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         <title>Shopping Cart Abandonment Rate Went Up By 2.7% in Q1 2008</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Shopping-Cart-Abandonment-Rate-Went-Up-By-2-7--in-Q1-2008/341923</link>
         <description>Shopping cart abandonment rate increased in US by 2.7% from 57.88% in Q1 2007 to 59.43% in Q1 2008. Abandonment of shopping cart pages was more in the first quarter of 2008 when compared to same period in 2007 according to Market Live Performance Index. The study says, two third of consumers put items into shopping cart but end up without buying the items.

Facts related to shopping cart:
The following facts are according to Market Live Performance Index 2008.

	The percentage of visitors to shopping cart increased by 0.51% from 8.36% in Q1 2007 to 8.87% in Q1 2008.

	Percentage of visitors who take desired action i.e. making a purchase, registering form etc. is slightly increased by 0.51% from 3.45% in Q1 2007 to 3.96% in Q1 2008.

Percentage of visitors leaving a page without visiting any other page i.e. bounce rate, increased by 6% from 32.9% in Q1 2007 to 38.9% in Q1 2008.

Reasons for shopping cart abandonment:

According to ComScore research with Paypal 2008, reasons for US online shoppers to abandon shopping carts are as follows.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an internet marketing firm providing affordable and &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;professional seo&lt;/a&gt; services to &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;increase search engine ranking&lt;/a&gt; of the website, pay per click management to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and has been rapidly growing.</description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Yahoo And Microsoft Launches New Services To Beef Up Web Traffic</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Yahoo-And-Microsoft-Launches-New-Services-To-Beef-Up-Web-Traffic/322435</link>
         <description>Top search engines Yahoo and Microsoft are revamping their portfolio of services and websites to expand their areas of operation in an effort to increase web traffic to counter Googles control over Internet. In 2008 Yahoo and Microsoft launched services in new and as well as existing areas of search, news, advertising, broadcasting etc.

Yahoo to restrain MSN from being a potential threat to #2 position in the near future and in an attempt to catch up Google launched new services, which could add new users.

Searchscan is the latest feature by Yahoo partnered by McAfee to match Google in real time link scanning. Searchscan identifies three types of risks that result in Yahoo search results page- Browser Exploits- Sites that automatically trigger malicious download when visited and Dangerous Downloads- sites that offer potentially dangerous software such as viruses, spyware or adware; and Unsolicited Email - sites that send unsolicited emails or inappropriately share email addresses with third parties.

Yahoo Shine is a new launch; a sub domain of yahoo.com is targeted to streamline its online women (aged 24-54) market.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an internet marketing firm providing professional and &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;affordable seo&lt;/a&gt; services to &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;increase search engine ranking&lt;/a&gt; of the website, pay per click management to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and has been rapidly growing.</description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Improving the Website Credibility for Your Online Marketing</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Improving-the-Website-Credibility-for-Your-Online-Marketing/310545</link>
         <description>The major elements of online business are to build trust and credibility of your website. When there is high credibility of your website, your potential customers will feel much secured, to buy your products. It is very important to convince your visitors and convert them into the customers. The beginners of Internet marketing find various complications in obtaining their first few online sales. The main reason for this obstacle is the lack of credibility of your website in the eyes of potential customers. 

Techniques for Improving the Website Credibility
There are certain techniques that contribute in improving the credibility of your website. The following are some of these major techniques that you can adopt.
 	
	Testimonials: Posting a sympathetic citation of your customers can improve credibility of your website. For this you have to convince your customers to give a testimonial. For more credibility, it is better to provide the contact details of the customers and a description regarding their experience.
	Professional Graphics: The first impression from the visitors is extremely vital for creating the credibility. It is possible with some neat and professional graphics. If there is a terrible graphics on your website, it can devastate your credibility.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an internet marketing firm providing affordable and &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;professional search engine optimization&lt;/a&gt; services to &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;increase search engine ranking&lt;/a&gt; of the website, pay per click management to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability.</description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Mistakes In PPC Landing Pages To Be Avoided For Better Conversion-II</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Mistakes-In-PPC-Landing-Pages-To-Be-Avoided-For-Better-Conversion-II/304812</link>
         <description>In the first part of this article we have discussed some of the common mistakes that you have to avoid in PPC landing page for better conversion. The previous part has covered some important points such as, avoid cluttering in the landing page, avoid multiple calls to action, avoid irrelevant text, avoid irrelevant popups and banners and as such. In continuation of that there are some other common mistakes that you should avoid in the landing page.
 


