PayPal Australian transactions grow 19% per year, reaching AU$36.8billion by 2013.

PayPal has seen transactions for their 34,000 businesses grow by 19 % year on year with the Australian eCommerce market set to reach AU$36.8billion by 2013. That’s from a forecasted figure of AU$26.86billion this calendar year....» read more Posted on 04/15/12 Tags: australian ecommerce, ecommerce, Online Shopping,

Wep Page Downloads can affect your Google pagerank

On a mobile phone, a Web page takes a leisurely nine seconds to load, according to Google, which tracks a huge range of sites from the homes of large companies to the legions of one-person bloggers. Download times on personal computers average about six seconds worldwide, and about 3.5 seconds on average in the United ...» read more Posted on 03/11/12 Tags:

WordPress framework – get the most of WordPress

WordPress is just a fantastic framework to build your website on. I'm always amazed at the functionality provided by using plugins; and this one is sinmple superb. I'm always focused on SEO and 'pre-purposing' the database content to write back to the posts and pages to maximise the SEO benefits and build pagerank. Thi...» read more Posted on 03/11/12 Tags: WordPress,

WordPress Database backups – a list of plugins

WordPress is one of the best content management systems around, but if you lose your database, you're in for a shock - you'll lose your website content. So it makes sense to take time out to optimise and backup your WP database and also keep records of the passwords and settings of your wp_congif.php file. (the file t...» read more Posted on 03/11/12 Tags:

Bunnings Hardware Stores – online barriers to entry.

Always on the lookout for interesting websites and strategies used by organisations and businesses to track the activity on their websites, I came across Bunnings DIY Kitchens and hardware stores website. I was doing some research into Sunshine Coast DIY flat pack kitchens for a client and Bunnings kitchens are in o...» read more Posted on 02/18/12 Tags: bunnings, flat pack kitchens, google adwords,

Just where will your Online Marketing focus be in 2012?

"How are you going to promote your business online this year" We're all thinking about our online business development. How can you start to market your business online. Where do your promote your products and services to attract the right customers? Do you use Social Media like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and...» read more Posted on 01/30/12 Tags: australian online shopping, Online Marketing, online marketing budget, seo,

Australian’s like to buy from home grown, Aussie websites in 2011

Aussie .com.au domain name registrations are soaring! There's never been a better time to start your online business, blog or social media following. A new report published by Deloitte Access Economics said online consumers preferred purchasing goods online from Australian-registered web sites. The report “Economic...» read more Posted on 01/18/12 Tags: australian online shopping, e-commerce, Online Marketing, Online Shopping,

WordPress Sidebars – dynamic messages for your audience

This is a cool plugin and another reason why we use WordPress as the platform for our online business development. Your website visitors want the right information tailored to then. They need to see the solutions to their problems and be assured you are the perfect answer to that problem. Stop confusing visitors, keep ...» read more Posted on 01/17/12 Tags: plugin,

What Does It Mean When Customers Facebook ‘Like’ Your Website Pages

Companies think fans want to be heard and to hear news about the brand. As a Facebook user, we always expect pretty good, unique content,  promotions, free stuff and updates from the companies we  “like”, however, a recent study showed marketers see this action very differently. A new study “Variance in the S...» read more Posted on 12/22/11 Tags: facebook, Like, marketing to facebook users, the like button,

SEO title tag best practices for 2011 and 2012

...» read more Posted on 12/14/11 Tags: page title tags, seo, web page optimisation tips,