[2004-09-30] Ignoring SEO Causes Loss of SalesOneupweb published its second study of leading companies' search engine optimization usage. (Its first study reviewed SEO usage on FORTUNE 100 sites.)
[2004-09-29] Shopping from your cell phone with Froogle WirelessMany surfers already know about Froogle, Google's shopping portal that is still in beta testing. Google has now expanded their Froogle service so that it is available on WML-enabled cellular phones. Most newer cell phones that can connect to the Internet have this capability.
[2004-09-23] 7 Things You Can Add to Help Your Site SellIn my conversations with hundreds of business owners I have met over the years, the same questions seems to pop-up over and over again. Can you build me a site that gives me a steady flow of sales? We are bombarded daily with get-rich quick schemes. Most of these statements have no basis in reality.
[2004-09-23] Website GlobalizationThe Internet has unlocked a wide array of markets and knocked down barriers that previously prevented merchants from marketing their products on a global scale.
[2004-09-22] Google Launches Local Search For CanadaAn announcement on
Google's blog reveals that the search engine has expanded their local search capabilities to include the Canadian provinces. The message appeared on the search engine's blog yesterday, September 21. The introduction of Google's Local Search Canada brings the all of the capabilities of personalized local searching to the Northern Country.
[2004-09-21] German Court Rejects Google LawsuitA court in Hamburg, Germany has thrown out a lawsuit against Google concerning trademark infringement. A German company brought the suit against the search engine because they felt Google was selling ads that featured their trademark.
[2004-09-20] Readers Comment On Effectiveness Of Ebay StoresMany readers have submitted some advice of their own in response to an article we published Friday, 9/17 on the effectiveness of Ebay stores. Below are some of their comments.
[2004-09-15] SEO Inc Pushes up SaveOnConferences.com's Rankings While Reducing PPC CostsSearch Engine Optimization (SEO), Inc. announced today that its unique Web analytics approach to search engine optimization has helped its customer SaveOnConferences.com.
[2004-09-14] Yahoo! Acquires Musicmatch for $160 Million Yahoo and Musicmatch announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which Yahoo! will acquire Musicmatch for a purchase price of approximately $160 million in cash.
[2004-09-13] AOL To Introduce Comparison Shopping SiteAmerica Online is preparing to introduce a Yahoo or Froogle-like shopping web presence that will allow users to search and compare desired products. The site, called In-Store.com, is scheduled for launch next Monday (September 20, 2004).
[2004-09-08] How to Use Your Website to Increase Revenue from Your Clients and Their FriendsOne of the best ways to increase revenue is to increase your sales to existing clients.
[2004-09-07] Rising Keyword Expenses Reducing ProfitabilityThe cheap keyword prices found by search engine advertising's early adopters are disappearing, which is making the great early returns on investment harder to find. Profitability, in the eyes of one Internet expert, will now come only with a little creativity.
[2004-09-07] Overture Germany Introduces Budget SmoothingBeginning in October, Overture Germany will begin use of an account control feature called Budget Smoothing. Serving as a spending limit option, Budget Smoothing allows Overture to control the amount of appearances member listings make, depending on their daily budget.
[2004-09-02] Microsoft Expands e-commerce Software Distribution with Help from Digital RiverDigital River today announced it is working with Microsoft Corp. to expand Microsoft's e-commerce software distribution efforts.
[2004-09-01] DivXNetworks Selects Protexis E-Commerce PlatformProtexis today announced that DivXNetworks has chosen its solution to drive an upgrade sales program in four languages to the DivXNetworks installed base of 120 million users.