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Tip

Pro-Tip - There is a great information on Understanding Search Engine Optimization in your UltraCart Account or at the bottom of main SEO settings page.

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Storefront Search Engine Optimization

In the Storefronts menu, click "Search Engine Optimization":

FieldDescription
Default Meta DescriptionEnter the default Meta Description for your storefront.
(275 and 300 characters)
Default KeywordsEnter your storefronts default keywords here.
Enable Canonical LinksIf Selected, canonical links are enabled. 
See also: Understanding Canonical Links
Enable Schema.orgIf Selected, UltraCart will output microdata for Google
Prevent Search Engines from IndexingIf selected, UltraCart will prevent the search engines for indexing your storefornt. Enable this during the development of your storefront to hide development content.

Include Page
Page specific SEO
Page specific SEO

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   3. Always click the Save Button before navigating away from the page.


Register Your Site with Google Search Central


Make sure to register your website with Google Search Central (formerly Webmaster Tools):
https://developers.google.com/search  
Once you've registered your site, Google Search Central will process the storefront "site map", which will give them all the specified URL's that they can crawl on your site. 
It's an important first step to improving your search engine visibility.

Registering your website with the search engines using the sitemap URLs

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