At the end of last week, Google announced that it is temporarily capping the size of all new feeds, to restrict the addition of new products to the stunningly successful Google Shopping. We can’t know how long this will last, … View Entire Post
Q&A with Shane Lundy, Vice President of Business Development for buySAFE Do consumers have different attitudes about buying online than buying offline? Absolutely. Shopping online is a fundamentally different experience than shopping in a store where you can walk out … View Entire Post
As all our heads turn towards the holiday season, and beyond that to another full year of online sales, Google this week launched a beta program that will, I’m pretty sure, shape our next twelve months. Here’s how I see … View Entire Post
Last week we announced our new policy on Update Rights. Of course there have been a lot of questions about how it will all work, so I thought I’d answer a few of the questions I’ve heard most frequently from … View Entire Post
In their article last week, the good people of Able Commerce gracefully crafted the argument that a multistore shopping cart generates duplicate content which is rightfully penalized by Google. Essentially, the article poses two dilemmas: (i) posting the same products … View Entire Post
So far, our integration posts have been “deliberately and relatively unstructured” – an introduction to the topic and a chance for us all to wander a little around the subject. Time now, though, to bring a little more of a … View Entire Post
Today, Jason Addington talks to us about the Vortx Integration Platform (VIP) and how his work on it has allowed him to fully understand the power that comes from a framework that can move and share data, regardless of its … View Entire Post
The following post is a plaudit to Jim Layton, Developer-Extraordinaire. Jim spends his working days in deep, deep code and likes to shake it up occasionally with a little light fun. Here’s something quick and easy – how to integrate … View Entire Post
We begin our August series of integrations with one that has been of significant value to us – and with more and more of our users building second (and subsequent) stores, you may all find value in this, too. Alfred … View Entire Post
Nigel Davies, superhero, is our resident expert on the principles of integration. The following are quotes from him: First, on the need for integration: