Google Webmaster tools is an extremely valuable and easy tool to use. Webmaster tools has many benefits, a few of which I’ll explain below. If you’re not already using Google Webmaster tools then take a short amount of time out of your day, set it up and you’ll be glad you did. Sitemaps – Sitemaps…
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Image-Maps.com ~ easy to use online image mapper
Looking for a quick and easy way to map an image? Check out the online image mapper at Image-Maps.com. Instead of having to map out the coordinates yourself just upload your image, map your image online and then click the “Get code” button. Image-Maps.com will provide both the HTML image map and CSS style image…
Any WordPress / PHP pros out there? … strange problem I have with my theme/php code
Last night I had the privilege of approving my first comment on this blog. I run other blogs and have had other comments on those, but it’s always nice to get the first comment on a new blog. The comment came from the social media pro Mari Smith @marismith, who commented on my post about…
Adding custom tabs to a Facebook page
Today I had a conversation with a company that is somewhat similar to Payvment. I’m not going to name them right now since I’m still considering using their service. Basically they provide a custom “Shop” tab for Facebook which has a little more functionality than Payvment. They also offer a separate service where they can…
Facebook import blog/RSS not working again
This morning I did a post on my other blog for my ecommerce site. Each time I blog I want the post to show up on my company’s Facebook page. This should be an automated process, but for the last4 months or so it has been a big pain in the rear. I use to…
The scrambled blog post… I don’t get it, what’s the purpose?
We’ve all seen the scrambled blog post. It’s a blog where the content is nothing but nonsense… scrambled words, sentences that mean nothing, kind of like someone randomly took sentences and words from five different articles on five different topics and then combined them all in one blog post. Then the blog itself has no…
Payvment ~ Facebook ecommerce shopping cart app
Looking for a way to sell your products through your Facebook page? Take a look at the Payvment Facebook shopping cart app. I started using Payvment a few months back for my ecommerce site and although I havn’t generated any sales yet through Facebook, the app was extremely easy to setup and use. Once I…
Adding a company logo to a UPS WorldShip label
In a previous post I mentioned how much I like using UPS WorldShip. One of the many reasons I like it is because I can add my company logo to the UPS WorldShip label. After writing this post on UPS WorldShip I had noticed some of the traffic coming to this blog entry was people…
PCI DSS & PA-DSS Compliance and new processing requirements with Miva Merchant
If you sell online and accept credit cards you should know by now there are several new compliance issues that are right around the corner. PCI compliance is an ongoing issue, but the newest compliance issue coming up is PA-DSS compliance. Since I use Miva Merchant I’m really only concerned with these issues as they…
Advertising in Print (SkyMall) ~ large images are important!
Just got back from taking the kids to Disneyland. From where I live in Texas it’s a 3 hour flight so there’s plenty of time for reading, watching a movie, taking a nap or whatever you enjoy doing while flying. One thing that I think most people do is pick up the SkyMall magazine and…
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