Top 6 Online Marketing Lessons Learned in 2008
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Intermediate Link Building Tactics and Resolutions for 2009
Last week’s article on basic link building tactics and resolutions for 2009 discussed common tactics that each and every Web marketer should employ. Tactics such as press release distribution, guest authoring content, weblog commenting, leveraging donations and focusing on creating authority documents to share socially are all very practical, effective ways (not to mention well…
Ecommerce Know-How: Information Architecture
Taking lessons from two marketing disciplines, online retailers and their web designers can build a well structured Internet store organized into themes or categories that will make it easy for shoppers and search engines alike to find important information and product pages. In this Ecommerce Know-How, I will briefly define search engine optimization (SEO) and…
Windows 7 Should be a Fixta Free For All
Jason Perlow: Face it: Windows 7 is Windows Vista Service Release 2. And since Windows 7 is essentially a performance and usability fix for a defective product, a Windows 7 upgrade should be free to anyone who was conned into buying Vista. http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=73438941-35d5bfe90abb2eb72e53be6f094c2664-bf&brand=ZDNET&s=5
Hackers Break SSL Certificates, Impersonate CA
Researchers have officially cracked the MD5 algorithm that certificate authorities like Verisign use to issue the SSL certificates that help secure web communications. Find out how they did it, and what this crack means for Web security.
PeC Review: Boldchat
Boldchat provides online communication software that allows Internet retailers to actively engage customers and potentially increase both conversions and profits. For the unfamiliar, live chat is the concept of having operators (real people) actively chatting with customers who are navigating a merchant’s website. Good operators, communication and products are all key factors to developing a…
Four Point Basic E-Commerce Shopping Cart Review
Now that the holidays are over and the final items have been shipped, it’s time to take a hard look at what worked and what didn’t with your shopping cart. While the e-commerce “experience” continually changes (as do the expectations of users) it is essential to step back and measure the improvements made throughout the…
Another Example That Internet Advertising is Holding Strong
…in this economy. There has been a lot of talk about the online advertising industry being in trouble because of the economy, yet we continue to see example after example of the contrary. Read more: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/12/19/another-example-that-internet-advertising-is-holding-strong WebProNews – By Chris Crum – 12/21/2008
The Great Google Adsense Side Effect
If the Internet consisted of real brick and mortar buildings there would be a construction boom going on right now like the world has never seen. The Internet is not in a recession or on the road to a depression, rather it is experiencing an economic and social explosion of activity. Read more: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/12/01/the-great-google-adsense-side-effect WebProNews…
Static To Ajax in Minutes With a JavaScript Class
It’s rare that I’m truly impressed by the “effects” deployed on a website. Nick Van der Vreken, however, has created a JavaScript class that automatically converts a static website into a full-blown ajaxed website. It is one of the most powerful yet refined ways to add a special dynamic to your boring old static website.…