4 essential eCommerce SEO tips

4 essential eCommerce SEO tips by Sam Davtyan.  Available from <http://www.businesszone.co.uk/community/blogs/sam-davtyan/4-essential-ecommerce-seo-tips> [March 09, 2017]

Making an eCommerce-based website shine on Google is no easy task.  With hundreds of popular brands showing up in the top 10 results, many mom-and-pop shops are finding it next to impossible to rank.  No wonder many small business owners choose Etsy as a platform to sell their products.

While it may be harder to rank today, it doesn’t mean you should ignore SEO as a marketing strategy.  If you want to rank among the best, here are four SEO tips you will want to keep in mind:

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How To Improve Your Website Speed

How To Improve Your Website Speed by Maria Smith.  Available from <https://www.techmalak.com/how-to-improve-your-website-speed/#.WMeFbjuGPDc> [March 08, 2017

When you open any web page on the Internet, whether it is your e-mail, a search system or a social network, your browser spends some time, usually seconds, to load all the components of the website: images, text, video, and other content. The time devoted to loading all these elements is called the load speed of the web page.

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How to stay safe on public Wi-Fi

How to stay safe on public Wi-Fi by Ben Dickson.  Available from <https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/free-wifi-security/> []

Free public Wi-Fi is everywhere: in hotels, malls, libraries, coffee shops. To most people, they’re an excellent way to save on your mobile data plan while reading news, managing your social media accounts and reading your emails.

But free Wi-Fi networks are also a major source of security vulnerabilities, and there are many ways malicious actors can exploit them to steal critical information from negligent users or harm them in some other way.

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Tips For Choosing The Best Domain Name

Tips For Choosing The Best Domain Name by Jenna Cyprus.  Available from <http://www.domaininformer.com/guides/General_Information/articles/170307-Tips-Choosing-Best-Domain-Name> [March 07, 2017]

Deciding upon a domain name is a very critical moment for any developing web presence.  The choice requires much thought and consideration of a few basic guidelines.  A domain name is an entity’s identification card on the internet.  It is just as important as a company’s name.

Once a domain name is established, it is very difficult to channel a company’s viewership elsewhere.  It is not good practice to change domain addresses as it stirs up too much confusion.  It is bad for business.

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Top 5 cyber security tips for internet savvy users

Top 5 cyber security tips for internet savvy users by Anas Baig.  Available from <https://www.geektime.com/2017/03/03/top-5-cyber-security-tips-for-internet-savvy-users/> [March 03, 2017]

More and more people are gaining access to the internet with every passing day. This increase in the digital crowd also means that hackers and malicious individuals now have a bigger target to aim for.

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