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For 2004, online retail sales are expected at $ 65 billion

U.S. online retail sales are expected to reach $65 billion in 2004, and will continue to grow by a compound annual growth rate of 17 percent through 2008 to top $117 billion, according to a report issued from Jupiter Research. As consumers' level of comfort with online functions such as e-mail and research continues to increase, so too will their level of participation in e-commerce. The next five years will see large growth in e-commerce —...

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Google having second thoughts about its IPO

Google is reported to be having second thoughts about its $16bn flotation in the spring because of concerns that market conditions are not yet right. If true, the delay or even postponement of the hotly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) will be a blow to the tech industry, which is pinning its hopes on the Google flotation signalling a turnaround in fortunes. Internet search giant Google has never formally announced its plans to float but the rumoured...

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The 10 things you should do and should avoid in SEO

List of the 5 Do's Do Number One: Take all the time that it takes to do a careful research of all your keywords and key phrases for your site, on the products or services you are trying to sell. Proper keyword research can only be done using WordTracker, the industry standard when it comes to professional keyword research. Trying to optimize a site without knowing your real keywords is like driving a car at night with no...

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Network Solution’s Whois service blocks Google

The issue cropped up about two weeks ago, when Google quietly launched a service allowing visitors to look up data on domain name owners from public databases -- collectively known as Whois -- run by registrars worldwide. Although largely unpromoted, the service generated enough traffic to surpass Network Solutions' (NSI's) daily Whois use limits, which aim to stop spammers and other undesirables from harvesting information about its customers. With NSI blocking most of its Whois...

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PageRank: meet Hilltop

The Google Hilltop Algorithm Based on Atul Gupta’s great article he recently wrote on the Hilltop algorithm, I did a bit of research on my own and came up with this article. Atul Gupta is the founder of SEO Rank Ltd. and, as he explained it in his article, the Hilltop algorithm played a fairly large role in Google’s November 16 update, dubbed “Update Florida”. In my continuing series on the effects of the Google...

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Search engine predictions for 2004

The year 2003 was, generally speaking, a good year for the search engine industry. While for some that may have got hit hard with the Florida update in November, the balance of the year was good. I predict 2004 will be even better, albeit you should expect some major changes. 2004 will be a year of consolidation, if there is such a thing in this rapidly changing industry. While in the year 2003, some search companies...

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