Searchfit Review

SearchFit Shopping Cart is a PHP based shopping cart solution that was engineered to increase site traffic and increase conversions rates.  This shopping cart software will automatically create and send your product feeds to the Google Base comparisons shopping engine, which equals free traffic.  Additionally, your customers will like shopping at your site because products are easy to find, compare, and research with Searchfit’s comprehensive shopping features.  This equals increased conversion rates.  

Features

  • Dedicated IP Address – All sites on Searchfit have their own IP address.  This is an important feature.  If your shopping cart is on a shared IP Address, search engines will identify spam and can penalize all sites for the actions of one.


  • Full Customization – Create customized html based templates and alter templates to your liking.


  • Customizable Document Names – If your site is already established and you are converting your shopping cart solution, Searchfit allows you to name documents for .html, .htm, and .php files so history such as page ranking is preserved.


  • Title and Metatags – Searchfit shopping cart provides the ability to customize title and meta tags per page as automatically create naming rules for new and existing pages.

  • Sitemaps XML and HTML – With Searchfit you have the ability to create an xml sitemap that is prioritized by page or selection.  You can also make a configurable HTML sitemap showing every page and displaying product or category images and text.


Support

As a hosted shopping cart, Searchfit provides a three methods of support.  A downloadable detailed Help Manual and Interactive Flash Demo are available on the company’s website to walk you through any problems.  There’s also a highly active Searchfit Shopping Cart Support Forum which is a favorite among users. You can exchange ideas, get tips, post questions, post messages, and have discussions with other users as well as Searchfit developers.  And of course, there is phone support every day between the hours of 8PM to 5PM PST.

Summary

The advanced SEO features of Searchfit make it a good choice for your e-commerce solution.  Most notable is the use of static HTML pages, which is very important when it comes to search engines.  Additionally, the flexibility to customize not only the look and feel of the page, but the ability to customize product page naming, title tags and meta tags.  If you fully utilize the marketing features of Searchfit it is likely that your sales will increase.   As an added plus, the company offers a free 14 day trial so it’s definitely worth a try.