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For the sake of both PDG merchants and others who might be searching for information on this attack, we wanted to provide some information regarding a recent “iframe” hack/attack that has affected some PDG merchants. This attack appears to be a result of local computers that have been compromised by a virus/malware program. The local [...]

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 [...]

I just ran across a great article on Practical eCommece magazine’s website about digging deeper into Google Analytics to get much more than just basic traffic data. Based on the popularity of our blog post about implementing Google Analytics and the activity on the PDG Message Board surrounding this, I thought at least a few [...]

Hooray! It looks like the day has finally arrived for the Beta release of PDG Commerce Version 5. If you are interested in participating in the Beta release, please email support@pdgsoft.com. We will contact you within the next 1-2 business days with the information necessary install PDG Commerce Version 5.

In numerous focus groups and research studies, a consistent message from people who do not shop online frequently was that they felt shipping costs were too exorbitant. Sure, you can buy the same battery for your car alarm’s remote for $2.00 online that the “big box” stores sell for $8.99, but by the time you [...]

Ummmm… Do you Facebook? When’s the last time you “twitted”? Odds are, even if you’re not using these social networks yourself, you’re at least familiar with them and the tremendous amount of buzz that they can generate for virtually anything in the world — a person, a business, a cause, a product, a video, an [...]

Continuing on part 1 of our Search Engine Optimization post that talked about optimizing your pages to be easily indexed/searchable by search engines, today we’re going to focus on another critical part of optimizing your website — getting links. As discussed in part 1, getting top positions in the past was often as simple as [...]

Teal Aardvarks? Read on; you’ll understand! In general, there are two important aspects of optimizing your site to achieve top natural/organic rankings within major search engines: 1) page optimization and 2) link building. While there are ultimately many, many additional considerations built into the search engines algorithms (complex “formulas” that help determine where a site [...]