Month: March 2010

  • Do You Blog?

    There has been an absolute onslaught of shop owners wanting a blog. This is not very unexpected, as the freshness and regularity of content carry far more weight then they ever have before in Google’s algorithm.

  • Ecommerce Deal Breakers Unveiled

    So what is a deal breaker? Simple, these are the things in your cart that shoppers fret about, thus causing them not to make a purchase. So while every shopping cart, product and websites is different, there are some very common factors which cause your shoppers to leave. Let’s address them and some of the…

  • Handling Deleted and Out of Stock Products

    The original question from the poster was “I’ve deleted products. How do I redirect customers to new ones? or to search instead? ” This is a great question and deserving of some thought.

  • Anatomy of a Proper Search Engine Sitemap

    Call this an eye opener and perhaps myth buster for how you think about sitemaps. First and foremost we are not talking about your human/visitor HTML sitemap… But rather a sitemap specifically formatted for search engines to read.

  • Helpful Security Extras for Zen Cart

    First and foremost make sure your Zen Cart is fully patched! No exceptions. Your Zen Cart you just downloaded and installed still needs these. Now, do these items on Zen Cart’s recommended security list. On this list please ignore the following. If you choose to do these things, your robots.txt cannot be accessed and the…