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My
Dotcom Predictions For 2006
Last year
I made several predctions that now seem ridiculously silly. But a few ideas were
pretty close. I've got a feeling that 2006 will be a big year, and here are some
of the reasons why: - A Mt View startup is going to open our eyes to some new
ways that RSS-SSE can influence culture...
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/1227.html
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12.27.05 |
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Put
Shopping Search Strategies In Your Basket
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Online Retailers Ready Shoppers For Holidays
Holiday
shopping this year looks to be going better than ever according to metrics released
by Nielsen/NetRatings. Their eShopping Index saw a 29% increase from home on the
day after Thanksgiving, garnering 17.2 million users over 100 online retailers.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/1205.html
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12.05.05 |
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Evaluating
Vendors Of Ecommerce Fulfillment Services
Once your
website has secured an order, you have to fulfill it. While the fulfillment of
digital goods is usually handled online, the delivery of physical goods is handled
in a "brick-and-mortar" world.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/1114.html
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11.14.05 |
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Are
You Guessing In The Dark When It Comes To E-Commerce?
In the
early days, guessing was considered to be the smartest thing to do. After all,
we needed to start somewhere and develop ourselves from scratch so we were ready
to find out what works and what doesn't.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/1024.html
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10.24.05 |
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A
New Business Postage Solution
Office
postage just got easier! Free up more of your time. Delegate your mailing needs
to the sleek new mailstation™ digital postage meter. Take advantage of an
introductory 90 day free trial and $50 in free postage coupons, redeemable after
your trial period. Imagine - no more trips to the post office. Just think of the
time you will save.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0927.html
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09.27.05 |
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Taking
Your Garage Sale To The Web
With online
spending on a serious surge in recent months, web-entrepreneurs are taking cues
from the likes of retailers like eBay and overstock.com-case in point: Darren
Anderson's Qwixo.com, a bare-boned online classified site selling anything and
everything with next-to-nothing listing fees.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0926.html
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09.26.05 |
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The
Promise Of Shopping Search Marketing
Diversity
is key in marketing and a successful campaign will utilize not only various available
media, but media that pinpoints a consumer ready to buy. It seems obvious, within
the scope of the adage, "don't put all of your eggs in one basket," but every
avenue counts. If you haven't thought of comparison shopping search, you probably
should.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0908.html
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09.08.05 |
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Shopzilla
Research Into Online Apparel Trends
Online
retailer search engine Shopzilla just release a study covering Apparel trends
for online buyers. Their BizRate Research division said casual clothing is the
current trend in the work place.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0823.html
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08.23.05 |
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Netscape's
Contribution, Ten Years Later
Tuesday
marked the ten-year anniversary of the beginning of the greatest investment boom
in history. On August 9, 1995, Netscape issued its initial public stock offering,
which is widely regarded as the spark that set off the stock boom of the late
90's and set the stage for today's tech world.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0811.html
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08.11.05 |
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Turning
Visitors In Buyers – SES
Last week
Microsoft made a big step on working with the community. We saw what can happen
if you put something out there, put your ear to the ground, and then refactor
based on what you hear.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0810.html
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08.10.05 |
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Cost-Per-Action
In The Near Future
To say
that the search engine marketing industry is booming would be an understatement.
And Pay-Per-Click (PPC), the method by which advertisers pay each time a searcher
clicks on their sponsored link as a result of a search query using relevant terms,
is a large part of that industry.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0801.html
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08.01.05 |
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A
New Kind Of Conversation Is Needed With Microsoft
Last week
Microsoft made a big step on working with the community. We saw what can happen
if you put something out there, put your ear to the ground, and then refactor
based on what you hear.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0711.html
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07.11.05 |
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Managed
Hosting Essentials
The level
of service you receive at Rackspace makes you feel like you're their only customer.
It's what Rackspace calls Fanatical Support™. When you need to talk to someone,
you'll find level 3 technicians available--anytime you call. These are the techs
that can give you real answers, not just write up a ticket and pass you along
the chain of command. You can always expect Rackspace to answer the call and go
beyond.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0623.html
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06.23.05 |
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Maximize
Your Online Survey Profits
One of
the most common questions I get on my website is "Peter, how do I make the
most money with these online survey opportunities?" There are a couple of
extremely easy ways to add to your bottom line in the survey-taking world.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0613.html
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06.13.05 |
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Google's
Blogger To Make Some Big Moves
Blogger's
Biz Stone told The Industry Standard that they are considering several enhancements
to the service, including Enterprise blogging, privacy controls, and image hosting.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0516.html
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05.16.05 |
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PayPal:
The Grand Daddy Of Online Sales Transactions
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The
Long Tail Will Rise If The Media Charge For Online Content
According
to Reuters, a Dow Jones & Co. Inc. executive predicted that more U.S. publishers
likely will try to wean readers off free Internet versions of their newspapers
by starting to charge online subscription fees.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0404.html
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04.04.05 |
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To
Portal Or Not To Portal? Wrong Question
It seems
Google is trying to experiment with elements of portal sites like My Yahoo! but
still trying to remain in the business of purely search and rejecting the elements
of portalhood that it doesn't like. I'm not so sure you can be on both sides of
the fence.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0314.html
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03.14.05 |
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Blogs
And Wikis Change The Dynamics Of Business
Tom Foremski,
publisher of Silicon Valley Watcher and ex-FT correspondent, writes a terrific
piece in Financial Times on a new phase of the internet that's emerging, fuelled
by a new class of technologies coming out of Silicon Valley that don't even have
a name yet, but have the potential to be disruptive in their application.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0311.html
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03.11.05 |
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Three
Keys To Increasing Your Link Popularity The 'Write' Way
One of
the most important elements of the Google (and other search engine) algorithms
is link popularity. If you have a high link popularity, among other factors, your
page will be considered important and have a higher PageRank, which will result
in a higher position on the results page when someone searches your keyword phrases.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0214.html
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02.14.05 |
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Pew
Internet Search Engine User Study Data
Pew /
Internet released a report January 23rd about internet search engine users. The
title of the report is Internet Searchers Are Confident, satisfied and trusting
- but they are also unaware and naive.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0204.html
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02.04.05 |
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The
Unidentified Rules Of Email Advertisements
Majority
of the email messages we receive today either ends up in our saved messages folder
or goes straight to the trash can. The more dominate and familiar messages are
usually associated with past business or personal contacts is why we save so many
emails in so many folders that it creates an email management nightmare.
http://www.ecommercetrends.com/2005/0113.html
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01.13.05 |
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