There is a manual way to have descriptive image URLs in NS, but it is very tedious and so we need a faster way to automate the procedure if NS can't add "descriptive image URLs" as a global account setting. Here is how to do it yourself. Any image stored in the NS image folder will have a cryptic URL, like...…

Alt image tags might help when used in conjunction with descriptive file names, but your products won't get found in Google image searches until your item URL ends with the file name and the file name will need to contain the right key words. Currently your image file names are not displayed in your web store. Vote for…

We took the laborious step of moving several hundred images outside of the default storage area. We renamed each one with a more descriptive and "web friendly" name (like small-brass-widget-XYZ2000.jpg). We then manually used the "use image from URL" feature (in the item set-up) to show NS where each item's image was held.…

Two other things I read about this topic... 1. For image results, Google uses a different bot, which indexes only image results. The key difference between the two is that the image bot visits much less frequently. While Googlebot may visit every week, Googlebot-image may only visit your site every 6 months. Getting images…

Enhancement #131530 Support descriptive image URLs that end in JPG or GIF I have searched for images related to what we sell (in Google image search). Every single item (on the first 5 or 6 pages) used the search term in the name of the image. T

Can you edit the directory that they are in and make it a sub-directory of Webite Hosting Files directory? __________________ That move makes descriptive URLs available, but the webstore still doesn't use the descriptive URLs after the images are moved. You would then need to go into each item and click "New Image" and…

Did Gerald tell you when can we expect Google indexable item images in NetSuite? -Tom

I figured that I would be reminded that some of those features are available with Java or with other complicated work-arounds. I know that a third or even a half of the list has work around or a third party solution. Most workarounds require either a significant investment of time, money(paid to 3rd party developers),…

We're getting our images searched @ around 1000 visits/month. It happened by accident, to be perfectly honest, but we did it by naming our keywords in the image name. It looks like they're in a separate directory from the NS image directory. Any more tips on getting images listed? You have 241 images in Google's image…

I believe that reversing the work you already did won't take that much time once NS fixes this defect. The work we are doing won't have to be reversed after they fix this "defect". Given that this defect is really a SEO design flaw that goes back to the conception of the NS webstore, I would wager that it will be another…

I found that I can change the item template so that it uses this.... <img src="<%=getCurrentAttribute('item','storedisplayimage')%>" alt="<%=getCurrentAttribute('item','storedisplayname')%>"> That sets our image so that it uses the item NAME as the image alt tag. That may help us until NS lets us add a real ALT tag to…

Are your URLs descriptive? Do the URLs end in something like red-dress.jpg or do they end in something like media.nl?id=11739? Right click on one of your images and open it in a browser window by itself. Then you can see the image's URL. NetSuite doesn't use descriptive URLs for the product images. Please vote for the…

I started a partial ecommerce wish list based on what other (cheaper) systems are offering. NS, this is what we are looking for.... * social store builder sell on myspace and facebook * vZoom! product image zoom * thumbnail generator and unlimited photos per product * color swatch functionality * new products feature *…

That was an enjoyable and informative read. Well done Steph. Issues like the "Google image search" indexability of image URLs shouldn't require 100+ enhancement votes. Anything that is taking away 4000 visitors per month should just be fixed as a top priority. Too many times they require that an arbitrary number of people…

We already started the picture moving process and are about 50% done. I'm sure that after it is finished and we have invested our 500 man hours of labor in the change over ..NS will then release their fix or some tool to automate the change. Unfortunately, we can't afford to be as far behind our competitors as NS would…

We now use a custom field as our image alt tag. We would use storedisplayname, but we have quotation marks in many of our item names and they don't work in an alt image tag. We use a custom item field (named image alt tag) that gets it's value from a custom formula like this...…

They could do it both ways. They could 1st offer the ability to just have the webstore show your image file name at the end of the image URL. THEN, they could also offer an automation tool that will rename all of your images based on the item title followed by ".jpg" or ".gif" and it would replace the spaces with "-". Use…

Descriptive URLs helped, but you also will see some improvement if you use an xml site-map that references image URLs. T

I read this online: Google will only index files that look like images. If you use scripts to generate dynamic images, do some research into caching or rewriting instead. As far as the Google Image bot is concerned, "image.php?file=example.jpg" is a php file, not a jpeg. One problem that I have encountered with NS is that…

I haven't heard anyone come out against descriptive image URLs and everyone seems to agree that having them bring a lot of FREE traffic from Google image search. More traffic would help the bottom line of just about any NetSuite e-commerce store. So, Netsuite ...when can we expect to get this feature? -Tom

enhancement #131530 Web Store > images > Support for descriptive URLs for images

Enhancement #131530 would solve your problem and our problem with image URLs. See this post... https://usergroup.netsuite.com/users/showthread.php?t=2811 I found a way to have descriptive image URLs in NS, but now we just need a fast way to automate the procedure (if NS doesn't just add descriptive image URLs as a option).…

I also ran a wordpress blog and was impressed with the ease of use. I took it down temporarily, but it may be time to fire it up again. Good points about how easy it was to add your own SEO features with the use of those free plugins. It is easy to add those features and that is why most of the cheapest shopping carts…

Julian, Thanks for the tip. NetSuite, when is the NS system going to generate our sitemaps? This feature has been around for a very long time on many of the cheapest ecommmerce platforms. T

It seems like they could write a script that moves your existing images to the other area in the filing cabinet (where a "regular URL" does become available) and then paste those regular URLs into your corresponding item's image preferences. The current system allows users to upload images that aren't "web ready" in that…

At the $19.98 month CityMax, you simply set your sitemap variables when building each item in your catalog or webstore. Each item has a variable for.. Include this page in site = yes/no Frequency of change = hourly/daily/weekly/monthly/yearly Priority = 0.0 to 1.0 You set the variable in the items and whala ...your…

Is there a way to use "nofollow" on related and correlated items? We use this tag in our template... <%=getCurrentAttribute('item','allrelateditemshtml')%> ...and we don't want those related item links followed when our site is indexed. -Tom

Yes, but that isn't possible in NetSuite IF you have information items that are dropped into categories. Our "Contact Us" and "Privacy Statements" are all information items. They are placed into a category called "info center". The rel="nofollow" is part of the "link code" linking the category to the "information item" and…

I tried both verification methods. Our still gets... "We were unable to verify your file due to a server timeout."

Would this issue also be the reason why our webstore hangs when customers first visit to our webstore? I have noticed long delays in loading the webstore and it says "waiting for google analytics" on the status bar at the bottom of the browser window. It only does it when you first go to the webstore. After it finally…