Mistakes In PPC Landing Pages To Be Avoided
Landing page is the page where visitors are drawn by clicking an Internet advertisement. Many people makes some common mistakes in their landing pages, which has to be avoided for obtaining better conversion rate. The following are some of them:

	Lengthy buying procedure - You shouldnt make the buying process difficult for the visitors by making them to go through many steps to purchase the item. It makes your visitors irritated and may result in abandoning their purchase.

	Too wide page layout¬ Some visitors may find it difficult to read when the content is broader than their eye span.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an Professionally managed Internet advertising agency providing Affordable SEO, &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/ppc-campaign-management.html&gt;ppc management&lt;/a&gt; and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and since then is providing clients seo and &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/ppc-campaign-management.html&gt;ppc services&lt;/a&gt; .</description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Things To Consider While Hiring An SEO Firm  II</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Things-To-Consider-While-Hiring-An-SEO-Firm---II/304418</link>
         <description>There are various SEO firms and consultants that optimize your websites and facilitate in obtaining improved search engine results. These firms use various techniques to increase qualitative and quantitative traffic for your website. 

This is the second part of the article, Things To Consider While Hiring An SEO Firm. In the previous part, we have discussed some of the important topics like, considering clients references and testimonials, ensuring the legal bonding, enquiring about the payment schedules, and as such. In continuation of that there are some other things that you need to consider, which are illustrated below:

	Beware Of Cheap Providers
Search engine optimization is a rare and highly adored skill, which is not available at cheap prices. If anyone offers you at a relatively cheap price, make a clear verification and confirm that their services are professional and reliable. 

	You Should Have Patience
Search engine optimization is a time consuming process. Therefore you shouldnt set unrealistic time limit and expect your SEO firm to perform instantly. Provide sufficient time and keep them on an enduring basis. This will help you and your SEO firm in getting desired results.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an internet marketing firm providing professional and &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;affordable search engine optimization&lt;/a&gt; services to &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;increase search engine ranking&lt;/a&gt; of the website, pay per click management to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability.</description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Mistakes In PPC Landing Pages To Be Avoided For Better Conversion</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Mistakes-In-PPC-Landing-Pages-To-Be-Avoided-For-Better-Conversion/300581</link>
         <description>Landing page is typically used to describe the page where visitors are brought on clicking an Internet advertisement. This page has to be well thought out and executed to achieve the marketing goals. The key objective of landing page is to produce a conversion whether it is a sale, a sign up, or just a lead. In other words, a landing page is also a sales page, where the call for action occurs. When the landing page is not designed well the conversion rate is reduced significantly.
 

Common Mistakes of Landing Pages to be avoided
The following are some of the common mistakes of PPC landing pages that should be avoided.
	
	Your page may be too clustered - It distracts the visitors in their search and can even divert your conversion. If the content, images or the popups of your landing page are clustered, there will be a negative affect on the conversion rate.
	
	Multiple calls to action - There shouldnt be more than one or two calls to action, else it creates confusion in the minds of the visitors. 

	Irrelevant text or description  Keep the content short, simple and on the topic.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an Professionally managed Internet advertising agency providing Affordable SEO, &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/ppc-campaign-management.html&gt;ppc management&lt;/a&gt; and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and since then is providing clients seo and &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/ppc-campaign-management.html&gt;ppc services&lt;/a&gt; . </description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Outsourcing Internet Marketing Research</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Outsourcing-Internet-Marketing-Research/291492</link>
         <description>The integral part of any marketing initiative is market research. Comprehensive market research identifies the wants and requirements of the potential target market. It provides information that helps to make operational business decisions. It is good to outsource Internet marketing research, as it is advantageous for businesses in many ways.

