May 15, 2012 | Magento, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
What do we do when a search is made? Why can’t I display custom text for that search? Can I modify the pages that show up when a search is made? These are all questions on our minds, especially if you are working on the SEO of your site. If you aren’t questioning...
Apr 26, 2012 | Magento, Magento Developer, Magento Programming, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
If you care about optimizing an eCommerce site, you know that page load times are critical. For every second you shave off the time of a page load, conversions increase dramatically. For every 1 second delay your page takes to load, you’ll see approximately 7%...
Jan 10, 2012 | Blog, eLearning Series, Magento
Quick Magento MySQL Query for Tax Forms Recently one of our clients tried running the Tax Report in Magento under Reports -> Sales -> Tax for the last year. Unfortunately the company that had originally set up her site did not have her tax setting configured...
Jan 4, 2012 | Blog, Digital Marketing, Magento, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Website Design
In 2012, search engine optimization for ecommerce websites should start before the websites are even built. Updates to the search rankings algorithm associated with Google Panda and the rise of the social graph have made landing page hierarchy, usability, conversion...
Oct 14, 2011 | Magento, Magento Programming, Website Design
After banging our heads against the wall for a bit about trying to install a third-party Magento Go Theme, I think we figured out a way to make it work. Go into the Design –> Themes Editor –> Select a standard design, and them duplicate a template. Then,...
Oct 6, 2011 | Blog, eLearning Series, Magento
So you’ve installed Magento on your server and your ready to start developing your new store, but your not quite sure where to start. You know you don’t want Google to index your site until it’s ready to go live and you know you will need to configure some initial...