It’s quite common for website owners to take receipt of a brand new website with top notch design, plenty of functionality and very little or no consideration for how the site will perform in search engines. If the brief never mentioned anything about SEO then fair enough. If you’ve ordered a brand new site with all the expense that comes with it but were not aware of SEO until your site was completed then read on. Read more…

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If you run an e-commerce system over the Internet there are certain regulations you must adhere to. These regulations are in place to give a consumers confidence in the act of buying online (in lieu of face-of-face contact) and to ensure that all traders have the same basic standards. These regulations are:Read more…

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The last few posts of mine have been in relation to an experience or a rant but i’ve not had much time to keep up with news lately so I will apologise just now for this post being along the same vein.

The other day someone asked me for IT help in the office, because I was busy (and trying to buy time until I had time to help) I gave them the classic IT support response of ‘Try turning it off then on again’. I know it was a cop out but I did say I was busy..!Read more…

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We talk a lot about e-commerce design and the benefits of e-commerce and an SEO campaign we also have carried out an e-commerce survey recently that gave us a lot of food for thought. Base on this survey we decided that today we would put together a list of 10 things you should do or consider with your online shop.

If you would like to see the orginal survey results then click on this!

So here we go with our top ten tips to consider for your e-commerce cart. If you have anything else to add the please leave a comment.Read more…

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We have been blogging a lot recently about advertising through the recession and why it’s important to keep the momentum (and search positions!) up when times are tough. We’ve shown you loads of example of why but its nice to see some figures to back it up.

A new report from the IAB (in conjunction with PricewaterhouseCoopers and the World Advertising Research Centre) does just that. They found that in 2008 advertising online has increased to a market share of 19.8% and currently accounts for £1 in every £5 of marketing budgets (through paid search, classifieds etc).

It would seem from these figures that companies are really starting to take notice of online advertising and see it’s benefits. Read more…

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Recent blog posts of ours made us realise that we haven’t been shouting out enough about the beneficial combination of an e-commerce website and an internet marketing campaign. It’s what we do best and decided it’s about time we told you why it’s a cracking combination!

Why go e-commerce?

Selling online has tons of benefits. Amongst others, it’s cheaper than a high street shop, can sell for you when you’re asleep and can reach a wider geographic area. Want to know more? Then look at our ‘5 Reasons to purchase an online shop‘ post.Read more…

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