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Another great article from Practical eCommerce magazine. This article focuses on both ‘on page’ (e.g. those factors that can be directly controlled by you, the merchant – also part of PDG’s JumpStart SEO service) and ‘off page’ factors. Enjoy! http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/1839-Search-Engine-Optimization-in-2010-What-You-Need-to-Know-Now

Another great tutorial from our friends at Practical eCommerce magazine – this time on editing your photos to remove backgrounds. http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/1768-Tutorial-Removing-the-Background-from-Product-Photos

Another interesting article from Practical eCommerce about increasing conversions and keeping customers on your site… http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/1350-Conversion-15-Reasons-Why-Consumers-Will-Leave-Your-eCommerce-Site Any other suggestions?

I ran across an interesting article at Practical eCommerce that proposes that there is no such thing as a duplicate content penalty. I tend to agree with the author that while there are some negatives to having duplicate content (e.g. page rank from links dispersed across all the pages that share the same content), it [...]

Ran across this excellent article at the E-Commerce News site. While they note that online sales are projected to grow 11% and top out at $156 Billion for the year, that the growth rate has shrank from previous years. With the current economic client effecting purchasing decisions of your online visitors, now is the perfect [...]

To All, I ran across this information as I was browsing google for info on search engine optimization. Hope you find it useful: Steps Make sure that your website is ready (i.e. no broken links, has enough unique contents, etc). Optimize your website for keywords that are highly related with your website content. You should [...]

I just came across this article on the Practical eCommerce website and thought it might be beneficial for our merchants. http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/1257-Shipping-Rates-Flat-Rate-Boxes-Usually-Save-Money- Enjoy!

You asked for it and we listened! We have just released a minor version update to PDG Commerce Version 5 that introduces the ability for you to display products within multiple categories in your webstore. In addition to automatically displaying within it’s primary category and applicable “parents”, this new feature allows you to specify up [...]

The long-awaited much-anticipated release of PDG Commerce Version 5 is finally here! While we’re already busy determining the next set of features to be introduced in subsequent V5 service releases, V5 adds a slew of new features that can help simplify tasks, increase sales and put a smile on your face all at the same [...]

Another informative article from our friends at Practical eCommerce magazine – this time on how to write product descriptions in your storefront that actually help SELL (with the added benefit of good SEO positioning). http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/1099-Ecommerce-Know-How-Writing-Product-Descriptions-that-Sell Sorry for the lack of posts as of late. We’re working non-stop on our Version 5 release (now available on [...]