Filtering words out of the Section List

[Sean Williams]

This concerns not showing certain words that appear in the section list in the left hand bar.
Theme: Smart.
Example URL: http://www.hard-motorcycle-luggage.c...top_cases.html

The section list uses the (YahooSections(section_tree)) and I know almost nothing about javascript.

In the top level section, "Givi Top Cases" is entered into both the Page Title and General|Name fields - thus giving a Page Title that matches the <h1> tag of the section.

When we did this, I did feel at the time that the Section List looked too crowded by the word 'Givi'.
And in the few days since we uploaded the changes, we have seen a noticeable increase in the number of emails requesting help with finding things and pricing systems, so I think customers are finding that SEction List a bit confusing too.

And now the question
Is there a way of filtering out the word 'Givi' so it doesn't appear in the Section List?

Any help/pointers gratefully received.

TIA

[Rich Brady]

Sean long time no speak...

Why not remove GIVI from the top level sections and edit all the sub-sections to include GIVI, has you have done in the Top Case section?

This why you will be able to use GIVI as a keyword in your TLS, there's no repetition of that keyword in the overall URL, which I believe (I think) is frowned upon a little in terms of SEO and the section list on the left will be cleaner...

Just a thought,

Rich

[Sean Williams]

Hello Rich
how's it going?

Thanks for the response.

Bear in mind I'm easily confused ....
I thought this is what in effect I had already done, more or less!
The sub-sections are all <h3> and have the name 'Givi' in them where appropriate.
I have wondered about the over-use of Givi, but they are all <h3>'s so I didn't think it would be an SEO no-no.
As I understand it, the most important placings for good SEO results are to have the Page Title and <h1> matching and to include the main keywords?

SEO can be itrritating

[Rich Brady]

All good here my friend... You?

SEO can sometimes be a minefield and I have also been known to talk crap LOL

I have just checked a few of your URLs and GIVI is not repeated, so my comments may have been as I mentioned above... Crap

I think the main this here is that your customers have become confused since the changes you made. I assume you made the changes so that you would fair better in Searches? But you've upset the people already getting to your site, so counter productive IMO.

[RuralWeb]

of emails requesting help with finding things and pricing systems, so I think customers are finding that SEction List a bit confusing too

The site is confusing to me as well - your subsection lists are very uninformative ie if you dont know what you are looking for then its useless. Get some images on there so you give people half a chance

[Sean Williams]

You're right Mal - they're coming, they're coming Only so much time available per day ....

Mal, regarding the original point about having the 'Givi' in the Section List and again in Section Heading in order to match the Page Title to the <h1> - what do you think?
If I remove the 'Givi' from the Section List, there are still the other Page Title <h1> 'combinations further down the section hierarchy, but they are more product specific rather than identifying the site itself. Would that be sufficient?

[RuralWeb]

If I remove the 'Givi' from the Section List, there are still the other Page Title <h1> 'combinations further down the section hierarchy, but they are more product specific rather than identifying the site itself. Would that be sufficient

Dont get focused on SEO - build the site for your shoppers. They are telling you that you need to help them find prices so forget the seo at the moment and help them. Convert the traffic you are already getting - bringing more traffic with the site as it is will only increase the number of emails you get

[Sean Williams]

bringing more traffic with the site as it is will only increase the number of emails you get

Why didn't I think of that?

It's true nevertheless.....

[gabrielcrowe]

AAGGH! the colour! my eyes!

the goggles, they do nothing.

[gabrielcrowe]

try this?

http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=35767

...and stop using javascript to render navigations.

[gabrielcrowe]

alternatively:

find this line in your header:

strIDs += '<a href="' + ar[i].sURL + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><b>' + ar[i].sName + '</b></span></a><br />';

replace with this (untested):

strIDs += '<a href="' + ar[i].sURL + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><b>' + ar[i].sName.replace('Givi','') + '</b></span></a><br />';

[Sean Williams]

AAGGH! the colour! my eyes!

the goggles, they do nothing.

PMSL!
I was wondering how long it would be before someone cracked
It's early days - we'll get the design sorted out before long.

Thanks a mill Gabe - that's just the ticket. And the code is so simple.
When you know what you're doing

I have looked at your menu system in the past and we do in fact have plans to use it, or something similar. Thanks