Ten Ways To Convince Shoppers To Buy Online

On average, online retailers still only convert two to three percent of visitors into buyers. Though people are buying more online than ever before, that number has remained consistent over the last three years. The three percent conversion average is also consistent across studies by different organizations, according to e-Marketer. That means that 97 percent of shoppers still prefer to buy offline.

Google Peeks At Sohu’s Paper?

It didn't look good - Google released a new tool in China last week, and the thing bore an uncanny resemblance to a competitor's product.  Now it's definitely bad - Google has admitted that, because it used "some non-Google database resources," some of Sohu's technology may have been recycled.

Baidu Loses Itself In Japan

Baidu is China’s top search engine - the king, or, because or its relative youth, the prince.  But the search engine company is experiencing some difficulties in Japan, where another corporation has laid claim to the domain baidu.co.jp.  This pauper calls itself the “CBC Company.”

Google Makes Creating Map Collections Easier

Google has added a new feature to Google Maps called MyMaps, which makes it possible, with no programming experience, to create a map with detail. You can place pushpins by just right-clicking on the map, write descriptions on them, even add HTML to include pictures, and save the whole thing to send to a friend. It even had drawing tools for drawing lines or complex…

YouTube Launches CitizenTube

YouTube has created a channel for the politically minded and has launched CitizenTube. Their goal is to attract people to express themselves using video on political topics covering local, state, national and international politics. Steve Grove, YouTube's News and Political Editor will edit the channel. The channel will aggregate political videos that currently exist on the site as well as new user generated content. They…