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Comment on Interview: Tom Zawacki Talks About Lemonade Marketplace by Ben McKay

Ben McKay — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:24:22 +0000

Hi there,

I’m not sure I have understood this properly:

“0% of eCommerce and Online Advertising in the U.S. is driven from the Social Economy”…surely you don’t mean this?

Cheers,

Ben

Comment on Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh, Shares Top 10 eCommerce Lessons by Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:24:29 +0000

Nice to know we’re on the right track.

Comment on Interview: Roy Rubin About Magento Open Source eCommerce by Jay Bharat

Jay Bharat — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:27:37 +0000

Hi all,
Thanks for magento.

Because I m using magento for ajax architectiure.
When I am initial stage for developing my application I very worried because not understand coding, but after 6-7 days I feel very happy, no issue or worry about magento.

Jay Bharat

Comment on Getting The Most Out Of Shopping Portals & Data Feeds by Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:52:22 +0000

This list great. You article is very complete and clear. I have been adding the products in some of compare shopping site, but I found it a bit overwhelming.

Thanks for sharing this valuable information!

Gordon

Affiliate Manager - ChiActivate.com

Comment on Best eCommerce Blogs & eBusiness Information Sites by Dux Marketing

Dux Marketing — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:03:18 +0000

Thank you for providing the resource list, this really a big help especially in e commerce blogs, i learn a lot from it. i will come back often.

Thanks,
Dux Marketing

Comment on StreetPrices Launches New Site, Features More Product Info & Better Organization by www.e-quranlearning.com

www.e-quranlearning.com — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:18:44 +0000

Nice Post. Really Good

Comment on Google Product Search Traffic Down, Other CSE’s Report Steady Or Increased Traffic by Signing Agent

Signing Agent — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:20:47 +0000

As I checked, according Google Adwords,Google total search traffic dropped down even to few times!
For sample- word cars was searched 68 billion times per month, now its only 11.

Its concerns any kind of business…

Comment on Live.com Product Search & MSN Shopping Comparison Engines by Richard V. Burckhardt

Richard V. Burckhardt — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:49:09 +0000

I can’t even get products to show up. I use a Google Base compatible feed which uploads successfully and is indicated as published. However, no products EVER show up live. All of our competitors seem to have no problem. When I asked Live Product Search support, I got run around in circles about how to create an account and feed (They use cut and paste answers). Finally, my support request was elevated, but all I got back was “Currently many factors are involved when searching for a particular product using the search engine. Unfortunately some of these factors are confidential and proprietary in nature so I will be unable to disclose those to you at this time” - another cut and paste answer.

I have to assume our competitors are paying them or that their products are showing up by virtue of some other shopping comparison feed (PPC).

Anyone else have this experience?

Comment on eCommerce & Shopping Cart Usability: 21 Best Practices by Gites Brittany

Gites Brittany — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:44:39 +0000

Some great information guys, hopefully saved me a lot of time making mistakes with a new shopping cart deployment.

Thanks!
Jules

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Comment on Basic Page Title, Meta Description & Meta Keywords Structuring Rules by Gunnar Felx

Gunnar Felx — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:00:46 +0000

Searching google for “the cat in the hat” is way different than searching for “cat hat”. They return 2.640.000 and 5.950.000 results respectively…

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Comment on PriceGrabber Gets A Fresh Homepage Design, Much Needed Improvements by Buzz

Buzz — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:44:40 +0000

I think the upgrade is a huge step in the right direction. As a consumer it works, but more control for merchants would be nice. Haven’t worked with the storefront, but I definitely recommend Pricegrabber for shoppers and merchants

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Comment on Interview: Roy Rubin About Magento Open Source eCommerce by webshopnews

webshopnews — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:47:25 +0000

It is true that Magento is complex. But this is natural for an enterprise shop-solution. Nobody said, that Magento - with all the features and this architecture - will be an super-easy software tool for everybody.

In my opininion, the problem lies in the fact that a lot of ecommerce-newbies read about Magento and believe using the software is just installation and getting rich.

To sum it up: Magento is one of the best eCommerce-Solutions, but also complex and this is one of the reasons why Magento is not suitable for newbies or very simple shops.

Comment on Interview: Roy Rubin About Magento Open Source eCommerce by Air Purifiers

Air Purifiers — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:48:18 +0000

We use magento and are very happy with it.

Comment on Getting The Most Out Of Shopping Portals & Data Feeds by Air Purifiers

Air Purifiers — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:31:00 +0000

I’ve owned and operated a few very successful ecommerce sites where one owned the market place. I find your articles to be full of great information and some is a great reminder to get back to the basics and never get comfortable.

Always be marketing!
Thanks
Brock

Comment on Interview: Roy Rubin About Magento Open Source eCommerce by Reverendo

Reverendo — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:29:27 +0000

Magento is a great software with no doubt but now, with version 1.2.0.1 on the market and all the hype passed some critics could be made.
Community support on Magento is weak, as is a very complex software and it has a complete lack of documentation.
Support on the forums is very very poor. There are hundreds of questions without answer and the core members only participate in a very very rare occasions.
Magento is not that flexible. You need in depth knowledge of PHP, XHTML and XML to do accomplish very simple tasks as, for instance, put the navigation on the left or modify the logo.
The templating system is a nightmare, as it’s not well documented and to make a very simple customisation you need a developer.
It has a very very poor CMS which today is considered as a must have. Making a standalone eCommerce software very difficult to integrate with standard CMS as Joomla or Drupal and with no built-in CMS functionalities is a thing of the past. Merchants want to build communities to facilitate the selling of their products. To have only a shop is not enough. You need content on the site.
So, at the time I’m writing this lines, Magento seems far from becoming the “de facto” standard. Don’t forget that most of the open source eCommerce stores are a one man or family business with not much resources.
There are other options, not that powerful, but much more easy to operate and customise.