Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist

Well:
Google UK - Cyber goth - Listing 45
Cybergoth - Listing 6
Google (US) - Cyber Goth - Listing 88 (eBay Blog)
Cybergoth Listing 36

Now I introduced a Gallery about 2 weeks ago and this has cybergoth in the HTML title. The HTML titles seem to be winning the race. Are HTML titles more effective that keywords or [...]

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Legal Issues:
1. Hierarchy of legal jurisdictions (UK)
1. Standards & Codes of practice (UK bodies)
2. UK statute & common law
3. EU directives to governments
4. International agreements
2. Concerns are global
1. Domain names & trademarks, advertising, defamation, IPR, privacy, taxation of e-commerce
UK statutes:
1. Consumer Credit Act 1974
2. Health & Safety at Work Act 1975
3. Data Protection Acts 1984 [...]

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Text URLs are great for optimisation, but if say you are looking at the keyword ‘ebay design’ as you are an ebay design company, would the URL http://www.kidsontalks.com/ebaydesign, http://www.kidsontalks.com/ebay-design or http://www.kidsontalks.com/ebay_design work better?
Matt Cutts of Google Fame says that:
So if you have a url like word1_word2, Google will only return that page if the [...]

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Here are a list of claims from a random SEO site and my opinion:

specific advice direct from our experts - Are you an expert really?
monthly submission to 400+ search engines - Why? When really you only need [...]

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Terapeak is an industry leading ebay researching tool that can break down the sales by keyword and tell you lots and lots of juicy information. Between $14.95 and $24.95 per month as an ebay consultancy this would provide the necessary information to guide and monitor clients.
Some example data:
Searching by the keyword: Hustler Lingerie

Total Sales: £297 Total Listings: 450 Successful [...]

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Tech Crunch which is a blog that coveres web 2.0 and mobile start ups is re-launching again in the UK around June.
TechCrunch, founded by Michael Arrington on 11 June 2005, is a weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies. In addition to new companies, we profile existing companies that are [...]

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Channeladvisor is a great listing tool for larger companies who need an automated solution for eBay and Amazon (and Overstock in the US). To add value it also has a store/website attachment with cname capabilities so you can run a website and ebay all together. Channeladvisor also provides feeds to shopping comparison sites such as [...]

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I have increased the number of keyword text on both the home pages of both sites after I checked how my site would look to a search engine. Homepage keywords are very important and also how a search engine spider views your website.
Check yours out now!

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Design a clear and simple navigation system.
According to Web usability expert, Jakob Nielsen, a good navigation system should answer three questions:

Where am I?
Where have I been?
Where can I go?

 
Keep it constant: Navigation system should be in the same place on every page
Make the content easy to scan – most users only [...]

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On the item detail:
1. Easy display of shipping costs for the item
2. Explanation of options and where to enter them if you have not got a drop down system.
3. Order delivery/processing times clearly displayed with the item
4. Display of accepted payment methods on the item in the form of an image
5. Clear, precise image - [...]

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