe that item to help the search engines and your users.
i noticed that i have not filled in the title and keywords on the section pages, do these play a very important part within Actinic for search engines?
i noticed that i have not filled in the title and keywords on the section pages, do these play a very important part within Actinic for search engines?
you need to remember that these SEO concepts are not unique to Actinic, they are the essentials of good "Search Engine Optimisation."
Actinic allows you to add these techniques to the pages, but its up to you to work out good and bad practices.
Before stumbling on blindly inside actinic, google SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and read up about the sort of things you need to allow for within actinic.
once you have found things out in the web, use the search on the actinic forums to find the answers, most of the questions have been asked, most have been answered
Running an e-commerce site is not just about being able to add components to your shop, you are running a business and you need to drive the customers to your shop.
Not many people succeed without doing fundemental homework first and then applying it to their business.
By all means ask questions, but be prepared to get the standard sort of answers "search the forum, search the web" and so on.
the answers will be similar to the last one "yes ...." probably meaning "do some homework.
I have been uploading meta keywords and descriptions into my website but how can I check if this has been succesful? If I right click on my homepage and go to view source they are not appearing.
I have been uploading meta keywords and descriptions into my website but how can I check if this has been succesful? If I right click on my homepage and go to view source they are not appearing.
By confirming they do not show via 'view source' is the process to check whether they have been successful. Download firefox and firebug addon, makes reading code easier so you can confirm they are definitely not there and not just being missed by you. You can also do a edit-find (in view source) on the words, see if they are found as a quick check.
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