Features of Outsourcing Internet Marketing Research

â¢	Specialized Expertise
The online marketing research firms offers specialist services to almost all kinds of businesses. Because major operational business decisions can be taken based upon the marketing research reports, it should be carried out by the research professionals. Professional online marketing research firms do have professionals with expertise in online search techniques. Online marketing research professionals are familiar with reliable data sources and with the techniques to the reliable information.

â¢	Less Time
The professional marketing research firms operate according to a timetable and schedule. They will give timely updates and status reports to the client to make sure that the research project is going in the right direction. This will make the report delivered on time according to the clientâs requirement.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist Consulting is an &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/marketing-research/marketing-research-services.html&gt;internet marketing research&lt;/a&gt; providing professional seo, pay per click management and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist Consulting also provides custom &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/marketing-research/marketing-research-services.html&gt;Online market research&lt;/a&gt; Services (Professional and affordable) to find, analyz</description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>How to Get High Rankings on Search Engine Results Page</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/How-to-Get-High-Rankings-on-Search-Engine-Results-Page/285035</link>
         <description>The main objective of every website is to rank top on the search engines. This is possible when the people search for your website with the related keywords. Basically you should know the factors, which influences the search engine ranking, so that you can focus your efforts on them.

There are two main factors that influence your website in search engine rankings. They are on-page factors and off-page factors. The on-page factor influences directly on your website and are hosted on server such as, content, Meta tags and header tags. While the off-page factors encompasses things that affects outside the website and influences your rankings such as, link popularity. 

Things you can do to improve search engines rankings
Good content, Page titles and Meta tags are the three major factors to increase your website ranking on search engine results pages. Beside these 3 things there are few other things that can improve your rankings. They are:


â¢	Use Target Keywords in the Content: Find the keywords that users frequently type in the search engines to find their sites.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an internet marketing firm providing affordable and &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;professional seo&lt;/a&gt; services to &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;increase search engine ranking&lt;/a&gt; of the website, pay per click management to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. </description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Online Desk Research âThe New Tool in Market Research</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Online-Desk-Research----The-New-Tool-in-Market-Research/270428</link>
         <description>Desk research is also known as secondary research. Desk research is analyzing already existing information from various sources and creating research reports according to the business requirements. Online desk research leverages the Internet as the major information source. Various advantages of online desk research are as follows â

â¢	Preliminary Assessment of Market
Desk research is a good option for a preliminary study of the markets. It can be used highly effectively to provide leads that help the decision makers to get more detailed analysis about the market situation. 


â¢	Competitive Intelligence
Competitive Intelligence is more than analyzing competitors. Having a clear picture of both existing and potential competitors is always crucial. Online desk research is a better option to evaluate some areas of the competitive intelligence. Internet has various sources like business websites, trade associations websites, research websites, government portals etc. These sources will help to get good information about the competitors.


â¢	Market Trends
Identifying market trends is the basic requirement to run a business. Many databases of articles and reports can be accessed through the Internet. By using these databases online desk research produces both contemporary and historical framework of the market trends.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist Consulting is an &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com&gt;internet advertising agency&lt;/a&gt; providing professional seo, pay per click management and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist Consulting also provides custom &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/marketing-research/marketing-research-services.html&gt;Internet Marketing Research&lt;/a&gt; Services (Professional and affordable) to find, analyze and summarize published information by our exp</description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Google PageRank vs Alexa traffic rank</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Google-PageRank-vs-Alexa-traffic-rank/267797</link>
         <description>What is PageRank? Does PageRank matters in search engine rankings?

PageRank (PR for short) is the method by which google evaluates the importance of any given site. Pagerank is Google's way of deciding a page's importance. 

