September
29, 2006
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Use
of Local Search Increases 43% Year-Over-Year"
Local
search is experiencing strong growth as more consumers adapt to the always-on
nature of their broadband connection, which enables them to quickly find
information on local businesses...
http://www.internetretailer.com
September
28, 2006
From
iMarketing News:
"Five
Must Do's for Online Holiday Selling"
By
leveraging behavior-based insights to target customers with relevant
messages and content, retailers can sell more products more efficiently,
more effectively, and at greater profit margins...
http://www.dmnews.com
September
27, 2006
From
ClickZ.com:
"Spider
Food and SEO Blunders"
Using
JavaScript or Flash navigation makes a site pretty, but it can lead to
ugly search results for the entire organization...
http://www.clickz.com
September
26, 2006
From
eMarketer:
"Gender
and Online Shopping"
51%
of all Internet users in the US are women - five million more than men...
http://www.emarketer.com
September
25, 2006
From
ClickZ.com:
"User-Centered
Design and SEO"
Providing
a sense of place consistently throughout a Web site communicates trust,
reliability, and dependability. It also makes a site more
search-engine friendly...
http://www.clickz.com
September
25, 2006
From
iMarketing News:
"The
Shopping Season Cometh"
The
search marketplace has come a long way in just a few years, but lots of
uncertainties and tough challenges remain and nobody's betting on them
being solved in the next few months..
http://www.dmnews.com
September
22, 2006
From
E-Commerce Times:
"Do
It Yourself E-Commerce: Nuts and Bolts"
Aspiring
e-tailers should zoom in on three fundamental factors when considering how
best to develop your presence in the online retail space: ownership
financing, deployment and management...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
September
22, 2006
From
ClickZ.com:
"A
Better Shopping Cart"
A
new hybrid of the cart and checkout process solves many of the problems
that plague the current checkout process...
http://www.clickz.com
September
22, 2006
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Building
Out a Store Vs. Building Out the Web"
If
the percentage of boost you get from e-commerce value exceeds on an
absolute basis what you would get in another store, think about
decelerating your store growth investment and investing on the e-commerce
side...
http://www.internetretailer.com
September
21, 2006
From
E-Commerce Times:
"Growing
Your Web Infrastructure Wisely"
High
availability hosting solutions provide server redundancy, both to prevent
against downtime in case one server crashes and to make for faster Web
page load times when all of the servers are working properly...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
September
21, 2006
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Retailers
Underestimate Resources Needed to Set Up Web Analytics Program"
The
failure to allocate key resources to testing, maintenance, and training
endangers the success of the web analytics process, resulting in bad
business decisions based on inaccurate data...
http://www.internetretailer.com
September
21, 2006
From
ClickZ.com:
"Creating
a Web Development Financial Pro Forma"
Implementing
changes to your Web site? Here's how to create a financial pro forma
to lay out how those changes should improve the bottom line...
http://www.clickz.com
September
18, 2006
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Lower
Income Households Shopping More Online"
Online
shopping among down- market households rose to 60% in August from 54% in
April...
http://www.internetretailer.com
September
18, 2006
From
E-Commerce Times:
"Do
It Yourself E-Commerce:
Now
Bigger and Better"
Small
businesses need to be where their customers are - and, increasingly,
that's online. Small businesses should embrace the Internet as the
most cost- effective way to find new customers...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
September
15, 2006
From
ClickZ.com:
"Are
You Listening?"
It's
easy to discover who's linking to your site, blog, or content...
http://www.clickz.com
September
13, 2006
From
ClickZ.com:
"Well-Seasoned
SEO"
If
your site has new pages that are in development but not quite ready for prime
time, consider building links to them into your site map now...
http://www.clickz.com
September
12, 2006
From
E-Commerce Times:
"How
to Choose the Right Web Host for Your Business"
Nine
tips to help you make the right decisions...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
September
12, 2006
From
ClickZ.com:
"Site
Changes? Tag With Care for Better Measurement"
It
often isn't enough to place a basic standard tag on every site page and
assume it will provide the required data...
http://www.clickz.com
September
7, 2006
By
E-Commerce Times:
"Leveraging
Critical E-Commerce Data in Real Time"
By
enabling continuous access to the freshest data, today's businesses can
leverage that data and enable personalized targeted offerings to consumers
to drive additional revenue and, ultimately, brand loyalty...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
September
6, 2006
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Price-Insensitive
Consumers Spend More Online Than Average Shopper"
Convenience-driven
consumers - those who value convenience over price - make up about 31% of
all online shoppers and represent nearly 35% of all online spending...
http://www.internetretailer.com
September
4, 2006
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Most
Site Search Terms Are Short and Simple"
In
more than 34 million site searches, one- and two-word searches constituted
the majority, 83%. On the e-commerce sites, that figure rose to 91%...
http://www.internetretailer.com
September
1, 2006
From
ClickZ.com:
"The
Risk of Conversion Rate Optimization"
A
site redesign may be the riskiest of all optimization tactics, especially
if you break what's currently working on your site in the name of having
something newer, flashier, and prettier...
http://www.clickz.com