Posts Tagged: search
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Jan 11, 2012
1 CommentYour World, My World: Google’s New “Search plus Your World”
Danny Sullivan has a great piece over on Search Engine Land explaining his sense of disappointment in Google’s new “Search plus Your World” feature. I think Google’s move is unpleasant but not a surprise. It’s unsettling to those of us who’ve watched Google’s rise from the very beginning and saw the company as a...
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Apr 13, 2011
1 CommentBing Ascendant?
Interesting news in the search landscape today: Microsoft’s search engine product, better known as Bing.com, has exceeded 30% of search market share for the first time ever. It’s interesting (and heartening, in our opinion, because real competition in the space is badly needed) to see another search engine gain at the expense of Google, because...
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Jan 18, 2011
3 CommentsSpecialization and Cross-Selling
If you’ve been in business for a few years, you’re probably good at something. Hopefully, it’s something that your customers recognize – perhaps you’re an expert at embroidery, or a specialist at creating innovative promotional packages. Maybe you excel at quick turnaround, or you really know workwear in a particular industry. What is it you’re...
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Nov 04, 2010
No CommentsExclusive: storeBlox CS Instant Search
Instant Search is all the rage – you’ve seen it at Amazon and more recently at Google. We’re proud to be the first and only company store platform with instant search. It’s available now, and it’s really cool. With instant search, users see search results as they type, and can select any choice with a keyboard...
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Oct 21, 2010
3 CommentsMore storeBlox 2 SEO Improvements
You already know that storeBlox 2 is unrivaled in SEO features for promotional/wearables e-commerce. We’re making it even better this fall. This month we’re rolling out category and subcategory SEO URL auto-generation with manual overrides. You’ll be able to have true hierarchical, keyword-rich URLs for all your product categories, subcategories, catalogs and catalog categories, either automatically...
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Oct 12, 2010
No CommentsListing Detail Rollovers – New storeBlox 2 Feature
Want to give your customers quick access to product details while they’re searching and browsing? Listing Detail Rollovers show extensive product details just by moving the mouse over a product icon in search listings and product listings. Customers can view color options, full grid pricing and other details. These rollovers automatically pull product details, so there’s...
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Dec 11, 2008
No CommentsSearching for Answers: Inbound Links (Part 2)
Continued from the previous post. This post is excerpted from an upcoming issue of Identity Marketing magazine PageRank is critical to understand (or at least know how to find) because it affects the quality judgment of inbound links. If a site with a very high PageRank links to yours, it can have a positive effect...
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Dec 03, 2008
No CommentsSearching for Answers: Inbound Links (Part 1)
This post is excerpted from an upcoming issue of Identity Marketing magazine If there is anything approaching a “secret sauce” to search engine success, most experts would probably agree that it is the inbound link. An inbound link is simply a link from some other site to your site. On the surface, it would seem...
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Sep 15, 2008
No CommentsBlogging your way to keyword bliss
This post is excerpted from an upcoming issue of Identity Marketing magazine Once you’ve filled your site with appropriate keywords, there’s still one other place you can build relevant content that will help your site’s search performance: a blog. Blogs (short for web logs) are simple, personal publishing platforms that allow you to post daily...
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Sep 08, 2008
No CommentsTo Flash or Not to Flash
This post is excerpted from an upcoming issue of Identity Marketing magazine In a keyword-centric universe, interactive or animated content like Flash can be problematic. We generally don’t recommend that companies who are selling online and competing for keywords build their sites in Flash. Although Adobe recently announced full support for keywords in Flash, it’s...