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Google Checkout
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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Google Checkout or Paypal
Ab Fab Internet Marketing and Web Design of Plymouth recommend Google Checkout – we use it often. We also use PayPal but only for eBay.
Having choices in great! When there’s competition between companies, consumers will always benefit by getting better and cheaper products.
This post however is not about consumer products and cheap cell phone plans, don’t worry. It is about taking payments online. If you have a personal website or a blog, you’ve probably heard about PayPal. If not, PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. Up until a year or so ago PayPal was pretty much the only choice for someone who wanted to accept payments online in a matter of minutes, without dealing with merchant banks, payment gateways etc.
Today, PayPal has a competition from Google with their Google Checkout service. It is just as easy to setup, and even faster (based on my experience) to pay for a product or a service. In fact, one of Google’s requirements is to let your visitors buy something on your site or pay for a service with one click of a button! We all know Google makes great, solid products and services, and you can rest assured Google Checkout is just as good as any other Google product. Again it’s all about choices, so if you’re already accepting PayPal on your site, why not add Google Checkout and present your visitors with a choice? Who knows, maybe you’ll increase your sales by gaining a share of Google Checkout fans.
Another benefit of Google Checkout is the ability to link it to your AdWords account, and any time you run your AdWords it will display Google Checkout logo making your Ad stand out from other sites that don’t accept Google payments on their website or a blog. It also adds trust and recognition to your site, which is a must for any e-commerce site.
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Google Tags
Monday, July 5, 2010
- Image by Ivan Walsh via Flickr
Google Tags
Advertise with Google Tags for less than $1 or about £1 a day?
No contract. No obligation. Cancel anytime.
Coming to the UK soon – Google Places – the local map – for about £1 a day.
Google aren’t promising higher rankings BUT you do get your Local maps listing to stand out more with special offers, services or menu changes.
Use your imagine!
We think that by paying Google some ££s will see a lot of nasty spam listings disappear.
Wouldn’t it be nice to be trusted by Google , – they have your credit or debit card! = trust, – and thus rank above or stand out more than your competition in Plymouth.
We have one super client that will be wanting to do this and what’s better than honesty, trust, word of mouth and good online reviews?
David Saunders
Ab Fab Internet Marketing
Web Design Plymouth
(01752) 784262 or Android (07538) 199694
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Google Buzz
Monday, July 5, 2010
PC Mag and Google Me
Google has managed to dominate just about every field it has entered, online or otherwise. The company has a seemingly magical combination of brilliant employees, funds, and public goodwill. For some reason, however, the search giant has failed, time and time again, to get a good foothold in the world of social networking.
Back in 2004, the company launched Orkut. The site gained a good deal of popularity in India and Brazil (where it is now located), but failed to offer much competition to sites like Facebook and MySpace in other countries, including the U.S. More recently, Google launched Buzz, a Twitter-like site integrated directly into Gmail. That property has generated a good deal of negative press since its inception.
Rumor has it that the company is gearing up for another big push in the space, less than five months after the public launch of Buzz. According to Inside Facebook, three days ago, Digg founder Kevin Rose tweeted, “Ok, umm, huge rumor: Google to launch facebook competitor very soon ‘Google Me,’ very credible source.” That tweet has since disappeared.
All heating up and all I can add is watch this space – I like Orkut, Google Buzz, Picasa and Google Apps, Places +++
If you need help feel free to call or join our Google Group for Plymouth Google Buzz Ups at the fabulous Treasury on Catherine Street, Plymouth