New EU Cookie Legislation and Actinic Software “Implied consent” required by website users for the use of “non-essential” cookies/data tracking. That is the current specification from the ICO (Information Commisioners Office) regarding websites and their use of cookies. What does this mean to you? Simply put, the ICO deem it necessary to request consent (implied …
teclan recommends that all our customers utilise Google Base to keep their products prominent in the Google rankings under the Shopping option. This has proved to be very successful for increased sales and company recognition. It does not cost anything. It also helps competitiveness with pricing as the same or similar products will be listed …
After Panda update and subsequent panda releases, Google have released a new update called a Penguin Update. Below is the post from Google: Source- Google Inside Search blog (http://insidesearch.blogspot.co.uk/) “….Google has said before that search engine optimization, or SEO, can be positive and constructive—and we’re not the only ones. Effective search engine optimization can make …
The development of online payment systems in the mobile commerce age: Remember a time when the internet meant connecting to a couple of basic websites on an archaic desktop machine using Internet Explorer 4 or 5? Ecommerce was simple – one browser to design for, one shop with checkout to build, one platform to market. …
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Making sure you back up your site and compact your database regularly ensures peace of mind if anything goes wrong with your site and helps Actinic run more smoothly. teclan recommends that you carry out these tasks at least once a week. Additionally a lot of Actinic issues can be resolved by completing a compact and repair. Backing …
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From Jackie Hendry, More4Dogs.co.uk Handling my own Googlebase Feed was quite a learning curve for me, but once I had sussed what it is that Google wanted, it was pretty straightforward. The aim of a successful data feed is not to get any errors or warnings. To eliminate these make sure you have done the …
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At teclan we frequently receive requests asking whether certain emails, phone calls and orders that many clients receive are real or potentially fraudulent.With this in mind we want to take this opportunity to remind our clients that fraudulent activity within the ecommerce world is common and that you should always be vigilant and on your …
When something seems too good to be true…..and other fraud warnings! Read More »
Do you use Google adwords and promote your phone number in the ad text, then read on, some interesting changes are coming in place in coming weeks.… Google Adwords Team are calling this “Click to Call Enhancements”. Basically if you promote your phone number in your Google adwords ad, it will become a clickable call …
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Getting Started with Secure Payments One of the most important aspects of your online business is a reliable, secure link between the customer and the bank in the form of a secure payment gateway. A Payment Service Provider (PSP) will deal with the authorisation and security checks on your behalf to help prevent fraud. This …
Update Google Base Feed for Actinic If you are not already listing your products on Google Base then you are missing out on sales, however please note the rules for submissions to Google Base have recently been updated. Google base allows you to freely list your products in Google’s shopping search results. The Google base …