Google assigns a numeric weighting from 0-10 for each webpage on a logarithmic scale (like Richter scale), meaning that the gaps between the integers increase logarithmically the closer you get to 10. So, for example, the gap between the 2 and 3 is quite small, whereas the gap between 7 and 8 is huge in comparison. As such, boosting your PageRank from a 2 to 3 would be quite easy, and going from a 7 to 8 would be quite hard.

Does pagerank only matters for getting a high ranking?

No. pagerank is not the only thing that matters, things like keyword density, and the anchor text used to link to the site will also have varying degrees of effect on google. 

But somehow pagerank matters because it is one of the factors that determine a page's ranking in the search results. It isn't the only factor that Google uses to rank pages, but it is an important one.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;Professional search engine optimization&lt;/a&gt; firm providing &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;Affordable SEO&lt;/A&gt; , pay per click management and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and has been rapidly growing since then and has clients now in 11 countries.</description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>PPC â Strengths, Limitations and when to use it</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/PPC-----Strengths--Limitations-and-when-to-use-it/265206</link>
         <description>Defining PPC:

Pay per click (PPC) advertising allows your business to advertise your services on the Internet search engines or on websites related to your business. For pay per click campaigns the only time you pay is when an online customer clicks on your ad and visits your web site while searching for some products or services.

Strengths &amp; Limitations of PPC:

Strengths:

Simple and Speed: 
Itâs easy to set up a PPC campaign and drive traffic to your web site in a quick time, as all you need is the ability to bid on the targeted keywords.

Multiple Ads: 
There is no limit to the number of keywords in the ad group and doesnât require additional money to add additional keywords to the bidding keywords list. It makes easy to target more number of keywords and makes you benefit out of placing multiple ads.

Requires no changes: 
It requires no changes to the content of the website to obtain top position than just a higher bid amount. It will work for any site, regardless of age and quality of the content. High conversion rate can be achieved by working on landing page optimization.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an Professionally managed &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com&gt;Internet advertising agency&lt;/a&gt; providing Affordable SEO, &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/ppc-campaign-management.html&gt;ppc management&lt;/a&gt; and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and has been rapidly growing since then and has clients now in 11 countries including USA, Canada, UK, Spain, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.</description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>SEO  Strengths, Limitations and when to use it</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/SEO---Strengths--Limitations-and-when-to-use-it/252804</link>
         <description>Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can be defined as the process of increasing the rank of a web site for search engine results while a specific key word is being searched, therefore to increase the volume of traffic to the web site. The higher the website gets ranked the greater the probability of the site being visited.

Strengths &amp; Limitations of SEO:

Cost effective: 
No per click charge. So for highly popular keywords, it may be cost effective. Only SEO company will charge their fees.

Credibility: 
Most of the visitors arrive at a website after finding it through search engines. So if your site is listed on top of search results, online users place a higher amount of trust in your site. Therefore it is easier to convert those visitors into customers.

Click through rate: 
Nearly 70 percent of Internet users click on natural listings, versus 30 percent on paid listings. Organic links are perceived as unbiased, therefore more credible than paid links. Moreover, organic search results gather up to six times more clicks than paid advertising.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/marketing-research/marketing-research-services.html &gt;Internet marketing research&lt;/a&gt; firm providing &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;professional seo consulting&lt;/A&gt; , pay per click management and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and has been rapidly growing since then and has clients now in 11 countries.</description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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         <title>Enhance ROI from your PPC</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Enhance-ROI-from-your-PPC/242444</link>
         <description>Pay-per-click advertising (PPC) allows a business to display their ads within search engine results or on other websites by bidding on one or more search terms and then to only pay for this when a user clicks the ad and visits their website.

Its important for any business to get returns on their investment. At the same time its not easy to get high returns, unless effort is put in planning and implementation.

Some tips for PPC Ads to get better ROI:

Title:
 A key factor for PPC ads ROI is the headline or title. More than any other part of the ad, the title can impact the CTR of your ads. Create a title, which attracts the people to click on your ad. Explore using your targeted keyword in title.

