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[14 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 180 views]
Magento open source shopping cart

Magento is quite new software (it’s only up to version 1.2.1.2 March 3, 2009) but is already shaping up to be one of the best e-commerce carts out there. Magento features clean urls and SEO from the start. Everything is designed in a clean and simple way. The code it outputs is semantic, which is very rare for e-commerce carts, even commercial ones.
Magento has lots of features and everything is for free. Here is the most important features which you can’t get in lots of others carts.
Management:
You can control multiple …

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[8 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 501 views]
Shipping rates calculators

The most important tool in you shopping cart is shipping rates calculator. The most popular shipping service providers are: UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL etc. You can use only one or all of them. All these providers has online tools witch calculates how much will it cost to ship from your place to customers shipping address.
If you use open source shopping cart like osCommerce or any other. There are a big possibility that they already has integrated these tools. But if you have your own software, there is good tools for …

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[8 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 195 views]
osCommerce open source shopping cart

osCommerce is a free, open source online shop software. The default installation includes a large number of features that you can easily enable and configure. You can easily install osCommerce on your website with the help of the Fantastico auto-installer.
With osCommerce shopping cart you can add multiple products on your site, organize them in categories, set discounts and special promotions. osCommerce allows you to accept all popular payment methods: PayPal, credit cards, cheques. osCommerce has a built-in shipping and tax functionalities.
It also supports multiple currencies, allows customers to print invoices …

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[8 Mar 2009 | One Comment | 229 views]
Top SEO tips

Keyword Research
Keyword Research is the first and probably most important job in process of search engine optimization.
Include keyword in Domain name.
This doesn’t mean having a domain name like keyword-keyword-keyword-keyword.com try to stick to the one hyphen and not read as spammy. A good example is a site that sells Dog Training Dallas with the URL of the site being www.DogTrainingDallas.com
Create as much content about your products or subject as you can.
Keyword in Title
If the main keywords are targeted in Title of the page, the chances for ranking higher in search …