Geeks around the Web are freaking out because they can’t see who is visiting their websites. “Google Analytics is down! It will never work again! Whywhywhywhywhy!?!?!” tweeted one webmaster. Another tweeted, “Google Analytics, you’ve been working hard and you deserve Read more
In the middle of a major technical problem that disrupted about 5% of its merchants for 5 days, BigCommerce’s Head of Operations and Site Reliability Scott Baker had harsh words for IBM. Bigcommerce is a store-hosting platform. In a status Read more
Google’s push to enhance its Product Listing Ads (PLA) meant providing a level of detail comparable to competitors like top online retailer Amazon.com and others. Among the choices Google made included the addition of product ratings to PLAs; those started Read more
No one is immune to the impact of accidentally shared digital content, be it a beautiful celebrity or in this case the world’s dominant search advertising platform. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had been investigating potential antitrust issues regarding Read more
Facebook is welcoming online merchants to its Messenger chat platform, the mobile app that is its answer to texting. But there’s no “Buy button” in this announcement. The company previewed the new “Businesses on Messenger” at its developers’ conference this Read more
eBay Enterprise launched a new program designed to help merchants quickly create Magento storefronts using Magento Community Edition. The Magento Small Business program makes the software more accessible to smaller merchants who don’t have software and design expertise by matching them up Read more
Etsy is pulling a popular listing-management tool from its API program. In a surprise email to users on Thursday, the marketplace told sellers the third-party applications BETSI and BETSI lite will no longer have access to the Etsy Application Programming Read more
Rumors surfaced at the IRCE Focus: Digital Design conference on Wednesday that Amazon will close its web-hosting service. Kevin Richards, CEO of Ventura Web Design, was speaking on a panel about the basics of ecommerce site design. He confirmed the news Read more
The ongoing rise in searching and shopping from mobile devices has gained plenty of attention and has resulted in changes ranging to how stores display on small screens to various competing payment methods vying to be the choice of mobile Read more
Sellers are losing yet another source of free traffic thanks to Facebook’s acquisition of TheFind. The ecommerce search engine, which provided a source of free and low-cost traffic to online merchants, will go offline in a matter of weeks. “Disappointing Read more