Ad Copy: 
The content of the ad copy should grab the intention of your potential customers. Tell them about your services or products in an attractive manner within the body of you ad copy. Include if you have any special offers on your products or services.

Display URL: 
This gives brand exposure of your domain name to the customers.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an Professionally managed &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com&gt;Internet advertising agency&lt;/a&gt; providing Affordable SEO, &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/ppc-campaign-management.html&gt;ppc management&lt;/a&gt; and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and has been rapidly growing since then and has clients now in 11 countries including USA, Canada, UK, Spain, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.</description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Enhancing The Growth Of Online Business Through SEM</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Enhancing-The-Growth-Of-Online-Business-Through-SEM/232958</link>
         <description>Search engine marketing is the process which ensures the website online popularity and rankings prominently within the search engine search result listings. A search engine drives maximum traffic to any prospective website. For a certain query of related content of any website is searched, it makes easy to drag more visitors to that website when the site is listed on the query search. It is even better if the rankings of the website comes first in the search result list. Through good search engine marketing process, one can get better results for their respective websites to get the prospective customers. 

The concept behind the search engine marketing is simple. When a consumer searches the web, he is in a hunt mode indicating that the person is looking for certain information. From the marketers perspective, the person who is looking for the information can be a potential customer. Now, if the marketers product is found in the search of the customer, it gets easy in getting the business done. So the search engines are best sources for the targeted traffic.

One of the main parts of search engine marketing is search engine optimization.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;Professional search engine optimization&lt;/a&gt; firm providing &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;Affordable SEO&lt;/A&gt; , pay per click management and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and has been rapidly growing since then and has clients now in 11 countries.</description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>What is âshopping cart abandonmentâ?</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/What-is----shopping-cart-abandonment----/220205</link>
         <description>Shopping cart abandonment occurs when a visitor exits the web site by going through the checkout process without buying. Shopping cart abandonment suggests a loss of orders resulting to a loss to your business. A higher shopping cart abandonment rate indicated a lower conversion rate suggesting that you will have to work harder to reach your targets.

Reasons for âshopping cart abandonmentâ

Many e-commerce sites are facing the problem of shopping cart abandonment. Industry research report by Marketing Sherpa data in 2006 revealed that the average e-commerce shopping cart abandonment rate is as high as has 59.8%.

The major reasons by shopping cart abandonment are:

Â§ Force the customers to account registration before purchase process.
Â§ Comparison-shopping done by customers.
Â§ Complicated checkout process and uncomfortable buying process.
Â§ Customers do not want to pay shipping costs which makes the total cost more than expected.
Â§ Lengthy checkout process.
Â§ Asking to provide a lot of personal information.
Â§ Not providing total costs including shipping costs till the customer go through the entire checkout process.

Simple changes in page design can yield a significant increase on conversion.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;Professional search engine optimization&lt;/a&gt; firm providing &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;Affordable SEO&lt;/A&gt; , pay per click management and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and has been rapidly growing since then and has clients now in 11 countries.</description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Does your small business need a website?</title>
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         <description>The following is a checklist of questions to answer before you can think of going online with your business -

â¢ What kind of a small business is it? If it is about selling a product, then can the product be sold online? When ordered for, can it be transported to any part of the globe?

â¢ In case of a service-oriented business, will the website be able to provide information pertaining to the service or industry? Buyers like to purchase from the net only after they are thoroughly informed. Therefore, web sites must be designed to inform the customers about the services that the small businesses offer.

â¢ How can the web site be used to cut costs? Will the web site reduce costs of manufacturing, distribution etc? Also, will it be easier to communicate with distant vendors, clients and workforce?

â¢ How can the small business develop better relations with clients using their website? Small business can adapt several methods such as provide guidance, up to date information on products or services, feedback forms etc. on the web site.

