BizReport : E-commerce

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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

"WidgetBucks" are launched for online merchants

Forget about email shopping messages, paid search or even local search ads. Seattle-based Mpire is betting on WidgetBucks to increase revenue for online merchants. >>

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Study: Smart shoppers push etailers to improve

Forget about online shoppers being ignorant to the ways of Web 2.0. According to a recent Shop.org study, today's online shoppers are also early technology adopters - and if merchant sites aren't up to date the shoppers may stay away. >>

Monday, October 01, 2007

An anatomy of a passionista

New research from Yahoo and MediaVest suggests that harnessing the power of an online consumer’s passion can prove valuable to Internet marketers. >>

Monday, October 01, 2007

US ecommerce sales see a 6% spike in Q2

There were no major holidays and it was a bit early to be planning for a summer vacation. Still, Q2 was a good quarter for e-tailers and merchant websites in the US. According to a recent report from the US Census Bureau, ecommerce sales saw a 6% spike over Q1. >>

Monday, October 01, 2007

CPA vs. CPC: Which Is Better?

With a recent survey from Quidco pointing out that consumers are not hitting comparison shopping engines as they have in the past, marketers have wondered if that also spells the end of the cost-per-click advertising model. >>

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Premium .mobi domain names go under the hammer

After the initial rush for .mobi domain names, some of the most desirable .mobi domain names are being sold off by dotMobi. >>

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

U.S. e-tailers failing in key areas of customer service

A mystery shopping exercise, conducted across one hundred of the U.S.’s top online retailers, revealed that there is much room for improvement in customer service departments. >>

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Online shoppers in the U.S. on the rise

A 2005 survey into U.S. online shopping has been updated, and the findings show a marked increase in the number of online shoppers. >>

Monday, September 24, 2007

AdWords moves landing page quality goalposts

Certain types of websites are unlikely to be able to achieve high scores for the quality of their landing pages after Google recently announced some AdWords changes. >>

Friday, September 21, 2007

Canadians get their news online

The online readership of newspapers in Canada is growing faster than for print versions, according to recent figures announced by the Newspaper Audience Databank Inc. >>

Friday, September 21, 2007

British e-commerce websites lack contact and delivery information

British online retailers lack comprehensive contact details and a limited choice of delivery options, according to new research by web monitoring company, NetExtract. >>

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Online retailers spruce up their websites

Online retailers are reacting to increasing discrimination toward website functionality and customer service by giving their online presence a major facelift. >>

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

MySpace profiles analyzed for ad targeting

Is it MySpace or TheirSpace? This may well be the question on many MySpace users’ keyboards as the social networking giant discloses plans for highly targeted ads in member profiles. >>

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Online travel industry adapts to consumer wants

With more consumers turning to online resources to plan vacations and daytrips, it is no wonder that travel websites are among the early adopters of features that consumers really want. According to a recent report from Tealeaf, online travel sales will reach $142 billion this year. >>

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Transaction problems cause consumers to abandon website

Bad customer service and problems during online transactions are causing customers to go directly to the competition, according to a recent study conducted by Harris Interactive for Tealeaf Technology Inc. >>

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