Web Resources

www.alexa.com tracks the top 25 million sites on the internet. Their information is not completely accurate but it’s nearly impossible to track that information exactly. Some of the statistics tracked on the site are how many sites are back linking to your site as well as what sites are back linking to you. You can see the full list of sites linking to you assuming that you are listed somewhere in the top 25 million sites.

How significant is your ranking in Google. Well when you look at how the move from number 10 on the first page to number 1 on the first page you realize how important the investment in search engine optimization really is. Going from number 10 on the first page to number one we increase your traffic on that word as much as 1,400%.

If you are the number 10 person for a word and you get 15 clicks in a month for that search term you can expect 210 visits per month if you can get to the top spot. And every number in between you and one has the potential to double your traffic for that term. Do this for lots of search terms and your whole business will grow exponentially

The 5 critical checks for website performance.

I found this article on Business 2 communtity's website talking about the most important things to remember when working with a website.



Here is the article:website performance



the interesting point in this article are that when you have a website you have to remeber to think like the customer. Your internal name for a product may not be the same thing that the general public uses. My company's first aid product site use to refer to every bag on the site as a case because our main business is a carrying case manufacturer. some customers thought that they had to buy all of the bags on the site by the case quantity. other important pieces were things like have someone that is not part of your company look at your site and see if they have any problems finding what they are looking for. When you are used to a site it is easy to find what you are looking for but the navigation might be tricky to work with if you are a first time visitor to the site. this could hurt a potential buisness opportunity if someone cant find the information or product they need.



lastly astudy they mention found that 40% of websites get no traffic at all.

google analytics

I have been using Google's free analytics software for a few months now on my businesses website and I have to say it has changed my perception on the value of the internet. I had no idea that nearly 20% of my web traffic comes from outside the united states. Yet on my website I only tell people about shipping options for the U.S. and Canada. how much business am I missing out on because There are no international shipping options listed on the website. Today that changes. Now When some one in London wants to place an order they can see instructions on how to do that. We will let people know ahead of time that any order that is shipped out of the country must have a wire transfer. No Credit card. i don't want any nigerian fraudsters stealing from me.

The world is huge I wanna sell to all of its people.