â¢ How does the small business intend to reach out to its potential customers using its website?** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is a &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;Professional Search engine optimization &lt;/a&gt; firm providing &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;Professional SEO&lt;/a&gt; , pay per click management and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and has been rapidly growing since then and has clients now in nine countries.</description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Why Internet Marketing?</title>
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         <description>Internet marketing is the art of advertising your business on the Internet through an easily navigated, easily understood and easily found website. The objective of Internet marketing is to appear on top in all major search engines lists, create a niche for the company and its products and services, draw more searchers to the site, therefore generating more qualified leads and being able to obtain profits by transforming them into sales.

As a matter of fact, any business that offers products or services to consumers, should promote itself on the Internet because that's where most customers start while searching for a product or service to buy. 

Internet marketing surpasses other forms of advertising both in terms of measurability of results and the low cost of lead generation. The Internet has grown tremendously over the years ever since its inception in the late 1980s. People go online to shop for clothes, listen to music, get directions, and much more. Apart from being used for personal purposes, the Internet is also used to carry out business. Search Engines have become the order of the day with more and more C-level executives using them extensively to search for products and services to buy.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is a &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;Professional SEO &lt;/a&gt; firm providing &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;Affordable SEO&lt;/A&gt; , pay per click management and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and has been rapidly growing since then and has clients now in nine countries.</description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Increasing return traffic to your Website</title>
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         <description>More return traffic means more sales so make sure the person visiting your site sees something they like so that they enjoy their first visit providing visitors a reason to come back.

Design a good web site:

  This is a key element in getting return traffic. The web site should be easy to navigate; also provide the visitor with the information he or she wants. Browsing the web site should be a pleasant experience and the required information should be found easily within a few clicks.

  An interesting way to increase return traffic is by asking people if they want to be informed about updates or by taking their feedback. You could also send out thank you notices for order purchases or conduct discussions with your visitors at your web site. Ask yourself if your web site provides complete information that a visitor needs? If your web site does not provide him with complete information then you risk losing them as they might opt for a competitor service

  Your web site must be kept up to date.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/marketing-research/marketing-research-services.html&gt;Internet Marketing Research &lt;/a&gt; firm providing &lt;a href=http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&gt;Affordable SEO&lt;/a&gt; , pay per click management and web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales and improve their profitability. Marvist was founded in 2005 and has been rapidly growing since then and has clients now in seven countries.</description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Prepaid Cards</title>
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         <description>Prepaid cards are a type debit cards that draws down a balance that is already loaded or deposited on the card. Prepaid cards are commonly called prepaid credit cards. There are different types of Prepaid cards based on the function they serve including gift cards, travel cards, payroll cards, and general purpose prepaid cards. Unlike debit cards, Prepaid cards typically do not require opening of checking account at a bank. The companies that issued the card and allow customer to access their funds by using it to purchase goods and services wherever a visa or MasterCard debit is accepted maintains the card balances. Cardholders can also use the Prepaid Card like a check card by withdrawing cash from their balance at ATM locations worldwide. These cards are designed for long term use and generally FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) insured, which means that if the issue of the card has financial troubles you can get your money back.

Â· These Signatures based prepaid cards will allow reloading to the card. Like the other prepaid cards, it can be connected to a bank account, and in some cases may allow you to have your payroll check directly deposited into the account.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;	Green Dot offers consumers a comprehensive portfolio of &lt;a href=https://www.greendotprepaidcards.com&gt;Prepaid Credit Card&lt;/a&gt; s through thousands of leading retailers nationwide. The Green Dot prepaid cards can be used anywhere worldwide that &lt;a href=https://www.greendotprepaidcards.com&gt;Prepaid MasterCard &lt;/a&gt; Debit Cards or Prepaid Visa Debit Cards are accepted, including ATMs. Green Dot also offers the option of writing and mailing a check on the behave of a cardholder.</description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Why do small businesses fail?</title>
         <link>http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Why-do-small-businesses-fail-/179317</link>
         <description>Starting a business of your own has a lot of benefits such as being your own boss, facing new challenges, a high growth potential and reaping all the rewards of your hard work, however, success in a small business can never be taken for granted. Entrepreneurs who want to run their own small businesses cannot afford to ignore the difficulty of starting a business. The following are the primary reasons for small business failure

â¢ Lack of planning: 

Not having a proper business plan is a major pitfall that can lead to failure of a small business. A SWOT analysis is necessary to be able to overcome difficulties during its growth. A business plan gives proper direction to the business.

