Miva Merchant Ecommerce Blog

Store Spotlight: Top Dog Pool Supply

Posted by Miva Merchant to Store Spotlight on August 19th, 2009

With summer in full swing, BBQ’s and pool parties abound. Helping you keep your pool sparkling clean is the focus of this week’s store spotlight, Top Dog Pool Supply. Back in 1986 Jim Cecero started cleaning pools; in 2003 he took his business online with Miva Merchant to expand and now shares what he has learned over 23 years.

Top Dog Pool Supply

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RCSLOT Appreciation - Thanks For The Losi Micro-T

Posted by Miva Merchant to Ecommerce News on August 17th, 2009

What happens when you give a bunch of geeks a remote control car inside an office? Create a ramp and distract everyone in the office! Watch below to see the hilarity that ensues…

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Store Spotlight: BenchSolution.com

Posted by Miva Merchant to Store Spotlight on August 12th, 2009

There are amazingly custom stores on the web and all of us at Miva Merchant feel privileged to provide our clients with a means to get the custom look, feel and functionality required for their business to succeed online. This week’s store spotlight is on a business that is in the business of helping you stay organized, BenchSolution.com. One thing that stands out from our past stores featured on the blog is BenchSolution.com is the manufacturer & inventor of the product. In turn, the site needed to work for both retail consumers and resellers who buy in volume. This week I am going to pull back the curtain to see how FDI Creative Services leveraged Miva Merchant’s shopping cart software to overcome multiple development obstacles.

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Store Spotlight: BonitaJ

Posted by Miva Merchant to Store Spotlight on August 5th, 2009

BonitaJ is where you go when you want to find the perfect accessory to an engagement ring and is this week’s Store Spotlight. Get ready for picture perfect wedding jewelry that will last for generations. Since a ring is taken care of by the groom; BonitaJ focuses on earrings & necklaces for the bride, flower girl, mom, grandma and bridesmaids.

BonitaJ

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Search Engine Blind Test

Posted by Miva Merchant to Optimization & Testing on August 3rd, 2009

I love trying new things out on the net which is probably one of the reasons I am fascinated by web analytics and search. Naturally, I have been checking out Bing since it’s launch just to see what it’s all about. I have to say, so far I like it; that doesn’t mean I’ve abandoned Google…especially for SEO. Now that Microsoft and Yahoo have finally struck a deal which will give Bing close to a 30% market share once implemented got me thinking about what search engine would someone use if they had to pick based on blind search results. Put another way, if you saw the search results side by side for each search engine but didn’t know which search engine delivered each set of results would you pick a different search engine?

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