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A known issue about the feature image of blog articles

Recently, some users are reporting that there is an issue about blog articles.

We found that the featured image of the blog article would be gone when the focus keyword or meta description was updated for a blog article. After checking our code, we found that when the article was updated, the featured image would be cleared though we didn’t change it. We were not sure whether this issue was related to the Shopify API.

At the moment, we can’t find a fix for the issue. Users need to manually re-upload the featured image to the article.

We have submitted an inquiry to reach Shopify developer support here: https://ecommerce.shopify.com/c/shopify-apis-and-technology/t/article-featured-image-is-removed-when-i-update-article-title-and-body_html-with-api-544842

Please subscribe to the thread if you want to keep track of the issue.

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SPO v1.5 update – Default Options

Dear SPO users,

Thanks for your continuous support. Though we didn’t publish new feature update here for a long time, we’ve been fixing various bugs and adding enhancements at the backstage.

Here are some highlights of SPO changes:

  • New Features
    • In Setting, users can select to use the first or last product image as the default Facebook link preview for all products.
    • Twitter link preview is also supported
  •  Enhancements
    • The Facebook and Twitter link preview of products (the og:image tag) will use the actual image URL if you select “Add image by URL”
  • Bug fixes
    • Some users cannot install our app due to an error message “not in a plan”. The error is fixed
  • Deprecated
    • The campaign feature is deprecated as very few users are interested

If you like our App, please leave us a review on our Shopify App Store listing page! We’ll need your support in order to continuously improve the app.

Please let us know your opinions regarding the update. We would be happy to hear from you!

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5 reasons why you should try GIMP to make simple marketing graphics

Starting from the beginning, I was reluctant to use Photoshop to make my graphics. I still remembered Adobe CS4 was about US$1,500 in 2010. It’s so expensive that costed me almost 1 month of salary. (Yes, you could hire me very cheap at that time)

Read more 5 reasons why you should try GIMP to make simple marketing graphics

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?? Your feedback is crucial to us. Please let us know your opinion!

Since December 2016, SPO has launched to help Shopify store owners to improve SEO and Social Link Preview. For store owners, generating sales is always the most challenging task. Getting traffics and customer information will be the 2nd and 3rd challenges.

I would like to thank you for your support for the past 2 years, whether you are a free user or paid user. Running an online business is never an easy task. Our little software business is just like your online store. For us, the most challenging part will be developing a feature that you’ll find it useful.

So we would like to invite you to fill in an online survey for us. It will take around 3 min with several questions. Users who help us to finish the survey will be able to try new functions or products for free.

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Shopify App Marketing: The Ultimate Playbook By An Independent Shopify Partner (Updated in April 2020)

In the last 6 months, I have been looking for different ways to market my new Shopify App – SPO. If you are also a newbie in Shopify App business, I am sure you feel headache about how to let other people know your new baby.

Note: According to the FTC disclosure requirement, there are affiliate links included in the post. By clicking the links, I will earn commissions at no cost to you. Also, the links are essential to start a successful project.

Read more Shopify App Marketing: The Ultimate Playbook By An Independent Shopify Partner (Updated in April 2020)

Posted on 1 Comment on Launching SocialPort (formerly Terminal) – a Web App to Set a Custom Facebook Link Preview in 1 minute

Launching SocialPort (formerly Terminal) – a Web App to Set a Custom Facebook Link Preview in 1 minute

Last year, we launched the Terminal app to enhance sharing URLs on Facebook. This was because we found that many Shopify store owners are not good at editing code snippet in the theme. We are looking for an easier solution than our existing one and it can serve a broader audience.

Though we didn’t spend a lot of time in promotions, we found that some users loved our app. They have uploaded more than 180MB of share images into our server.

Unfortunately, Facebook seemed to ban the way we share on the platform. At the same time, Facebook has tightened the editing of link preview image since July 2017.  Therefore, we decided to completely revamp our tool for our users, a new version with a different way to work on Facebook.

We decided to develop SocialPort.io for social media managers, online store owners and publishers.

You can easily share URLs without messing with Open Graph tags or other meta tags.

Read more Launching SocialPort (formerly Terminal) – a Web App to Set a Custom Facebook Link Preview in 1 minute

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Facebook has blocked editing of link preview image and what it means for you?

Due to the continuous attempts of Facebook to reduce fakes news, link baits or misleading contents, Facebook has announced a new News Feed algorithm update which will limit the reach of content shared by profiles which regularly post a heap of links in quick succession.

On July 18, 2017 the ability to edit link preview content (title, description and preview image) will no longer be available for most Pages and apps. Previously, you can change the preview image with your own image. Now the feature has been disabled forever.