â¢ Trying to make a hobby into a business: 

Not every hobby can be transformed into business. Before planning to start a small business, the idea must be thoroughly researched for its feasibility.

â¢ Inexperience in managing a small business: 

To run a small business successfully it is necessary to be familiar with several aspects of the industry, its trends and possess the skills necessary to market oneâs products and services.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Marvist is an Internet marketing research and search engine optimization firm providing &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&quot;&gt;professional SEO&lt;/a&gt; , pay per click management, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marvist.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-optimization-seo.html&quot;&gt;affordable SEO&lt;/a&gt; , web analytic services to help companies to increase online sales &amp; improve their profitability. Marvist is a fast growing firm and has clients in seven countries.</description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Real Estate Investing Unplugged</title>
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         <description>People invest in real estate for selling at a later stage for a handsome profit. For this they need to have a marketing strategy in place. Many new entrants in real estate investing have entered the business because they saw someone else do the same, and make lots of money. But it may not work for you.

There are more ways than ever before to profit from real estate investment:

1. Flipping: 

In the industry, flipping is a term used to describe the act of buying, fixing up, and then reselling a piece of property. To flip a property in short term usually requires a large investment of capital, whereas long term flipping relies less on fixing up and more on the value of the area appreciating over time. 

2. Offsetting Costs: 

Many costs associated with renting the property can be offset even while the home is being renovated. If you are a long term investor after the renovation is complete you will rent to new tenants. You also have to take care of the hassles of finding tenants, the damage tenants might cause to your property, up keeping the property and performing repairs, etc.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Rod Khleif is Florida's Real Estate business man. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.endforeclosure.com&quot;&gt;Rod khleif&lt;/a&gt; has helped hundreds of homeowners escape foreclosure through their services. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.endforeclosure.com/affiliate.html&quot;&gt;Rod khleif&lt;/a&gt; can help stop your foreclosure in 7 days, the services or programs that are provided by Rod khleif can create immediate cash for you and save your credit.</description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Impact of Drugs on Society</title>
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         <description>How do drugs impact on society?

Drug addiction has become a very destructive element in our society. The widespread use of drugs such as LSD, heroin, cocaine, &quot;angel dust,&quot; marijuana and a long list of others has contributed heavily to a debilitated society.

The importation of illicit drugs in the United-States is a close second to the import of petroleum. According to the NIDA, drug abuse has an economic impact on society of $67 billion per year. This includes costs related to crime, drug abuse treatment, medical costs and time lost from work and social welfare programs. NIDA also states that getting treatment can reduce these costs.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than 25,000 people died in 2003 from drug-induced effects. CDC further reports that 123,235 adults living with AIDS in the United States in 2003 contracted the disease from injection drug use, and the survival rate for those persons is less than that for persons who contract AIDS from any other mode of transmission.

A close connection exists between crime and drug use. Alcohol and drugs account for 52 percent of all traffic fatalities, according to the Hazleden Foundation.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;Rapiddrugdetection.com is an online store offering &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapiddrugdetection.com&quot;&gt;drug tests&lt;/a&gt; and drug screening products in several formats including blood, urine and oral drug test kit. Rapiddrugdetection.com offers FDA-approved &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapiddrugdetection.com&quot;&gt;urine drug test&lt;/a&gt; as well as DOT-approved alcohol testing products. These drug test kits can be used discreetly for at home drug test or for random employee drug testing.</description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>How long does marijuana stay in your system?</title>
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         <description>Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Cannabis is a term that refers to marijuana and other drugs made from the same plant. Other forms of cannabis include sinsemilla, hashish, and hash oil. All forms of cannabis are mind-altering (psychoactive) drugs. The main active chemical in marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). 

