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PayPal Charges Effective 10% on Certain Transactions?

YanHuang — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:01:03 +0000

PayPal, like many merchant accounts, have internal schedule sheets of obfuscated rates that would be undecipherable by even most bankers—in fact, I have met several whom was baffled when I showed them the full schedule sheet of rates that the Read More...

Amazon Cuts Affiliate Program in California

YanHuang — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:45:56 +0000

Internet retailer Amazon.com cut its business with its affiliates based in California on June 29, the day after the California legislature passed a provision taxing out-of-state internet retailers. Previously, internet retailers had not been required to collect sales tax thanks to Read More...

Amazon.com Gets Rid of Affiliate Program in State of Illinois

YanHuang — Sat, 21 May 2011 14:38:40 +0000

Amazon.com offers one of the highest rated and popular affiliate programs on the Internet, through their Amazon Associates. I found out about this actually through purchasing an investment website, and the seller was selling because he was a resident of Read More...

Auction Websites With New Bidding Algorithms

YanHuang — Sat, 14 May 2011 14:18:33 +0000

There are a lot of auction style websites on the Internet, which creates a platform that allows the market demand to dictate the exact price that people are willing to pay for an item. There is a subtle but major Read More...

Google Mail For Your Business Emails

YanHuang — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:06:44 +0000

I stumbled upon an interview floating on the Internet between Bill Gates and Steven Levy, the author of In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives. This conversation happened shortly after Gmail was launched.

“How could you need

The Social Web – Facebook

JamalParr — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:11:30 +0000

This past year has seen a real fight for dominance between what’s known as the Search web (Google, Yahoo, Bing) VS the Social Web (Facebook, Twitter), and the social web seems to be taking over Read More...

Mobile Marketing on the Rise

JamalParr — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:54:15 +0000

Does this look familiar? What you’re seeing above is called SMS or Text Message marketing, and right now it’s taking the world of advertising by storm.

2011 is a very important year for online marketing, we’re in the middle of a Read More...

How to Take Advantage of Current Economy with a Website

YanHuang — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:29:25 +0000

As many readers know, the government shutdown was evaded by last minute decisions. However, during the build up of the hype for that, a lot of people were worried about the possible future for themselves and loved ones, especially if Read More...

Google +1 (Plus One)…Copying Facebook?

YanHuang — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:06:33 +0000

In the books of Internet viral marketing, the Like feature that Facebook allows you to put on your website have definitely become a global tool of marketing. Twitter has something similar with their “Tweet” number counter button. Following the success Read More...

Google SEO: Acronyms in the Domain Name

YanHuang — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:24:30 +0000

It has been proven that a domain name with the exact matching keyword you are aiming to rank for on Google is very effective. When I did a search for “search engine optimization” on Google, I realized something interesting. The Read More...