Tag: E-commerce

eBay Craigslist Dispute Turns Into Criminal DoJ Investigation
Prosecutors with the U.S. Justice Department are reportedly investigating claims that eBay employees took confidential info from Craigslist to use in a service that would compete w...
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Groupon to Add E-Commerce Deals?
Groupon is reportedly testing e-commerce deals in the UK. There have been a lot of questions and uncertainty about just what the future holds for Groupon, and this would appear to...
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Open Payvment Gives Developers APIs to Tap Into Facebook E-Commerce Platform
Facebook e-commerce platform Payvment launched a new developer platform for e-commerce businesses today at the Shop.org event. It's called...
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Google’s Advice for Online Retailers
In a recent post to its Google Retail Advertising Blog, Google provided a handful of tip...
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Google to Launch Trusted Stores Program Soon?
It appears that Google accidentally let loose a glimpse of a forthcoming product called Google Trusted Stores today. There is a landing page and a video, but you can't see either o...
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Google Announces +1 Button E-Commerce Partners
Google says it has been working with Bazaarvoice and PowerReviews to make it easier for online retailers to get the +1 button on their product pages. As you may know, Google ha...
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eBay Acquires Magento (Officially)
eBay announced that it has officially completed its acquisition of Magento, which it...
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Amazon Attracts 1 in 5 Internet Users
comScore released a report today on the top global retail and auction sites, finding that Amazon sites were visited by one in five global Inte...
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Google Catalogs for iPad
Google has announced the launch of a new iPad app called Google Catalogs, which brings users access to a variety of popular ca...
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Online Retail Spending Up 14% From Last Year
comScore put out its Q2 e-commerce sales estimates, and reported that e-commerce retail spending in the U.S. increased by 14% for the quarter...
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Test Site Search and Navigation Pages to Optimize Conversions
If you've invested time and energy in effective, relevant, results-oriented site search and navigation, you've likely seen an impact on your web site – higher conversions, larger o...
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Netflix Backlash Explodes On Facebook
The upcoming Netflix price increases has the Internet in an absolute tizzy. Their blog post announcing the upcoming price hikes quickly filled up with the 5000 comment limit, and...
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Should the Internet be Taxed?
On Friday, a new California state law goes into effect that will tax Internet sales through affiliate advertising. Rather than pay such taxes, online retailers like Amazon will ins...
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eBay and GSI Commerce Make it Official (For $2.4 Billion)
eBay announced today that it has completed its acquisition of GSI Commerce, which was announced back in March. The deal was approved by stockholders on the 17th. eBay acquired...
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Google’s Matt Cutts on Why Amazon Often Ranks Well
If you search for products a lot, using Google, there's a fairly good chance you've seen Amazon at or near the top of the results pages quite a few times. Someone sent a question a...
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