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Date: July 16, 2010
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Why Your Tried-and-True Older Content is Losing You Traffic
Removing Dates in Google SERPsAround March of this year we saw decreased Google traffic coming to tried-and-true content that had brought us solid traffic for years. Things continued to decrease and we decided to investigate the cause. It appears that Google's use of dates in the SERPs had a markedly negative impact on our clickthrough... continue reading "Why Your Tried-and-True Older Content is Losing You Traffic" »
Date: June 25, 2010
Online E-commerce done correctly
E-commerceOnline e-commerce done correctly. I was very impressed with Utrecht Art's confirmation page (and a few other nice things about the way they do their online shopping experience. Provide promo code on their site. (and had it prepopulate the promo code once you get to the checkout page) Best sellers... continue reading "Online E-commerce done correctly" »
Date: May 21, 2010
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Search Engine Usage for 2010
2010 Search Engine StatisticsSearch engine usage and statistics for April 2010. The Nielsen Company reported their findings for April 2010. Here are their top results. Search Engine Percentage Google 65.1% Yahoo 13.5% Bing 12.9% AOL 2.5% While Google dropped a half of a percentage point from... continue reading "Search Engine Usage for 2010" »
Date: May 19, 2010
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Accept Credit Cards Online
FreeAuthNet - Free Authorize.Net AccountHow to accept credit cards online without a machine (by using a merchant gateway account from Authorize.net with free setup) and not using PayPal. First off you need to know that I get hundreds of calls a year trying to convince me to switch credit card processors (or switch merchant gateways)... continue reading "Accept Credit Cards Online" »
Long Tail of Search Statistics
Long Tail of SearchUnique search strings accounted for more traffic than all search strings that more than 100 people searched for combined (including keyword sets that had thousands of searches). To help explain this topic in more detail we will use this sample data. Keyword Set Number of Times Keyword Set was... continue reading "Long Tail of Search Statistics" »
21 Things That Best Converting Websites Know That You Don't
Increase Conversion RatesTakeaways from Bryan Eisenberg's talk at SES London 2010. So what do the best converting websites have in common? Communicate unique value proposition – You have 7 seconds to persuade (or 8-10 seconds if you have really, really good content). Establish credibility on every landing page. Make... continue reading "21 Things That Best Converting Websites Know That You Don't" »
Four Step Formula to Be Successful at Multivariate Testing
Multivariate Testing - MVTMuiltvariate testing we help quickly increase conversions. Here are the four simple steps to implement multivariate testing. We recently wrote a from the ground up, multivariate testing package to use with all of our upcoming websites. We've always believed in testing, testing, testing, and the iterative... continue reading "Four Step Formula to Be Successful at Multivariate Testing" »
Do You Know These Tips to Quickly Improve Landing Page Conversion Rates
Landing Page ConversionsIncrease landing page conversions with these simple tips. Increasing conversions is a big topic lately. Here are some more great ideas from ioninteractive for increasing conversions on your landing pages for this year. Keep your Organic and PPC landing pages separate. Targeted traffic from PPC have... continue reading "Do You Know These Tips to Quickly Improve Landing Page Conversion Rates" »
6 Ways Your Website Usability is Discouraging Conversions
Usability and ConversionsSix ways to increase usability and conversions. There are many ways that you can increase conversions. Here is a list of usability items to fix that will help increase conversions. Visitors can't find what they want. Provide an easy navigation as well as a search function for your site. Then make... continue reading "6 Ways Your Website Usability is Discouraging Conversions" »
Simple Steps to Increase Landing Page ROI
Landing Page ConversionsEasy and simple steps to increase landing page conversions and ROI. You've brought people to your site through great SEO or PPC, but now what. What can you do to help make sure that those people buy? Here are some simple ideas from EMC to increase landing page conversions. Include an image along... continue reading "Simple Steps to Increase Landing Page ROI" »
How to Build Effective Websites 101
Effective Websites 101Many small companies are making a wise choice and investing in professionally designed websites that raise the company's level of professionalism, exposure, and sales. I have had people come to my saddle shop and they were surprised to see that we are just a a small shop because the website made us... continue reading "How to Build Effective Websites 101" »
Case Study - One page checkout process vs multi-page
One Page E-Commerce CheckoutComparing the single (one page) checkout process to a multiple page process and conversion rates. There was an excellent study done on the Vancouver 2010 olympic online store to compare conversion rates of a one page, two page, and four page checkout proccess. The single page checkout process was the... continue reading "Case Study - One page checkout process vs multi-page" »
