Search engines value backlinks. They are relevant to SEO. Backlinks are one of the most vital components for achieving high organic search results with search engine optimization (SEO). Essentially, a backlink is a link on another website that “links back” to your website. Backlinks are relevant to SEO and valuable to search engines because they […]
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What is SEO? The Essentials of Search Engine Optimization.
What is SEO? SEO or “Search Engine Optimization” is the process of making the best and most effective use of coding, organization, and layout of web elements. Optimizing allows search engines to easily read the website’s data and index the website accordingly. Search engines use their indexes to determine search results. Websites that are not […]

What Does ADA Compliance Mean for Websites?
Websites and ADA Compliance The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the federal law that governs accessibility for those with disabilities. In essence, the ADA prohibits disability discrimination in places of public accommodation. The ADA requires businesses to meet specific standards. Standards like providing “full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, […]

Marketing Your Website with Paid Search Advertising
Marketing your website with PPC ads, or pay-per-click ads, can be a worthy investment. Yes, there are many ways to market or advertise the products or services you offer on your website. This post will focus on Paid Search Advertising with Google and Bing. Paid Search Advertising or Pay-Per-Click is a good option for marketing […]

Google Customer Reviews Installation
Google announced on April 4th, 2017 that it has retired the Google Trusted Stores program and has replaced it with Google Customer Reviews for the United States. All Trusted Stores integrations were automatically migrated to the Customer Reviews program which can now be managed through Google Merchant Center (Shopping). What is Google Customer Reviews? Google […]

FedEx SmartPost – FedEx & US Postal Service working together
FedEx SmartPost may take a couple of days longer than FedEx Ground, but this shipping method is typically worth it due to its lower cost. FedEx SmartPost is for non time critical B2C packages which utilizes USPS for final delivery to its destination address. To use FedEx SmartPost for your outbound shipping, you will need to […]

Accept payments online with Square Connect API v2
Square was originally used for accepting payments at your brick & mortar business locations only. They have never before allowed e-commerce transactions via an API… UNTIL NOW. On March 30, 2016, Square released the Square Connect version 2 of their API which now provides a Transaction endpoint for online credit card processing. Of course, to stay PCI compliant, […]

UPS SurePost
We have recently seen a spike in requests from our customers asking us if UPS SurePost is supported within our software. We checked the UPS Developer Kit APIs for Rates and Service Selection, Shipping, Time In Transit, Address Validation, etc but couldn’t find any mention about Sure Post there. Does it have it’s own API? After […]

How SEO-Cart Handles Abandoned Orders
Every e-commerce website deals with abandoned orders. There are many reasons that a potential customer trying to place an order may abandon their order. This is by no means a complete list, but it could be the shipping cost is higher than they expected it would be, their desired payment method is not accepted, or […]

Increase visitor engagement with a product Q&A section
SEO-Cart is constantly adding new features that will help you connect with your customers and increase sales. Our newest feature allows your customers to ask questions about your products, right from your product pages. With the Product Q&A enabled on your store you open up a dialogue that will increase consumer confidence for anyone visiting […]