Month: November 2009

If you are an e-commerce entrepreneur and running a startup business, you will find that there is simply not enough time to do everything you need to. The following five applications will help you perform some important task while you are on the move and can make your life easier. The best common feature among…

Business-to-business (B2B) is the process of commercial transactions between businesses. This can range from transactions between a manufacturer and a wholesaler to a wholesaler and a retailer. One specific area where B2B differs from B2C is in the volume of transactions. The reason for this being that B2B transactions involve raw materials, subcomponents, etc, therefore…

Google has long though to penalize websites that duplicate content or produce material that is more or less the same as other websites. This Duplicate Content Penalty is a myth. What happens instead is there is a lessening of pagerank and authority that goes to a page, when the search engine spiders see incoming links…

September figures released by comScore the Internet tracking firm, show Google’s continued domination of the U.S search market. A whopping 64.9% of the searches conducted are on Google. Google sites also accounted for 9 billion searches. They also led the search market with 12.8 billion search queries. Google’s competitors are not catching up yet, but…

The Online Business Bureau claims to be a better alternative, for expense and value, for companies seeking third-party ratings and approval. Currently warring for a better market share against the Better Business Bureau, the OBB claims on its website, “The Better Business Bureau charges companies hundreds of dollars each year to become members. The BBB…

On June 30, 2009, 73.9% of Americans access and use the internet, this percentage amounts to 251.7 million users. Compare those numbers with Asia where over 700 million users are already using the internet, a number that represents only 18.5% of the Asian population and the importance of getting your business online becomes obvious. The…

As with any offline business, many online retailers rely on the holiday season to boost profits. The following simple online strategies can help your website increase profits and sales. Although these tasks seem simple, many website owners skip this process in the rush for getting ready for the holiday sales period. – Search Engine Optimization…

As subscriptions and readership for print media is declining, pay per click advertising opportunities through companies like Google and Yahoo are steadily growing. However, these programs are not without issues; ad click fraud is a serious problem that has prompted Google to take a zero-tolerance stance as the web giant tries to maintain the integrity…