3DCart has many plans depending on your business needs starting with 200 products up-to unlimited.

80+ Professional Ecommerce store templates you can customize to get you started. Here are a few examples in the below.

All templates are easy to adjust and customize with the Quick Edit Bar, Just drag and drop! Watch the video below to learn more.

3DCart offers responsive sites that are customizable, you can upload your own Logo Banners and More.

With 3DCart you can keep track of inventory, taxes, shipping rates and orders easily. Overall I think they have great features and options for beginners and designers as there is so much more than I have posted here.

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Time for another post, it's been a few months but I wanted to share a little something I learned that is increasing traffic to some of my clients websites as well as mine.

Have you heard of Drop My Link, a great site where you can Google queries to find thousands of sites to drop your links on and create backlinks.

There is a Drop down list that displays various networks where you can add relevant links "without spamming" . These networks are:

• .edu blogs
  
• .gov Blogs
  
• Anchor Text In Comment Blogs
  
• Angela's Backlinks
  
• CommentLuv Premium Blogs
  
• Do Follow Comment blogs <---Good for PageRank
  
• Expression Engine Forums
  
• Hubpages - Hot Tubs
  
• KeywordLuv Blogs
  
• LiveFire Blogs
  
• Intense Debate Blogs
  
• Squidoo Lenses - Add To List
  

If you are using Google Chrome you need to download the SEO Status Pagerank/Alexa Toolbar extension. and the official Alexa Extension.

Using the Official Alexa Extension allows you to see how much traffic is going to a particular page in the Google's organic listings as seen in picture below by the blue bar. Note I used the "Do Follow Comment Blogs" Query in the Drop Down Menu.

As you can see the benefit of this is based on the amount of traffic so your link can be seen, unfortunately it does not tell you the Pagerank of that particular page so I rely on the SEO Status Pagerank/Alexa Toolbar when I click through the link. While it can be beneficial and relevant to place your link here, the Pagerank is 1 as I clicked through and I'm looking for that juice to flow through to my page so I click back and sift through the search results till I find a good balance of Alexa rank and Pagerank.

The only thing you have to do is leave a relevant comment that correlates to the page your linking to. I like to leave at least 3-4 sentences and thank the author for the great information provided.

Dropping your link on .edu and .gov blogs are good for Authority and search engines tend to see them as more important for the accurate and abundance of information.

Last but not least the page I'm linking to should have the keywords in the page name, title, description, and content. its good to bold some of the keywords and have some internal links that correlate to those keywords.

I love to watch Rands WhiteBoard Friday videos. In this one he discusses how mobile SEO can help your local business even if it is non-mobile. Listed below is the picture of the Whiteboard Break-Down.

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Next step is to Share and Embed videos and posts.
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Above is a basic listing of the topics discussed in the video!

Check out the New Video and see our stats on ranking Local Small Businesses for Search.

I talk allot about Local, Mobile and Social Search, but without Mobile SEO your rankings can really be affected in the organic listings of Local SERP's. Following these simple guidelines will ensure your mobile site getting ranked on the first page of every major search engine.

Listed below are simple steps you can implement in your website so your customers can find your products and services from any mobile device.


NAP. Name, Address and Phone Number is one of the most important pieces of information you can add to a web page. This is self explanatory why you need this, however with mobile devices they can click on your phone number to call you from their mobile device, this is called a "call to action". I recommend adding the NAP to the footer in your website so it shows on all pages.

Responsive Website Design. This is how your website renders your content on mobile devices. Having a responsive site ensures that your visitors are served content that is readable, properly displayed and easy to navigate. Most Content Management Systems do this automatically for you, however you may need to implement a script. Here is a link to learn more: Mobile Redirect Script

Geo-Tags. Geo tagging your website and pictures allows your location to show up in search results when someone searches from a mobile device. You can implement Latitude and Longitude Geo-Code in Schema so it can be properly recognized by search engines. Picasa also allows you to Geo-tag your pictures. to learn more visit here: Geo-tags for local Businesses

Pictures and Video. Some mobile devices do not support flash. If you have flash content you can use HTML 5 standard tags to embed the video. I recommend staying away from flash as it slows down the page load speed. It is recommended that a page should load within 1 second on a mobile device depending on your connection. Pictures can be Geo-tagged using Picasa (link above). Pictures should have alt-image tags with proper descriptions of products and services preferably with location in the description.

Short-tail Keywords. People searching on mobile devices generally tend to put in keywords that are shorter in length as it takes more time to type on smaller devices. Put these short-tail keywords in the meta tags, header, body and footer.

