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Infographic: Holiday Ecommerce: Mobile, Tablet and Desktop

Posted on by Adam Small
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Mobile Tablet and Desktop Conversion Rates

This is a very interesting look at expenditures and conversions this holiday season from the the folks at Monetate. Althought it provides us with clear evidence of an increase in Mobile and Tablet usage for purchases from Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it provides a bit more insight into the different behaviors of people utilizing tablets, mobile and desktops. In my opinion, it appears that folks with tablets are already pretty comfortable shopping from them but mobile users may be a bit more hesitant. Perhaps it’s because their intent is … Continue reading →

2011 Black Friday Infographic

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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2011 Black Friday

Last year, the National Retail Federation reported that 212 million individuals hit the shopping aisles on Black Friday, spending an estimated $45 billion. Mashwork analyzed over 270,000 tweets from 9/26/11 to 11/17/11 to find out where shoppers would be this Black Friday, and what products they will be sprinting down the aisle to get their hands on. Personally, I’m not a Black Friday shopper – but my daughter is so I’m up all night checking text messages on her progress. The deals that she comes home with are nothing short … Continue reading →

Hacking WordPress: Tired of Fighting Comment Spam?

Posted on by Douglas Karr, Douglas Karr
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Me too! I am sooooo tired of Comment Spam and absolutely recognize that it can be stopped, or at least slowed. In viewing my comments tonight, one of the things I noticed was that the all of the comment spam is directed at old posts. Some people have installed plugins to close commenting on old posts. Personally, I don’t like this method because a comment can revive the post, the conversation, and ultimately get the post re-indexed with the Search Engines. Why give up the value of an old post … Continue reading →