»Why Web Users Don’t Click on Banner Ads [Infographic]
05/18/12 04:04 from Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog
This week's infographic explores who looks and clicks on banner ads . Continuing the theme of consumer fears about privacy, it's not just lack of interest that causes users to shun banner ads. Consumers believe banner ads will prove to haunt them long after the click: 31% are worried that their internet behavior will be tracked 54% don’t trust most online banner ads they ..
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»The Business of APIs: Interview with an API Evangelist
05/16/12 04:03 from Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Kin Lane, an API Evangelist, blogger at KinLane.com and API Evangelist , contributor to Programmable Web , and all-around expert in APIs. Kin is an engineer who has been building database driven web apps for 12 years, and working with data for over 20. Watching API usage really rise in the last few years and seeing it drive innovati..
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»2 Simple Ways On How To Search For Keywords
05/14/12 23:38 from Ecommerce Shopping Cart Blog by InstanteStore
We get lots of questions on how to search for keywords and we've posted quite a few articles in reply. As you may already know, with the new Panda update, Google is looking for more variations in keywords . Keywords need to fit in naturally and should not seem to be forced into an article. A few years ago, many of site owners had the habit of trying to force the strangest..
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»Need Design Advice Or Design Help For Your Site?
05/14/12 23:11 from Ecommerce Shopping Cart Blog by InstanteStore
(Image by Jonathan Mark) Last year saw the passing of Steve Jobs , Apple's founder and CEO which saw a deluge of tributes to him. One of the tributes happened to be a redesigned logo of Apple's iconic symbol with a silhouette of Steve Jobs incorporated into the bite of a white Apple logo against a black background. The image which was created by Hong Kong design student J..
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»EU Cookie Law: 4 Tips For Crafting Your Opt-In Request
05/14/12 19:42 from Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog
The May 26 deadline for compliance with the EU cookie law is rapidly approaching, and my heart goes out to all our friends affected by this ridiculous “solution” to a poorly defined problem. For a refresher on what the new law is about, check out Silktide's brilliant (and humorous) explanation of it. I was asked in an interview by Mike Arsenault of Rejoiner la..
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»How Mobile Influences the Customer Journey [Infographic]
05/11/12 04:02 from Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog
Is it the year of the mobile yet? Perhaps tablet penetration is only 13%, but 69% of tablet owners make a purchase from their device every month. This week's infographic is courtesy of Mobtext and inMobi : The Role of Connected Devices in the Customer Sales Journey . It breaks down how tablets, laptops and mobile phones are used at home, at work and on the go throughout t..
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