What is the most SEO friendly shopping cart for wordpress?
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I'm using Thesis Theme. I know load time is important and will continue to be a bigger deal as time goes on. Any advice would be much appreciated!!
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They only have between 30-50 products (water filters systems and replacement filters) that don't need to be changed out very often. Yes it definitely needs to be user friendly as well as SEO friendly. I'm new to shopping carts so this is a learning experience for me too.
I will look at foxycart. Thanks!
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Don't forget to think about maintenance friendly and user friendly. It doesn't matter if you have the best SEO out there if people come to your site and the shopping cart software is so confusing they never order, or if the backend doesn't suit your needs.
I use Foxycart with Wordpress and the Thesis theme, and have outgrown it a bit but don't have the time to do an overhaul right now. For me, shipping is a big deal (an order can include a three foot long piece of balsa wood and 20 pounds of ball bearings in the same order). What may work for one person may not work for another, depending on their needs.
Can you give us a little information about how many products you have, and if you would like any advice about other features or just SEO?
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I'm not sure what the best is, but I didn't really like WP E-Commerce.
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