Sitemap. Add a mobile XML Sitemap to your website. This gives page Hierarchy telling search engines which pages are more important and also allows for easier indexing. You can add a Mobile Sitemap here: Mobile Sitemap Generator

Maps. I prefer to use Google Maps. Make sure your pin marker is on the correct address. You can embed the map into any given web-page using a snippet of HTML code provided to you. You can add your business to here: Google Maps

Socialize. Add a social sharing widget as well add the links to your social networks. The more people that like or recommend your pages increases the links pointing to your mobile site in return helping to improve the rankings for your website in the organic listings. Social search is being integrated into search results so sharing your content and posting to your networks will send important social signals thus helping to increase your mobile website rankings.

Resources: To learn more about Mobile Website Guidelines please visit Google

Five Ways to Improve Your Website's UI with JavaScript

When used effectively, JavaScript can significantly improve the usability of your website, or the web application, by enhancing client interaction. With JavaScript, you can enhance site navigation, add user prompts and several other client functions that improve usability for visitors and the overall usability of the site.

Whether you are a new student learning java programming or a professional wanting to improve your web design and development capabilities, here are a few tips and techniques you can use for improving the UI of your web application using JavaScript.

 

1.      Password strength meter

 

The password strength meter, as the name goes, is used to inform the Java programmer about the strength of the password, considering the uniqueness of the password and how easy or difficult it is to guess it. Ideally, the password should be a combination of numbers, letters and special characters. Webmasters have a bigger responsibility of encouraging their site users to choose highly unique passwords to prevent easy access of information to hackers.

Adding a set of instructions for creation of passwords on the account sign-up page is one way to do it, but not many people pay attention to them.

A password strength meter script, which is a real-time color meter indicator, allows you to visually display how weak or strong the password chosen by the user is. Including this safety script is a great way to encourage users to register with your site securely.

 

2.      Auto crop for Image uploads

 

The images upload and crop script, which is built on the JQuery framework, enables the user to crop the image right after uploading it. This is a convenient feature that many websites tend to use. Although creating this particular JQuery, which includes use of image libraries along with JavaScript, can be a complicated process, the auto crop is a highly useful feature and can significantly improve user experience while decreasing the website's page load times. Most online Java training courses cover the complexities of this functionality.

 

3.      Form validation

 

JavaScript can also be used to generate a compact form that encourages the user to log into the site. The login page script is a combination of a JQuery and a perfectly designed form layout that occupies very little space on the page, usually appearing as a pop-up with a faded background effect. The details entered into the form are validated by JavaScript immediately, so that any errors encountered, or any wrong data entered, are pointed out to the customer in real time.

 

4.      JQuery Autotab

 

Filling in details like the social security number or the credit card number online becomes easier with the JQuery auto tab script. This feature allows the user to move to the next tab automatically when filling in multiple input columns  of a form for phone number, credit card number etc. it may seem like a very basic function but not all websites have it, emphasizing on the fact that it is underrated. The JQuery auto tab is not just important, but essential to make user experience a better one on your site.

 

5.      Context highlighting in forms

 

Forms may seem like the simplest part of a web page, but are actually the hardest to create. Lengthy forms or forms with unappealing design or layout can put off the user, which is not good for your business.

Obtaining the necessary information from a potential customer is also made possible through forms, which is why it is important to have an appealing form design and functionality.

JavaScript can be used in any way you want to make the form less daunting and more encouraging. For instance, if the form layout seems to have too many fields, using the context highlighting JQuery can be a good idea, for it highlights the active field and lets the users know where they are and how far or near they are from completing the form, in a way improving the user experience.

 

Why JavaScript?

Sites functions built with JavaScript are faster and respond better, which means shorter page load times and less waiting for the user. The performance of the site is of utmost importance when you want a visitor to stay around and notice what you are providing.

JavaScript allows you to achieve more by transferring fewer bits of data, as the data sent to the client is in JSON or XML and not the bulky markup HTML data.

In any case, care should be taken to not use certain functionality, like the arrays, too liberally. If you do so in the name of enhancing user experience, the performance of the site can be negatively affected.

The key is to identify which aspects of your site need a high level of interactivity and functionality yet require a lot of server resources, this is the optimal place to implement JavaScript solutions.

Author
Seth Williams has been writing with Firebox Training, since July, 2011. He writes on many topics across IT programming, training and developments in the industry. Through spreading wisdom across forums and tech blogs, Seth has realized an open source approach to training professionals across the globe is the way to go.

Or has is all changed just like in every other relationship. Keywords, Long-Tail, Short-Tail, Keyword Variation, Keyword Backlinks, Keyword Recency, Keyword Density, Meta-Tag Keywords, Keyword Linking, Keyword Correlation, Yada yada yada. We use keywords for everything online and offline. From search engine optimization, social media marketing and direct mail to print publications like newspapers.

