Should I hire a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) service?

No, we recommend you avoid SEO services promising to increase your search engine ranking. These services typically use questionable methods that will often times get your store ignored or penalized by search engines. Google and other search engines reward quality content, so focus on that instead of trying to game the system. For more info, see Google’s SEO information page.

How do I verify my store with Pinterest?

To take advantage of Pinterest’s rich pins feature, you’ll need to make sure you’ve verified your Big Cartel store URL with Pinterest. Since this requires adding a line of HTML to your Layout, your store will need to be upgraded to a paid plan.

Login to your Pinterest account and click your name at the top. Click the gear menu, then Account settings.
In the Website field, make sure your store URL is entered, click Confirm website and copy the meta tag.

In your Big Cartel admin, head to Customize Design > Advanced > Layout, click “custom” and paste the Pinterest meta tag in just after the opening <head> tag near the top.
Head back to your Pinterest admin and click Finish (they’ll automatically check the meta tag and confirm your URL).
If you run into any trouble, you can use the Rich Pin Validator to check your links and make sure everything’s good to go.

Can I edit my store’s meta keywords and description for SEO purposes?

Each Big Cartel theme dynamically generates the appropriate metadata about your shop for search engines to index. This includes the store description (set in Settings in the admin) and searches keywords based on the content included in the page (product names, descriptions, custom page text, and so on).

So instead of needing to edit keywords by hand, your theme will automatically pick up on the detailed info from your shop and include it in the <head> section of your Layout page following Google’s recommendations. Your store will also be optimized for sharing on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest!

Md Imran Hossain

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Should I hire a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) service?