Before making your online store live, you need to configure the homepage meta elements like title, meta description, keywords, etc., to attract more visitors via search engines.
Homepage Metadata Setup in X-Cart 5.4.x
Open Store Setup > SEO Settings and proceed to the "Home page title and meta" section of the General tab.
Click the Pencil icon to access the "Front page" details page:
Edit the settings values:
Title: Specify the homepage title as it should display in the storefront title bar.
Meta description: Select to use either an autogenerated or a custom meta description for your site. The text of the autogenerated description is built based on the Description field value of your store's front page. If you select to use a custom meta description, the text field will become editable.
Meta keywords: Add keywords to describe the page content shortly and concisely as essential indicators to search engines. Use lowercase and commas to separate values.
Click Update to save the configuration settings.
After saving the configuration settings, you can submit them to the Google AMP cache. Use the "Update Google AMP cache" button for this purpose.
Homepage Metadata Setup in X-Cart 5.5.x
Open the Settings > SEO > Homepage page of your store's Admin area.
The settings you need to configure are as follows:
Title: Specify the homepage title as it should display in the storefront title bar.
Meta description: Select to use either an autogenerated or a custom meta description for your site. The text of the autogenerated description is built based on the Description field value of your store's front page and displays greyed-out in the text field below. If you select to use a custom meta description, the text field will become editable.
Open Graph meta tags: Select the Open Graph meta tags for the homepage between autogenerated and custom. The default autogenerated tags are based on the general page details. If you need to adjust the default tags set, use the Custom option.
Keywords: Add keywords to describe the page content shortly and concisely as vital indicators to search engines. Use lowercase and commas to separate values.
Search preview: The content of this field is formed dynamically based on the info specified above.
Click Update to save the configuration settings.
After saving the configuration settings, you can submit them to the Google AMP cache. Use the "Update Google AMP cache" button for this purpose.
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