…especially if you bought TurboTax as a download from this vendor. See today’s excellent blog post at Krebs On Security for tips on how to avoid being ripped off when considering buying download software from a site you’ve never heard of. Read his blog post…it could save you a lot money, and grief.
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Google SEO: How To Get Product Thumbnail Pictures To Show Up In Organic Search Results…
February 21st, 2012
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If you sell products on the Internet (e-Commerce) you’ve probably wondered how to get pictures of your products to show up in the Google organic listings, in addition to your text listing. Well, here’s how it’s done… STEP 1 List your products in Google Merchant Center. STEP 2 Be sure your image “alt text” (also [...]
e-Commerce: Setting Up Your e-Commerce Site Is Easy – Making Money Is The Hard Part…
February 13th, 2012
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OK… You’ve done a good job of driving highly targeted visitors to you site. Your conversion rate (visitors to sales) is good. But your still not making much profit. What’s wrong? You’re probably not up-selling, or not doing it effectively. What is “up-selling”? When a visitor puts something into their shopping cart and proceeds [...]
Google SEO: Google Adwords And Your Google SEO…
January 31st, 2012
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It appears that Google SEO and Google Adsense don’t talk to each other much. On January 19 Google announced that it will negatively affect search results placement (SERP) for pages that have excessive ads in the above-the-fold area of the page. However, Google Adsense wants you to place more ads on your site. Hmmmm… [...]
Domain Names: Domain Registration – DANGER – STOP…
January 30th, 2012
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If you think you “own” any domain names you need to STOP right now and email your hosting company for CONFIRMATION that… Your domain names are REGISTERED in YOUR NAME (NOT your hosting company’s name), and… That your domain names were purchased with YOUR credit card (NOT your hosting company’s card). Here’s the potential problem… [...]
Domain Names: Insider Sure-Fire Secret To Getting On “Page 1″…
January 26th, 2012
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OK…It’s not really “sure-fire”, but it’s about as close to it as you can get today. What’s the secret? Make your domain name a long-tail keyword. Long-tail keywords consist of 3 or more words. Long-tail keywords generally… Have low competition and… Drive highly targeted traffic your page, which… Can result in higher sales Let’s say [...]
Website Maintenance: 4 Web Maintenance Mistakes That Make Your Site Look Like A Loser..
January 24th, 2012
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Your site can look like a winner…or a loser. Your choice Assuming your site was designed to Web 2.0 guidelines and your content was carefully created and keyword focused, then neglected web maintenance is usually the reason your site looks like a loser. Web Maintenance Mistake #1: Dated Content Original content is no longer [...]
PPC: 3 Lies Amateurs Tell Their Friends…
January 20th, 2012
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Lie #1: You don’t need to use a professional PPC manager. The Truth: The way for an amateur to make a small fortune in e-commerce with PPC…is to start with a LARGE fortune. You can lose an incredible amount of money in a matter of days, or even hours, with PPC if you don’t know what [...]
Web Design: 5 “Web 2.0″ Secrets Revealed…
January 18th, 2012
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There’s a lot of confusion and misunderstanding surrounding “Web 2.0″ design. Web design to “Web 2.0″ principles is easy. Web 2.0 design is all about the “S” word…Simplicity. KISS Principle In the old days we called it the “KISS Principle”…”Keep It Simple, Stupid”. And since “everything old is new again”, the KISS Principle is back in [...]
