Cloud AMP system for OpenCart

CMS OpenCart was developed taking into account the specifics of online stores. Therefore, it is most often used in eCommerce. The statistics confirms the preference of administrators of virtual stores: 5% of them in the US chose this CMS and 38% - in Russia.

eCommerce is considered to be one of the most competitive industries. Every day there are new online stores, which means it is necessary to stand out among others. And Google went to meet, offering a separate icon for sites that support AMP technology.

What's with AMP?

AMP or Accelerated Mobile Pages were designed to increase the speed of mobile pages. Although the principles of AMP technology, according to Google, work on all types of devices from smartphone to computer. However, today the technology works only with mobile phones.

By the way, about the fact that Google will fight with slow sites, and the fact that since the summer of 2018 in mobile search will artificially low the pages with a low download speed. Therefore, it is better to take care of optimizing the pages in terms of downloading in advance.

Accelerated Mobile Pages technology uses a js library that interprets a specially used layout that allows you to display the site directly in Google's mobile rendering. The layout quickly loads the text and the related picture or photo. Elements of page design and advertising search engine does not load.

Google decided to allocate resources that quickly provide information using AMP, a special icon in the form of lightning on a gray background. In addition, they are automatically raised in the SERP. So, they get more mobile traffic.

How to connect AMP to OpenCart?

There are two ways to implement AMP in OpenCart: in manual and automatic mode. Manual mode implies the study of technical documentation on the rules for implementing layout and creating a copy of the site with the knowledge gained on hosting.

Automatic mode is implemented by our new project. AMP-service uses special scripts that analyze pages. You do not need to provide the original pages for work. After the scripts work on the "cloud" server an AMP-copy of the site will be created.

The development of the AMP-service was conducted by a group of experienced programmers. They managed to configure scripts to work with sites on CMS and self-written solutions.

After a few days, Google will index the finished AMP copy and provide the coveted badge and promotion in the SERP. But the first step in the world of Accelerated Mobile Pages will be your application for work with the AMP-service.