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A Bag of Search Engine Optimization Techniques

Search Engine Optimization Techniques

Search Engine Optimization Techniques  is a very hot topic on the Web, and for good reason; everybody wants to rank higher and come up on the first page of Google, Yahoo and Bing search results and get more traffic. I have made a list of highly effective SEO best practices that I recommend for every website. These simple bag of Search Engine Optimization Techniques can make a significant difference to how your web pages are ranked in Search … [Read more...]

Website Usability

  Website Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object. The object of use can be a software application, website, book, tool, machine, process, or anything a human interacts with. A usability study may be conducted as a primary job function by a usability analyst or as a secondary job function Read the full Wiki Here … [Read more...]

5 Tips To Better Optimize Your Website For Google’s New Rules

Search Engine Optimization

Google announced it will be releasing a new algorithm change that penalizes websites that are “over-optimized” or “overly SEO’ed.” This information was released by Mat Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, during his panel at SXSW. Matt responded to a great question asked by someone in the audience: “With so many SEO companies showing up claiming to do SEO, a lot of markets are getting saturated with optimized content…What are … [Read more...]

What Is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

Don’t know SEO? Know someone who needs a short, easy to understand overview of search engine optimization and how it works? Grab some popcorn and watch our new SEO video, which in just three minutes covers the basics of search engine optimization: I’m really pleased with how the video turned out, and I hope you are, too. We worked with Common Craft to produce it, and they have many more great explainer videos like this in their Common … [Read more...]

New BigCommerce Features and Improvements

BigCommerce online shopping cart

Every two weeks we release new features and improvements for your BigCommerce store. Here are some of the more exciting improvements that have rolled out recently or that will appear in your store shortly: Built-in Pinterest integration inyour store so shoppers can quickly and easily "pin" photos of yourproducts to a board on Pinterest. Quickbooks integrationhas been overhauled,providing a faster and more customizable integration, especially … [Read more...]

Direct Marketing

Direct marketing is a channel-agnostic form of advertising that allows businesses and nonprofits to communicate straight to the customer, with advertising techniques such as mobile messaging, email, interactive consumer websites, online display ads, fliers, catalog distribution, promotional letters, and outdoor advertising. Get the Full Wiki   … [Read more...]

BigCommerce Video Tutorial – Using the Dashboard

This video is an overview on how to use the BigCommerce control panel (Dashboard) to configure your new online storefront. Click Here to sign up for your Free 15 Day Trial … [Read more...]

Kieren Perrow Wins 2011 Billabong Pipeline Masters

Action Sports News

BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, December 10, 2011) – Kieren Perrow (AUS), 34, has won his inaugural ASP World Tour event, taking out the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons over fellow countrymen Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, in four-to-six foot waves. John John Florence (HAW), 19, also found his way to the podium as the overall winner of the 2011 Vans Triple Crown. Perrow, who finished runner-up to Jeremy Flores (FRA), 23, in … [Read more...]

Twitter Launches Enhanced Profile Pages

Enhance your brand’s Twitter profile page to increase engagement and drive your business goals. An enhanced profile page increases your brand’s Twitter presence by prominently featuring your most important content and visually branding your page. Your enhanced profile page is completely public — users can view it without joining or logging into Twitter. Enhanced profile pages are currently available to a small selection of brands; they … [Read more...]

What Is Internet Strategy?

internet strategy

Defining your Internet Strategy is the single most important piece of the online puzzle. The term is used all the time these days. I hear it at marketing events, trade shows, lunch meetings, on airplanes and in coffee shops around the world. We see it in advertising campaigns throughout the web and on TV, but what we see and hear little of, is just what strategy really is and the process that's used in creating a strong internet strategy, be it … [Read more...]