Shopify Plus is a relatively new release of popular SaaS ecommerce platform, Shopify, specifically designed to meet the needs of mid-level and enterprise-level online retailers.
Since its launch at the end of 2015, Magento 2 has been praised as a dramatic improvement on Magento 1.x versions (with significant changes in terms of usability, performance and functionality).
It has also been questioned for its premature release and lack of stability in core areas (such as checkout, product import payments etc). More recent feedback has been far more positive (especially on the last two releases), however lots of merchants are still struggling with the decision on whether to stick with Magento and, if so, when to migrate.
I was recently asked for advice on the best course of action for discontinued products for an ecommerce site and whether you should follow Google’s previous advice to let the pages 404.
I decided to write this piece up because it’s something that’s talked about a lot, but rarely written about. I’m half suggesting people to question bits of it, as it’s an area that is, in my opinion, pretty subjective.
In this specific scenario, the website was a very large fashion retailer, meaning that products are frequently discontinued (with no intention of bringing them back) at the end of each season.
Having worked almost exclusively with retail websites for the last four years, I’ve spent a lot of time analysing data for different channels and trying to attribute value to specific marketing campaigns and projects.
Whilst doing this I’ve found a number of fairly obvious (only when you really think about it) potential threats to everyday attribution that I wanted to share.
Duplicate content has been causing major issues for online retailers for many years, primarily due to the negative impact it has on search engine rankings.
Due to the size and complexity of online retail websites, there are far more areas that need to be addressed and monitored in order to eliminate duplicate content issues.
Here are nine potential causes of duplicate content, along with resolutions to help you overcome them.