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Canonical redirects solve search engine duplication issues

mjones1256@optonline.net — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

When we meet with a new client we do an extensive analysis of their current web site. It never ceases to amaze that the previous webmasters did not set up a canonical 301 redirect on their site. It is a basic part of your website set up and it is a measure of the webmasters abilities.

Here is what the canonical redirect is all about

Have you ever noticed that you can type into the browser address field a website name with or without the "www" [...]

My Trade Magazine List

mjones1256@optonline.net — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Blog #1

When I first started work, my father told me to make sure that I read all of the trade magazines for whatever business I was in. That was a great piece of advice which I have followed for years. The list of magazines and trades have changed many times over the years, but they have saved me many times over. Colleagues are always amazed at the knowledge that I have amassed and how I can keep up with the latest information on technology solutions, industry issues and more. [...]

why can't people see it...

mjones1256@optonline.net — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Recently, I was lurking in a forum whose members review each others websites. One of the frequent questions asked the community is "I get 10,000 unique visitors a month and no one ever buys anything?" I read the comments from the members of the community who pretty much raved about the site. It did look great, I agree, but the site wasn't being presented as a store. Let me explain.

The site was created to sell very well made custom birdfeeders and birdhouses. The problem I h [...]

SEO Mistakes List

mjones@interwebshop.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

The team at Interwebshop have seen and heard it all over the years. Many of our successes came from trial and error, but those experiences have now become our collective knowledge. At our weekly "pin the tail on the donkey game", we were recalling some of the errors that our customers have made with their search engine indexing programs. After releasing our frustrations, We discovered that we had quite a comprehensive list of common SEO mistakes and have chosen to sha [...]

Ecommerce Mistakes

mjones1256@optonline.net — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

I recently reviewed a web site for a customer that they thought was just perfect. They asked me if the site achieved the objective of selling their widget. My answer was no and I compiled this list from my analysis of their website.

Common mistake number 1 Not making your catalog page your main pageYour main page is the place to put your products, its the first page of your catalog. Put all your company information on the about page. Feature sale items or best sellers [...]

Affiliate Programs and the merchandising failure

mjones1256@optonline.net — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

How poor merchandising effects the conversion rates of online store affiliates sales
I used to do a lot of affiliate programs in the 90's. It was easy back then. The major search engines where Yahoo, Excite, Lycos, HotBot and InfoSeek. As now, the search engines could make or break you, especially Yahoo. There were no paid express submissions, keyword buys, adware or adsense programs. You could make an affiliate mall or even a copy of an product page and index it on the s [...]

What Is An Online Media Planner?

mjones1256@optonline.net — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

What Is An Online Media Planner?

I just returned from a family reunion where I was voted "most likely to confuse people when he explains what he's been doing with his life." After a day long experience of having to explain my job to everyone, I decided that not everyone is clear on what exactly an Online Media Planner does, or that he is really an Internet Strategist.

Media planners have to play different roles for each client, but I want to attempt to sum up [...]

Basic SEO Tips Tricks and The SEO Format Skeleton

mjones1256@optonline.net — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

I've just finished another SEO project. After optimizing the website to not only be indexed, but rank well, I received the usual Why did you do this or that and I'm not sure I like what you did? (See the four B's) In my experience SEO has many trade offs. If you follow very simple formatting rules your pages can rank very high on the search engines. Don't over complicate the SEO process. It is really very simple.

The following works for Interwebshop Internet Marketing S [...]