âHow long does marijuana stay in your system?â This question is asked by many different people, and for good reason. Marijuana (pot, herb, weed, grass) is the most commonly used and tested for drug in the United States and several other countries as well. Marijuanaâs effects on the user and detection time depend on its strength or potency, which is related to the amount of THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) it contains.

When you ask the question âHow long does marijuana stay in your system?â you need to take into account the fact that there is no simple answer to this question. THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) can stay in a person's body for as long as 3 to 90 days after smoking or being ingested orally.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;DrugAlcoholTest.com is an online store offering drug test and drug screening products in several formats including blood, urine and oral drug test kits. It offers FDA-approved urine &lt;a href=http://www.drugalcoholtest.com&gt;drug testing kits &lt;/a&gt; as well as alcohol testing products. These kits can be used discreetly for random employee drug testing. Some of the products are marijuana drug test, breathalyzer and &lt;a href=http://www.drugalcoholtest.com/Oral-Drug-Tests-p-1-c-254.html&gt;Saliva drug test&lt;/a&gt; </description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>Drug Testing At Work Place</title>
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         <description>According to the federal government estimates companies lose $82 billion in productivity each year because of substance abuse. Now, a growing number of employers are fighting back with workplace drug programs.

Is it really needed to test at work places?

According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, more than two thirds of individuals who report using or abusing drugs and alcohol are employed...50 percent full time and about half of them part time. 

The cost by drug abusive employers in industry is estimated at over one hundred billion dollars a year. Three quarters of this cost is due to lost employment and reduced productivity and about 25 percent is due to medical costs and the cost of treatment for addiction. 

Drug users are almost four times as likely to be involved in a workplace accident as sober workers and five times as likely to file a workersâ compensation claim, according to government data. Drug users miss more days of work, show up late and change jobs more often. The cost of a drug test, meanwhile, is usually less than $50.

Is Drug Testing at Work Place Legal?** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;DrugTestStrips.com is an online store offering drug test kits and drug screening products in several formats including blood, urine and oral &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.drugteststrips.com&quot;&gt;drug test kit&lt;/a&gt; . DrugTestStrips.com offers FDA-approved urine &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.drugteststrips.com&quot;&gt;drug testing kit&lt;/a&gt; as well as DOT-approved alcohol testing products. These drug test kits can be used discreetly for at home drug test or for random employee drug testing.</description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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         <title>DRUG ADDICTION AND RISKS</title>
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         <description>Drug addiction is compulsive use of a substance despite negative consequences which can be severe; drug abuse is simply excessive use of a drug or use of a drug for purposes for which it was not medically intended. Dependence on a substance is not necessary or sufficient to define addiction, there are some substances that don't cause addiction but do cause dependence (for example, some blood pressure medications) and substances that cause addiction but not dependence (they are mainly characterized by depression).

Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Drug abuse can lead to drug dependence or addiction. Drug addiction may also follow the use of drugs for physical pain relief, though this is rare in people without a previous history of addiction. The exact reason of drug abuse and dependence is not yet known. The genetic make-up of the individuals, peer pressure, emotional distress, anxiety, depression, and environmental stress are all factors which seem to be involved. Children who grow up in an environment of illicit drug use may first see their elders using drugs. This may put them at a higher risk for developing an addiction later in life for both environmental and genetic reasons.** End Summary**&lt;p&gt;About the Author:&lt;br&gt;DrugTestStrips.com is an online store offering &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.drugteststrips.com&quot;&gt;drug test kits&lt;/a&gt; and drug screening products in several formats including blood, urine and oral &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.drugteststrips.com&quot;&gt;drug test kit.&lt;/a&gt; DrugTestStrips.com offers FDA-approved urine drug testing kit as well as DOT-approved alcohol testing products. These drug test kits can be used discreetly for at home drug test or for random employee drug testing.</description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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