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-commerce has, for the most part, evolved far beyond the late 1990’s cliches of hair-wrenching, sanity-shattering slogs through yet another “clever” designer’s take on how shopping on the web should be. Standards prevailed, usability won out, and we’re now free to spend our collective $107 billion (Census.gov e-commerce stats) per annum.That said… It can still get better. Online shopping is in, if not infancy, at least a toddler stage. The advances that brought us here have made the process simpler and easier than ever, but some sites still haven’t caught on.

Since I’ve been doing an inordinate amount of online shopping recently (thanks to the theft last weekend and my upcoming lengthy trip to China), I feel uniquely qualified to share a few e-commerce site design tips - 17 tips, actually. Enjoy.

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Today Brett Crosby and Jeff Veen unveiled the new version of Google Analytics.

For a smooth transition, here are a few helpful resources specific to the new version:

• Take a tour of the new version
• Report Finder Tool: will help you see where data from the previous interface is located within the new version (it is also linked to from within your reports on the left navigation menu)
• FAQs for more details about the new version
• New version features page

One source we use to generate snippets is the Open Directory Project, or ODP. Some site owners want to be to able to request not using the ODP for generating snippets, and we’re happy to let you all know we’ve added support for this. All you have to do is add a meta tag to your pages.

To direct all search engines that support the meta tag not to use ODP information for the page’s description, use the following:

or

For more information, visit the google webmaster help center.

Today SpyFu Goes Live. This free keyword analysis tool became an instant hit among Internet marketers and SEOs. However, there is now a new and improved version that packs 20 times more data and a host of new features. It is called SpyFu. This website monitors nearly 4.5 million domains.

SpyFu will also show you:

Alexa Rank
Incoming Links
Avg. Load time
Sub Domains
Other Domains Owned
Top Organic Competitors
Top Ad Competitors

Keep this strategy in mind as you target some of these Top Sources of massive traffic on the web:

1. Digg.com
2. Netscape.com
3. Ezinearticles.com
4. Del.icio.us
5. StumbleUpon.com
6. Reddit.com
7. Slashdot.org
8. BlinkList.com
9. Furl.net
10. Squidoo.com

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