How to Determine if Your Website is Successful
Successful Website MetricsMaking sure that you pick the correct metric to measure is extremely important to having a truly successful website. Recently on SEOmoz's whiteboard friday they discussed how to keep clients happy. Much of the conversation focused around knowing what determines success. A point that I thought was extremely... continue reading "How to Determine if Your Website is Successful" »
2010 SEO and Website Predictions
SEO and Website Predictions2010 will be the year of shorter, more concise, and quicker information. I read SEOmoz's 8 predictions for SEO in 2010 and figured I'd make my own (some of which I total agree with SEOmoz. Conversion Rate Optimization will take off. After reading Call to Action by the Eisenberg brothers I was convinced.... continue reading "2010 SEO and Website Predictions" »
Now You Can Have Lower Shopping Cart Abandon Rates
Increase E-Commerce SalesAvoid these e-commerce shopping cart mistakes to lower your cart abandon rates and increase sales. Did you know that on average 52.1% of people abandon shopping their online shopping carts? Primary reasons for abandonment include high shipping charges, high cost of items, price comparison with other... continue reading "Now You Can Have Lower Shopping Cart Abandon Rates" »
[SOLVED] Ubuntu Hanging at Shutdown - Blinking Cursor
Ubuntu Shutdown FixHow to fix Ubuntu shutdown problem with blinking white cursor by using acpi=force. I had found this fix once before, but then when I went to look for it, I had to dig for about an hour to find it again, so I'm posting it here. I've seen this both on Jaunty Jackalope and Karmic Koala. The system would... continue reading "[SOLVED] Ubuntu Hanging at Shutdown - Blinking Cursor" »
2009 Website Browser Statistics
Browser Stats 20092009 Website Browser Statistics Review. IE 7 is still the browser of choice, but some of the IE 7 crowd have recently switched over to IE 8. Mostly we saw a move from IE 7 to IE 8 with Firefox gaining another percentage and eveyone else staying practically the same from the middle of 2009. The web... continue reading "2009 Website Browser Statistics" »
Proper Label Placement in Forms
HTML Form LabelsLabel placement is important in usability of HTML forms. There is an amazing study done by uxmatters where they compared different label placements in forms. Here are the results: Label position—Placing a label above an input field works better in most cases, because users aren’t forced... continue reading "Proper Label Placement in Forms" »
The Secret to Communicating Your Business Effectively
Blind SpotsAvoid these common website mistakes that keeps your website from communicating effectively. Too many people have the "reading the label from inside the bottle" mentality when they think about their business. A great article by Todd Follansbee still holds true for all businesses online. Here are some... continue reading "The Secret to Communicating Your Business Effectively" »
Who Else Wants to Build Links and Rank High in Google
Link BaitingWho Else Wants to Build Links and Rank Higher in Google Link Baiting has become common place to increase organic inbound links and rank higher in Google. There was a great article by Andy Hagan but he broke his site to pieces, so I had to do some digging to find it again. Here are some of the best from... continue reading "Who Else Wants to Build Links and Rank High in Google" »
Basic Website Usability Tips
Website UsabilityHere is a good list of important basic design usability tips. I'm doing a massive cleanup of my bookmarks, and realized that tons of really good content just disappears off the web. So, I'm going to put the content where I know it won't disappear. Here are some great usability tips I grabbed from Jens... continue reading "Basic Website Usability Tips" »
Search Engine Usage for 2009
Search Engine Statistics 2009Search engine usage is out for June 2009. The Nielsen Company reported search engine usage for June 2009. Here are their findings. Search Engine Percentage Google 66.1% Yahoo 16.2% Bing 8.8% AOL 3.0% Google is still the master of search and expanding its grasp... continue reading "Search Engine Usage for 2009" »
2009 Website Browser Stats Review
2009 Website Browser StatsIE 7 is the current browser of choice with Firefox second and IE 6 in third. IE 8 adoption is still slow. Since we didn't do a browser stat review for 2008, we decided to do a review for the middle of 2009 and bring people back up to speed on the browser war. Among the tech field (Site 6) Firefox still... continue reading "2009 Website Browser Stats Review" »
Creating Web Copy That Brings In Customers
Online Writing AdviceThe content on your website should always help pull in your visitors, not push them away. So, you've optimized your website for search engines, but have you optimized it for visitors as well? When a user arrives at your website from a search engine, they have typed in specific words that they are hoping... continue reading "Creating Web Copy That Brings In Customers" »
Mixing Colors Into Your Website Design
Color and EmotionColor can evoke emotions and influence people in positive—or negative— ways. Designing a website consists of more than just copy and layout—color also needs to be a consideration. To help choose the correct colors, it is a good idea to come up with how you would like to describe your... continue reading "Mixing Colors Into Your Website Design" »
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