Effects of HTTP Acceleration / Compression

There are plenty of reasons visitors convert and even more reasons they don't. The site's layout, color choices, word choices and call to action, button/anchor text, layout, nomenclature and similar factors all have an impact on a site's conversion rate. These are factors that you can manage and control.

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Search Blog Wrap-up

There were a number of posts from the search engine side of the blogosphere that may not have seen. Here are a few that caught my eye: MSN Updated Their Index During The Thanksgiving Weekend MSN’s search engine, Live.com, updated their search engine index this weekend… and just in time for the holiday shopping season, […]

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Demystifying Blu-Ray Duplicators

The CD/DVD duplication industry is generating some buzz around Blu-ray technology but all that buzz might get you into something you don't need. Let's demystify the Blu-ray duplicator.

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Google Checkout Up 30%

Hitwise reports that downstream traffic to Google Checkout is up 30% in the past four weeks, with the number one store, by far, being Buy.com. Buy delivered 18.3% of Checkout's traffic, with number 2 Dick's Sporting Goods way behind at 4.8%. Of course, Google's major "Free Money" promotion is the biggest thing driving people to use the service, and with it running until the end…

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