Magento becomes a passion
This post can be also called “Good news for Magento and bad news for other shopping cart applications”. Let’s find out the details.
What are the most popular open source shopping carts available? As for me these are Magento, osCommerce, Zen Cart and CRE Loaded. Of course there are more of them but I prefer studying only widespread ones.
What I have in mind is to see if Magento is really that popular as we hear about it. With this in mind I’ve used Google Trends. As you probably know Google Trends enables users to learn how popular a particular search term has been on Google over time and see the relevant news articles that ran on that subject. So I’ve entered words Magento, osCommerce, Zen Cart and CRE Loaded into the search box and here are the results
I trust Google and that’s the reason why I congratulate Magento. Obviously it’s the most often searched shopping cart solution on Google. Time will show if it’ll be as popular in the future as it is now but these days Magento is on the top!
As you can see this post doesn’t review certain peculiarities of Magento or other shopping carts. It simply shows the latest search trends and thus the growing interest to Magento.
The first guide to Magento SEO is available
Have you encountered the need to promote your online store which is powered by Magento? Then you’ll be pleased to know that the first Magento SEO guide has been published. It was created by Joost de Valk and Joachim Houtman.
Guide to Magento SEO is an easy step-by-step walkthrough to SEO optimization of your online store.
The guide to Magento SEO will assist you to boost your Magento driven online store in search engines. Also it will teach you how to efficiently manage your online store.
Magento SEO Guide is divided into such categories as Basic technical optimization; Magento Template Optimization; Advanced Magento SEO and Duplicate Content. Each of these categories consists of several topics such as WWW vs non-WWW; Header Settings; Products optimization; Clean up your code; XML Sitemaps, and etc.
Luckily the guide to Magento SEO receives positive feedback. Here are just a few comments on it:
- Great guide! Well thought out, written in plain speak for the non-tech to understand, and a must read for any Magento user!
- Thank you, Joost, for this very valuable guide. Will save me a lot of work on my upcoming Magento projects, I am sure.
What can I say? Read, learn and enjoy the first guide to Magento SEO!
Did you think Magento Templates could be so great?
Every online merchant wants his site to become the most visible and eye catching site on the web. So everyone is looking for the best eCommerce platform and this is where Magento has no superior. Yes, Magento is great when it comes to SEO, usability and functionality. However there are not too many nice-looking Magento Themes available.
So it’s time for another review on amazing Magento Themes. It’ll provide you with a good choice of designs for Magento driven online stores. Below I’ve added several Magento Themes which can bring really professional and impressive outlook to your Magento store.
I bet you’ll be glad to find so many designs for Magento eCommerce websites. That’s why I share the most attractive Magento Templates with you.
Please consider this Magento Template in a case you want to start an online beauty store or online cosmetic store.
Take part in the Magento survey
Would you like to influence Magento future? Then join the Magento survey and give your own opinion on Magento software and the way to make it even better. Your thoughts are highly appreciated whether you already use Magento or just evaluate it.
The survey will take only a few minutes but it will bring tremendous changes to eCommerce sites. You’ll definitely win when Magento is improved in the way you want it to be, don’t you think so?
Would you like to upgrade to Magento Version 1.2.1.2
On March 3, 2009 a new version of Magento solution has been announced.
I’m speaking of Magento Version 1.2.1.2.
So you can download Magento Version 1.2.1.2 and upgrade your Magento powered online store.
After reading release notes you’ll learn what bugs have been fixed in this release:
- admin login form and password forgotten form have been fixed
- “Return Url” in Magento Connect Manager has been modified as well.
By visiting Magento blog I’ve found the next important info for people who use the Magento Connect Manager for upgrade:
“This release includes an update to the Magento Connect Manager and as such will overwrite index.php and .htaccess files.
If you are using the Magento Connect Manager to upgrade your installation please back up your index.php and .htaccess files under your Magento root folder before upgrading and restore them after you are done.”
Please remember Magento Team doesn’t recommend upgrading a production installation of Magento directly. They ask everyone to backup database and all files before upgrading to Magento Version 1.2.1.2.
A diff file for the latest release is available on this page.
Vote for Free Magento Templates
Cube Websites Team is creating a free Magento Template. Basically they’ve created the first design for Magento application in October, 2008 and updated it back in January, 2009.
Currently they offer 2 versions of Free Magento Template called Amplitude. However these are not ready made templates but only designs that should be coded, tested and documented. Once Magento community votes for one design or another Cube Websites will continue their work and turn one of two designs into a functional Magento Template.
Please see both Magento designs and decide which of them looks better.
The first version of Amplitude Template for Magento
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