WE also know search engines love keywords as they describe products and services as well point to relevant content that may be important to a search query. Have search engines lost the love they once had for Keywords? or are they shaking up the relationship and introducing some new ways of spicing up their love life for fear of a 3rd wheel (black Hat) messing up a good long term commitment?.

 Keeping up with the latest updates on search engines is very time consuming and can hurt your relationship as well but can greatly help your online business. After all is it not the new thing to do in online marketing relationship building? Promoting your expertise on niches you are an expert in, Answering questions, solving problems and spreading the word through social networks, mobile apps local forums and blogs.

So if relationship building, social sharing and signals are new ways of search engines adding some spice to the relationship then what are keywords doing to add into the mix? Keywords have been the easily manipulative one,  the one who has been stuffed in headers, Body, and Footer, the one who as been re-spun so many times that they become confusing and lead search engines astray from producing relevant search queries. Keywords have endured color changing as to hide their true intent on a web-page and have been known to participate in a ménage à trois of link wheels and has added so much more negative influence on a delicate marriage that seems to be fracturing.

I give search engines credit for hanging in there and proving that love really does last and that keywords are still a founding principal of what search engines are based on. Over the years search engines have added in ways of breathing in new life to keywords by changing the ways they can be easily manipulated and pushing away the negative seducers and seductresses. Search Engines and Keywords still have it going on and they are proving it to us and laying it down write in front of our eyes.

The latest mix-up in the ongoing relationship between search engines and keywords has to do with keyword variation. Why do i like variation? well just like in any physical relationship things tend to get a little repetitive, then become boring and after doing the same thing over and over again you look to renew and spice things up a bit, you know add a little variation to it, rekindle that spark that was there but now has faded to a shimmer.

SO what about Keyword variation, How is it adding to the relationship with search engines by producing the most relevant results for search queries? I'm not an engineer for any search engine, I don't know the chemistry of algorithms that determine the best results and I did not stay at a holiday inn so I'm no expert on the subject however after years of marketing and reading, keeping up with the latest updates and changes, constantly testing and modifying websites for users and search engines you can see what works and what does not.

It is as simple as this; keyword variation is a pheromone to search engines, we all have pheromones to attract one another and our pheromones vary and are unique to every individual. websites that have unique content and are authorities in their niche tend to rank higher in search engines because they give off certain signals. These signals include:

• Keyword Variation
  
• Social Signals
  
• Click-Through Rates
  

Keyword variations are descriptive and for good on page optimization its a good practice to include 3 to five variations of a keyword in the content of a web page. Keyword Variation can include long-tails that are descriptive, Linked within the context pointing to another relevant page or website with each variation used once. No need to overdue it, search engines will think it's a little spammy and it tends to tell your visitors all you care about is rankings and getting your page in front of the most people as possible. The goal of any website is to produce useful content that is easy to navigate and lead to conversions.

Social Signals are an added spice to the relationship with keyword variation, as the more mentions, shares, pluses, likes, pins, tweets, etc have those keyword variations in them and search engines say "hey lookey here" (Si Robertson) <--Duck Dynasty any one! anyways not to get off track search engines conclude this must be important information as many people are talking about it, leaving citations, sharing, and linking to it with various keywords. Search engines say look here, this is important and rank pages accordingly.

Now with Click-Through Rates added as a signal, you have to make those keyword variations very likable with a good descriptive text. People are searching for relevant results in their queries and your keywords need to be eye catching as they skim the serps. Adding in Authorship greatly increases the click through rates, you just have to make sure your content will keep them on your site. Search engines keep track of these signals and are including them as a ranking factor, look at news sites with big stories and prominent Authors that write about their expertise, they consistently rank high because people know about them, people like them, share their content and engage.

Search Engines and keywords go hand-in-hand, I do not think search engines have lost the commitment they only ask that their partners work with them, add value to the relationship,build on a better result that will endure the struggles and survive together, Just like most other love affairs you eventually spice things up a bit and you would only hope your partner joins in and adds to it, after-all it does take two to Tango!

I get enough traffic on this website that it pays for itself just from the affiliate links. I like creating allot of unique content but it can be very time consuming and you always have to update it when products and services change and are not offered anymore.

I was thinking about a online store where everything is pretty much automated, So I said dropshipping? no, a store where I can keep track of inventory? no, all this is allot of work. I remember a few years back I was an associate member of  Amazon.com and recently I saw in my mail an advertisement for $75 in free product advertisement so I headed on over to check it out and found what I was Looking for.

Amazon has aStores where all you do is pick out your products by categories and subcategories and enter in a few keywords. After that just put a little code on your website and your done!
feel free to check it out on the picture link on left and sign up.