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15 Useful Typography Tools and Resources

October 2, 2019 3:04 pm Published by Comments Off on 15 Useful Typography Tools and Resources

Improving the typography of your website is easy and inexpensive. Here is a list of tools and resources for typography. There are inspirational galleries with real-world examples, tools to create or identify your ideal font, and design forums to get he...


Using Google Analytics’ Learning Resources

October 2, 2019 3:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Using Google Analytics’ Learning Resources

Google Analytics is sophisticated and comprehensive. Getting started — logging in, using the menu, viewing the reports — is straightforward. But interpreting the data can be difficult. Fortunately, Google Analytics offers many learning resources to help.

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‘California Consumer Privacy Act’ Impacts Ecommerce Businesses

October 2, 2019 3:04 pm Published by Comments Off on ‘California Consumer Privacy Act’ Impacts Ecommerce Businesses

The California Consumer Privacy Act raises the bar for privacy protection in the United States. The CCPA is a significant step toward protecting consumer data, including the personal information most every ecommerce company collects.

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10 Ways Bad Data Hurts an Ecommerce Business

October 2, 2019 3:04 pm Published by Comments Off on 10 Ways Bad Data Hurts an Ecommerce Business

Data is essential for ecommerce businesses. Order quantities, shipping addresses, sales history, marketing performance — all rely on accurate data. Thus missing or inaccurate data can harm a business.  Here are 10 ways that poor data can reduce ecommerce performance.

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SEO: A Common Sense Assessment of Link Quality

October 2, 2019 3:04 pm Published by Comments Off on SEO: A Common Sense Assessment of Link Quality

A quality backlink pleases both humans and search engine algorithms. It is editorial in nature. It comes from a well-respected source, and it is relevant to the topics covered on both the linking and linked websites. The post SEO: A Common Sense Assess...


Ecommerce in Russia: More Players, More Payment Choices, Better Logistics

October 2, 2019 3:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Ecommerce in Russia: More Players, More Payment Choices, Better Logistics

I last wrote about the Russian ecommerce market in 2014, in “Ecommerce in Russia: Another Emerging Market?,” where I addressed the limited payment options and primitive logistics infrastructure. Those conditions have gradually improved.

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Ecommerce Product Releases: August 15, 2019

October 2, 2019 3:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Ecommerce Product Releases: August 15, 2019

Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-August from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on augmented reality, subscription billing, fraud protection, product photography, real-time payments, autonomous de...


Useful (and Useless) Mobile Ecommerce Metrics

October 2, 2019 3:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Useful (and Useless) Mobile Ecommerce Metrics

In my experience, there are a few "cuts" of data that matter more for mobile than for desktop. Conversely, there are a handful of traditional metrics from desktops that are not as important on mobile or potentially difficult to optimize. The post Usefu...