I am sure all of you find the feature disappeared. The change has become a trouble for many social media agencies and publishers. As an online store owner, you can longer set up promotion images for your facebook posts.

What you can do to solve the problem

There are a few ways you can try.

  1. Domain Verification to claim your site
    Facebook has rolled out a solution for media publishers (not yet for other companies). To implement domain verification, you need to choose between two different methods:

    1. add a DNS TXT entry to your DNS record to confirm that you own the domain, or
    2. upload an HTML file provided by Facebook to your web directory and confirm domain ownership in Business Manager. You can follow the detailed instructions on the captioned website.
  2. Edit your Open Graph tags before sharing
    The existing way to edit link preview image with Open Graph tags doesn’t change at all. You can still edit the related og tags to get your desired share posts. But you also need to edit your website coding manually. Of course, you can use our Shopify App – SPO to simplify the process for you. We would be happy to help!

What’s next?

We are researching the possibility of building a simple tool to solve the problem. Please feel free to let us know if you’re interested via support[@]seo-product-optimizer.com. We would be happy to hear from you!

Reference of formal announcement

  1. Link Preview Editing – https://www.facebook.com/business/help/247886969033572
  2. Domain Verification – https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/domain-verification#who
  3. A Guide to Sharing for Webmasters – https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters

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What’s your biggest challenge in Marketing?

Happy New Year, SPO Users!

Happy New Year, SPO users! I wish all of you’ll have good lucks in 2018.

Thanks for staying with us for the year. We appreciate your opinion whether it’s negative and positive. When there are new support emails coming to my mailbox, I always feel happy because it means our users really care about SPO and we can do better to fix their problems.

Personally, I would like to thank for your support as the Customer Success Officer in 2017 (as you saw in our notification email).

In the coming year, we’re planning what features will help our store owners to get more values from SPO. If we can do a little bit better, our store owners can be beneficial to the little changes we made.

The Findings:

From our user research, we found that:

  1. Store owners care about social sharing of products or the store’s home page
  2. Store owners want to look good when visitors share their online store
  3. Store owners want visitors to generate referral traffics via social sharing.

If you find other issues more critical, please let us know by filling in the form at the bottom.

What’s next?

Currently, we are researching how we can help our store owners in SEO and Social Media Marketing. Most SPO users want more sales and more traffic.

But I would say that there is NO silver bullet.

There is no app that you can install and Boom!… more sales coming in.

What we aim is not making a silver bullet. Instead, we strive to make a painkiller to solve your hair-burning problem. Finally, it can help you to save time and increase efficiency. And you’ll be happy to pay for the solution at a reasonable cost.

Enroll To Join Our Pilot List!

If you have any opinions regarding new features in SPO or new problems you wanna solve, please feel free to let us know. It would be great if you describe it more specifically so that I can put myself in your shoes.

If you wanna join our pilot list, you can also fill in the form (5 questions only) below. You can leave a remark if you have other painful problems to solve. We may be able to help you think in another perspective.

We would be eager to hear from you. 🙂

Enrolled users will receive notifications to try the latest features before other users.

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Bug Fixes Update v1.4.1: Bugs Appeared with More Products

Dear SPO users,

Thanks for your support to SPO. We have noticed some bugs where there are around 1,000 products in your store.

The bug fixes are listed as below:

  1. The search button is not working when there are around 1,000 products
  2. The next page button of paging is not working when there are around 1,000 products
  3. A hint pop up will be shown in the onboarding process. Users should turn off Adblockers to read the configuration instructions & edit the theme.liquid file.

If you like our App, please leave us a review on our Shopify App Store listing page! We’ll need your support in order to continuously improve the app.

Please let us know your opinions about SPO. We would be happy to hear from you!

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New Feature Update v1.4: Optimize your blog for better SEO

Dear SPO users,

Thanks for your support to SPO. We have noticed more users are using blogs to drive SEO for their stores. Therefore blog section will be included in SPO now.

Here are some latest features update or enhancement:

  • New features:
    • You can optimize your blog posts just like your products now
      • keyword research for your posts (boost post rank for niche keywords)
      • set Facebook and Twitter share image
      • show related posts for reference
  • Fixed:
    • Optimize installation process
  • Enhancement
    • Content editor can support link and image editing
    • Store display URL will change from myshopify.com URL to user’s domain

And more are coming!

If you like our App, please leave us a review on our Shopify App Store listing page! We’ll need your support in order to continuously improve the app.

Please let us know your opinions regarding the update. We would be happy to hear from you!