
Search Engine Optimization

Search engines can be a very important customer acquisition channel for retailers. Consumers are searching for products every day, and they're use search engines to connect with retailers. To say organic search engine rankings are important for retailers is an understatement. It's also important for retailers, and especially online pure-plays, to know the latest trends…
Search engines can be a very important customer acquisition channel for retailers. Consumers are searching for products every day, and they’re use search engines to connect with retailers. To say organic search engine rankings are important for retailers is an understatement. It’s also important for retailers, and especially online pure-plays, to know the latest trends […]
In the old days, you could drive traffic to your site just by cramming it full of keywords. Fortunately for today’s online users, it no longer works that way. The world of search engine optimization has gotten smarter. Google recently revealed that sites don’t lose PageRank because of their redirection methods. Now, sites have to…
Halloween may still be over a week away, but retailers already have the winter holiday shopping season on their minds. In fact, almost three-quarters of retailers believe the holiday season begins by Nov. 1. Much planning and preparation goes into making the sink-or-swim holiday season as profitable as possible for retailers. Consider that 19 percent…
This week, retail professionals gathered in Dallas for Shop.org, Retail’s Digital Summit. Attendees heard from retailers leading the way in this quickly evolving digital world. Presentations from J.C. Penney, True&Co, Rocksbox, Google, Facebook and many more brands covered topics ranging from omnichannel integration to mobile to reaching millennials. Here are a few key takeaways from the…
Today’s consumers have near-limitless options when it comes to researching and purchasing products. E-commerce giants like Amazon.com — equipped with a variety of products, ratings and reviews, and competitive shipping rates matched by few — have wide appeal for information-hungry consumers. However, smaller merchants shouldn’t give up hope. By leveraging user-generated content (UGC), including ratings…
It’s no secret that proper search engine optimization is a key factor in the success of an online retailer. Some online retailers view SEO as a requirement to drive traffic to a website’s blog or homepage, but that’s only part of the story. To increase your chances of converting a website visitor into a customer, every…
Join Total Retail and Bazaarvoice for a free interactive webinar to learn new techniques to ensure your brand is being found online.
We’ll share a series of techniques that have proven to deliver double-digit search traffic improvements and increased conversions.
eBay sellers in the U.S. and in the U.K. say a glitch is scaring buyers away from their listings by incorrectly displaying higher costs in search results than what the seller is offering. The glitch affects listings that offer free shipping - eBay is displaying shipping costs on some of those listings instead of free…