Social Networking websites have become very popular and are being used by many businesses as a tool to drive traffic to them as well as connect with their customers.  The popular and efficient way to inform visitors of your website (who already know about it) that you are active on certain social networks is to place icons, symbolizing these sites, somewhere on your website.  There are numerous places to find these icons, in various styles, designed by talented graphic designers, downloadable for free.

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The New Year is in full swing with many of you planning parties, weddings and reunions for the spring. Having trouble finding the perfect invitations or paper for your own custom announcements? Head over to LCI Paper for a vast selection of stationery, envelopes and stamps to bring your invitations to life.

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Today’s blog post was originally published on January 21st, 2010, and is our most popular to date. As a special gift to you, we are presenting the post again with a few extra updates. Enjoy, and don’t forget to leave your feedback in the comment space below.  Happy New Year!

Twitter has become very popular and has turned into a tool that a lot of websites have used to connect with their customers and promote themselves.  A great, and now popular, way to show those who visit your website that you have an active Twitter account is to add a Twitter feed to it.

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This is a guest post by Bruce Golub of Phosphor Media. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of Miva Merchant.

Broadband Internet access is now nearly universal in the US, and its adoption is reaching 70% on average. Europe is closing in on 50% with some areas virtually at 100%. So why should we care about saving a couple K-bytes here a couple of tens-of-a-second there?

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Rick Wilson explains PCI Compliance along with the difference and similarities of PCI-DSS and PA-DSS so you can understand how it impacts your business.

It’s time to really reset the market’s perspective on what it costs to securely host a website as ecommerce becomes completely intertwined into our daily lives. From everything I can tell, the low end of pricing on PCI capable hosting is going to be in the $50 a month range and easily goes up from there. This may seem like a lot but it’s really very low cost when it comes to properly protecting credit card data and offering a more secure online shopping experience.

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