March 2005 Entries
Feedback on eBay is the reputation of buyers and sellers. It's more important for sellers to have a high feedback rating. In order to become a powerseller on eBay, you have to have at least 98% positive feedback rating. But some surveys show that many buyers prefer to buy from sellers with 99% or more feedback rating. Let's start with basics. If you are new to eBay, you should start with reading another post I made about eBay Feedback to learn the basics of eBay Feedback System. How to leave feedback...
After posting the Yahoo Blogs news, I have received some emails asking if I have a Yahoo Blog Invitation . Here's what you should do to get a Yahoo Blog Invitation . Go to Yahoo Blog Invitation Page and enter your email address. Your email will be entered to the beta list and you will be receiving a Yahoo Blog Invitation soon. If Yahoo starts sending invitations like Gmail, I will be offering them here for our visitors, but for now I haven't received an invitation yet :) Sponsor of This Article:...
eBay has been improving customization for eBay Stores. eBay store owners do not have the flexibility of an independent ecommerce store, but they can still customize their eBay stores for good search engine traffic. Remember on page optimization is only a part of SEO (Search Engine Optimization), and another very important part is off page optimization. You can read more about this at Daily SEO Blog On Page and Off Page Optimization article. eBay Discussion Board has a very informative topic for eBay...
Blog market is getting more interesting. After Google's successful Blogger, now Yahoo will be in the market with its new blog service. Yahoo Inc. said Wednesday it will soon start invitation-only testing of its new Web log and social networking service Yahoo 360, which aims to better connect users to people they already know. Read more about Yahoo Blogs at CNN . Although Google is the king in search engine market, Yahoo has moved a step further with its API services. Microsoft also has big plans...
Identity theft is considered the nation's fastest-growing crime and last year more than 9.9 million Americans were victims. California State University, Chico spokesman Joe Wills said nearly all the current, former and prospective students, faculty and staff who were affected have been notified of the theft, which happened about three weeks ago. Hackers gained access to the victims' names and Social Security numbers. Read more about California State University Hacker Attack at CNN . This is getting...
People working in IT business always deal with freelance and consultancy jobs. It is often hard for an IT specialist deal with the money issues. Some projects may take way more than the projected time. What's the best way to track our time spent, material cost, travel expenses and other unprojected expenses for a project? Moving Target Software has an affordable solution for consultants, freelancers and company owners. With Moving Target's Timesheet Software you don't have to worry about overhead...
Free Shopping Cart Mal's Ecommerce Review I have been reviewing some shopping carts to help internet business owners. Mal's Ecommerce is a free shopping cart which you can implement to your ecommerce site easily. I'd highly recommend Mal's Ecommerce free shopping cart service for small ecommerce sites, usually with less than 100 products. Mal's Ecommerce also offers a paid service for $6/month lets you integrate your site with your choice of payment processor. Remember free version does not process...
OneStop Shopping Directory Review Search Engine Optimization has become one of the most important methods to bring traffic to the web sites. Online shopping sites rely on different web promotion methods to find customers. While creating your own brand, you should specifically focus on search engine optimization. Search engines have dynamic algorithms which change sometimes daily. But nowadays, most important part of SEO is creating back links to your site from related websites. If you have a website...
Ebay Feedback Every eBay member has a profile in the Feedback Forum. A profile has basic information about the member and a list of feedback left by their trading partners from previous transactions. Learning to trust a member of the community has a lot to do with what their past customers or sellers have to say! For each transaction, only the buyer and seller can rate each other by leaving feedback. Each feedback left consists of a positive, negative, or neutral rating, and a short comment. Leaving...