[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Question about sh404sef and HikaShop ## - **[ilovekratom](/forum/user/10051-ilovekratom "View ilovekratom's Profile")** - [![ilovekratom's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar_2013-07-23.jpg)](/forum/user/10051-ilovekratom "View ilovekratom's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/10051-ilovekratom) Less More - Posts: 66 - Thank you received: 2 - - - - 13 years 11 months ago [\#74923](#74923) by [ilovekratom](/forum/user/10051-ilovekratom "View ilovekratom's Profile") *[Question about sh404sef and HikaShop](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/74923-question-about-sh404sef-and-hikashop#74923 "I'm working on the SEO portion of my site and thought that something like sh404sef might be worth trying out. I ran it to see how it works. I've read a ton of reports from users that say sh404sef was...")* was created by *[ilovekratom](/forum/user/10051-ilovekratom "View ilovekratom's Profile")* I'm working on the SEO portion of my site and thought that something like sh404sef might be worth trying out. I ran it to see how it works. I've read a ton of reports from users that say sh404sef was a mess or messed up their sites, etc. Of course, I backed up my site and DB before trying this and good thing I did. Anyway, when installed it showed anywhere from 2 - 4 instances of each product. I tried testing the URL manager in sh404sef to basically point all instances of a product to one clean SEF url. At first, this seemed to work great. I then tried it on a few other products thinking that I was good to go. I wasn't! I started getting Redirect Loop errors and then the page not loading at all. I then tried turning off the security of the site because I read that the mod rewrite was looking through too many related links. I trouble shot this for 2 hours and then restored my back up. **Question for HikaShop Staff:** What component or extension would you recommend using? **Question for anyone out there:** Can you post some of your experiences using HikaShop and sh404sef, good and bad. Also post your solutions. Thanks. **P.S.** I like HikaShop a lot and works great for what I'm doing very well. I would recommend it to others. I also like the support response times and solutions. Very commendable. Thanks. 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I ran it to see how it works. I've read a ton of reports from users that say sh404sef was...")* Hi, I don't have a lot of experience with **sh404sef** but I'll recommend you to use the "[ HikaShop Microdata on Product Page](http://www.hikashop.com/forum/4-how-to/51535-images-alt-tags.html?lang=en#51542)" plugin ![:)](/media/kunena/emoticons/3.png ":)"). Hope this will help you. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc0OTIzLXF1ZXN0aW9uLWFib3V0LXNoNDA0c2VmLWFuZC1oaWthc2hvcD90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86322 - Thank you received: 14280 - - 13 years 11 months ago [\#75390](#75390) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Question about sh404sef and HikaShop](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/74923-question-about-sh404sef-and-hikashop#75390 "I'm working on the SEO portion of my site and thought that something like sh404sef might be worth trying out. I ran it to see how it works. I've read a ton of reports from users that say sh404sef was...")* SEF is not THAT important for SEO. Just activating the default SEF system of Joomla already goes a long way for that and avoids all the potential issues with sh404sef. Setting up xmap, the microdata plugin, meta data on your products/categories would already be a really good SEO. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc0OTIzLXF1ZXN0aW9uLWFib3V0LXNoNDA0c2VmLWFuZC1oaWthc2hvcD90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[ilovekratom](/forum/user/10051-ilovekratom "View ilovekratom's Profile")** - [![ilovekratom's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar_2013-07-23.jpg)](/forum/user/10051-ilovekratom "View ilovekratom's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/10051-ilovekratom) Less More - Posts: 66 - Thank you received: 2 - - - - 13 years 11 months ago [\#75865](#75865) by [ilovekratom](/forum/user/10051-ilovekratom "View ilovekratom's Profile") Replied by *[ilovekratom](/forum/user/10051-ilovekratom "View ilovekratom's Profile")* on topic *[Question about sh404sef and HikaShop](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/74923-question-about-sh404sef-and-hikashop#75865 "I'm working on the SEO portion of my site and thought that something like sh404sef might be worth trying out. I ran it to see how it works. I've read a ton of reports from users that say sh404sef was...")* Cool. I ended up just manually setting up my 301 redirects in my .htaccess file myself and adding my own unique description, etc. for the products page. I thought that sh404sef might help, but my site isn't that big. Thanks. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc0OTIzLXF1ZXN0aW9uLWFib3V0LXNoNDA0c2VmLWFuZC1oaWthc2hvcD90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. 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