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5 Tips for Displaying Ecommerce Product Prices

May 31, 2017 11:17 am Published by Comments Off on 5 Tips for Displaying Ecommerce Product Prices

Pricing should not be a mystery. Posting clear, understandable prices for the products that your online store sells should be an important part of the site’s user experience design. In fact, ...


May 2017 Top 10: Our Most Popular Posts

May 31, 2017 11:17 am Published by Comments Off on May 2017 Top 10: Our Most Popular Posts

What follows are our 10 most popular articles for May 2017, recognizing that articles we published earlier in the month are more likely to make the list than later ones


Use Hypothesis to Optimize Conversions

May 30, 2017 9:03 am Published by Comments Off on Use Hypothesis to Optimize Conversions

In “Conversion Optimization: Research First, Then Test,” I addressed the four types of conversion research to conduct before commencing A/B or other tests. When that research process is complete, the ...


Affiliate Marketing Report Card: Jane.com

May 30, 2017 7:59 am Published by Comments Off on Affiliate Marketing Report Card: Jane.com

Merchants can achieve growth through affiliate marketing by learning from the successes and failures of others. In this “Affiliate Marketing Report Card,” a new quarterly series, I will critique an ...


Optimizing for voice assistants: Why actions speak louder than words

May 29, 2017 2:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Optimizing for voice assistants: Why actions speak louder than words

The voice assistants of today are closer than ever to the sci-fi ideal of the all-knowing computer that we've been dreaming about for decades. But the way that users are interacting with them isn't just with voice search - it's with voice commands. How are these different, and what can you do to optimize for them?


10 Tutorials for Product Photography

May 29, 2017 12:59 pm Published by Comments Off on 10 Tutorials for Product Photography

To showcase your products on a budget, consider do-it-yourself product photography. Assemble a professional-level production setup at very little cost, and there are plenty of expert tutorials available to guide ...


2 strategies to boost Amazon sales

May 26, 2017 4:00 pm Published by Comments Off on 2 strategies to boost Amazon sales

Amazon is a great additional sales channel for any ecommerce company. Not only will it provide incremental sales, but it also provides brand exposure. In my prior posts, I have focused ...


SEO: Keep Rankings Up while Site Is Down

May 26, 2017 1:00 pm Published by Comments Off on SEO: Keep Rankings Up while Site Is Down

Website outages are disruptive enough to business without having to worry about your natural search performance. How you handle server outages and site downtime can impact the length and severity ...


9 Tips to Build the Best Product Images

May 25, 2017 2:06 pm Published by Comments Off on 9 Tips to Build the Best Product Images

The product detail page on an ecommerce site is where a shopper usually decides to buy. And when the shopper is about to make the decision, there are few things ...


Taming the local search beast in a post-Possum and Fred world

May 25, 2017 2:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Taming the local search beast in a post-Possum and Fred world

Two of Google's recent algorithm updates, Possum and Fred, have had a significant impact on local search for various reasons. How can businesses optimize for local search in the wake of these updates?