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7 Pointers to Attract New Affiliates

March 30, 2017 2:59 pm Published by Comments Off on 7 Pointers to Attract New Affiliates

Major affiliate networks such as ShareASale and CJ by Conversant have thousands of active affiliate programs. I tell merchants that every one of these programs is a competitor because affiliates ...


Google adds rich results for podcasts to SERPs

March 30, 2017 1:59 pm Published by Comments Off on Google adds rich results for podcasts to SERPs

On its Developers blog, Google stealthily launched some new guidelines for structured data to bring rich results for podcasts to search results. What does it look like, and how can you get your podcasts indexed?


6 Ways to Differentiate Your Online Store

March 29, 2017 6:07 pm Published by Comments Off on 6 Ways to Differentiate Your Online Store

Why would a shopper buy from your online store? Do you offer unique products? Are your prices lower than Amazon and other competitors? Is your store more fun to shop ...


Understanding voice search: What are the implications for marketers?

March 29, 2017 6:07 pm Published by Comments Off on Understanding voice search: What are the implications for marketers?

One report by VoiceLabs predicts that voice device growth will quadruple this year. What data can help us to understand the impact of voice search when it isn’t yet a reporting field provided by most publishers? And what are the implications for search marketers?


Getting Started with Real-time Product Targeting

March 29, 2017 2:03 pm Published by Comments Off on Getting Started with Real-time Product Targeting

Product targeting has been practiced for years in the online retail world, where segments of customers are targeted with products based on their preferences and purchase history. This has evolved ...


A visual history of Google SERPs: 1996 to 2017

March 29, 2017 2:03 pm Published by Comments Off on A visual history of Google SERPs: 1996 to 2017

Over the past 20 years, Google has revolutionized how we source information, how we buy products, and how advertisers sell those products to us. And yet, one fact remains stubbornly true: the shop-front for brands on Google is still the Search Engine Results Page (SERP).


Using Product Content to Boost Conversions

March 28, 2017 5:59 pm Published by Comments Off on Using Product Content to Boost Conversions

The words and pictures online retailers use to convey a product’s value have an impact on that retailer’s conversions. Merchants responding to an October 2016 Forrester survey reported an average desktop ...


Understanding HTTP Status Codes, for Ecommerce

March 28, 2017 1:59 pm Published by Comments Off on Understanding HTTP Status Codes, for Ecommerce

An HTTP status code informs a browser about a web page or resource. When you click a link, your browser is asking the web server for the page that was ...


Deleting slow-moving inventory

March 27, 2017 11:01 am Published by Comments Off on Deleting slow-moving inventory

My Wedding Décor will celebrate its second birthday next month. When the website launched in April 2015, it began with 80 products, which had grown to almost 500 products at the ...