I am currently in the process of updating my website, and I’ve noticed that the product pages are not being indexed properly. I’ve already submitted a request for the manual update of product URLs in Google Search Console. In my research, I used the tool https://totheweb.com/learning_center/tools-search-engine-simulator/ to see how my website appears to Google, and I was surprised to find that the product listings on my item group page are not showing. This discovery has shed light on why my product pages may not be getting indexed as expected.
While I appreciate the powerful features of ERPNext, especially for someone without coding experience, I am now reconsidering the decision to move away from WordPress. There seem to be additional SEO issues that need attention. I’m hopeful that the ERPNext team will address these concerns, as I’m keen to resolve these matters and ensure optimal performance for my website.
Meta Tags aren’t a big issue for me. The product listing on the item group page doesn’t load in HTML; instead, it’s rendered through JavaScript or another programming method. When you inspect the page source, you won’t find the product listing, making it difficult for Google to read and index.
Moreover, essential elements like the Product Title are not displayed in H1 tags on the front end. Surprisingly, the product detail page doesn’t use header tags for some unknown reason.
Frappe/ERPNext excel in solving a set of problems very different from this.
Consider using Next.js for your front-end. And if you are concerned about the e-commerce functionality, or if e-commerce is the main function of your business, I would seriously consider other platforms that are built for e-commerce specifically
If you want an SEO friendly website, It’s better to not complicate your life and use a full features CMS like Wordpress then use the rest API to push your products or posts. For example, erpnext has a good integration with Woocommerce. You can also use n8n which is an automation tool that support erpnext and over 400 others apps wordpress included. n8n is free and open source, it’s a great tool to integrate and automate tasks.
Hi Martin, I don’t actually use woocommerce but I know that n8n has a great integration of booth ERPnext and Woocommerce and even wordpress. It’s open source so you can host it on your own server for free. https://n8n.io/ . N8n use webhooks and rest api but it’s completely code free.