Originally posted by ZapGraphix: Bonus tip for more effective descriptions: When you enter a search into a search engine, searchers can use quotes. What this does is this: if I search for something like "rabbit illustration" in quotes, then only text on the web with the words rabbit and illustration DIRECTLY NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER in the description will show up in those search results. So if my description said something like "this is a classy illustration of a rabbit" and someone searched with quotes for "rabbit illustration" then my product wouldn't pop up because illustration and rabbit are separated by the words"of a". I only say this so you keep it in mind. If you can, put descriptive words next to each other to (slightly) improve your chances, but don't force it if it doesn't work, it's just a small way to improve your chances of getting the hit and probably not worth it if you are sacrificing description quality to do so.
My descriptions usually have the title of my product in quotes...is this article suggesting i should take the quotes off to better my chances for hits? It's alot of work that I don't mind doing, but I don't want to do it if I shouldn't.
Originally posted by Notorious: My descriptions usually have the title of my product in quotes...is this article suggesting i should take the quotes off to better my chances for hits? It's alot of work that I don't mind doing, but I don't want to do it if I shouldn't.
No. When you search using Google, Yahoo, etc. you can enclose your search in quotes which will search for that exact phrase. If you search for 'rabbit illustration' without quotes in the search box, then any page with rabbit and illustration will be returned. If you search for "rabbit illustration" with quotes in the search field, then pages with the word 'rabbit' immediately followed by the word 'illustration' will be returned, but pages that contain the text 'illustration of a rabbit' will not be.
hi! i juz started out but found your advices to be very enlightening. Now i still pondering whether to upgrade to premium shop, based on my theme, do u guys think i should??
Zap, Your post has been an inspiration, letting me believe that I could actually DO this! I've got two questionsthough... I'm getting the statcounter right now... but am confused as to which one is best for CP site. (HTML ONlY /W3C compliant/XHTML) I would have instinctively chosen the HTML counter, except for the fact that it says " It is not recommended to choose this option as it will not be possible to record the referring link, page title and other information. Only choose this if you web host does not allow you to insert javascript into your webpage."
and also, Frames...It asks if the site has frames...The columns aren't considered "frames" are they? I put "no" is that correct?
#3: I am given (1) email with my basic hosting account for my external domain... At first I was going to do just myname@externalsite.com, but then I thought that may not look professional...Although it does put a name with a "company" I have also thought about "info@externalsite.com" "webmaster@externalsite.com"
do you or anyone else have any thoughts on the best way to do this, as far as appearance, and such?
In the original post above..Item #2 discusses Tagging and 20 tags? I am totally unclear as to where you do that at and what the 20 options are?... Is this done for individual items in your store or for your store itself?
Originally posted by Rachel: ok, i lied.....i have three questions...
#3: I am given (1) email with my basic hosting account for my external domain... At first I was going to do just myname@externalsite.com, but then I thought that may not look professional...Although it does put a name with a "company" I have also thought about "info@externalsite.com" "webmaster@externalsite.com"
do you or anyone else have any thoughts on the best way to do this, as far as appearance, and such?
Rachel: On my own website, www.varieteesandmore.com, my e-mail address that i have set up for people to contact me about my business is sam@varieteesandmore.com which identifies both myself and my business. I beleive this helps create "brand" recognition for both you and your shop, so i say go for it with yours! :-)
Thanks for the great tips. I'm one of the newbies you spoke of. I've only been at this a month, and not a sale yet, but it's encouraging to know it's not uncommon to start slow.
With respect to AdWords, what's a good CTR? I'm averaging 0.3% but none of them are converting to sales even though I have very specific keywords and ads.
Rachel: I'm not really sure what you are talking about. If you still haven't resolved this question and need help feel free to drop me a line but I don't really understand what it is you are asking in your questions.
Left-Handed Elephant: I don't really know what a good click through rate is, but I do know that you can do a search in Google about AdWords and get all kinds of advice regarding how to set up your ad what good click through rates are, etc. I did use AdWords a couple of times and found it to be a moneypit for me. A couple of people on CP have reported SOME success with AdWords but by and large the majority of people who have tried AdWords have come to the conclusion that it was a waste or at least didn't measure up to their expectations. I think AdWords CAN work for you but you absolutely MUST know what you are doing, how to configure it and exactly how to select your keywords/phrases. I would not recommend using AdWords personally, but if you do, make sure you research this information or else you will probably be throwing good money away without much in the way of results.
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