Hi Keith, In relation to your question about domain that realchai is residing on if she's targetting AU traffic then she should focus on the .com.au domain from an SEO perspective since Google Australia has preference for Australian sites even if people check the "Pages from the Web" option. If she has plans to expand to overseas (perhaps target the US market) then just develop out the .com separately with slightly different content that's more aligned with the nuances of US speak.
The way it's been setup with shop.realchai.com.au is a little confusing as that appears to be where everything resides when she could just put it on realchai.com.au without the subdomain. On top of that she's using a 302 redirect from realchai.com.au to shop.realchai.com.au which is not much good from an SEO perspective if she wants the authority of the realchai.com.au domain passed to this sub-domain. Given there's relatively little competition in the niche she operates in, it presents a great opportunity from an SEO perspective. Anycase, this isn't really an SEO discussion thread but thought I would respond from that perspective. On Feb 24, 1:07 am, Keith Lang <songcar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Many thanks David, > > I thought there would be an elephant in the room. Looks like > OSCommerce should be able to hand the complex ideas she has in mind, > like a referral programme etc. > > Some reassuring feedback I've got (thanks Mike) is that her existing > site/ecommerce solution athttp://realchai.com.au/seems pretty much > fine — that the biggest bang-for-buck would be for > a) improving/getting an online presence in Twitter, facebook, Youtube etc > b) Adwords (she currently buys none!) > > Finally, > > She actually does own realchai.com, in addition to realchai.com.au. In > my software field, I would naturally focus on the .com, and redirect > the .com.au > BUT she's doing the opposite. Any comments on that? Should having a > tangible, local, product affect that decision? > > Keith > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:26 PM, David Vandenberg <da...@thelab.com.au> > wrote: > > Hi Keith, > > > I'm pretty sure OSCommerce is the biggest out of the box eCommerce > > platform. > > It has countless plugins for just about all the features and > > integrations you could think of. > > I've never used it, but I was targetting it as a compatible partner > > platform for one of my ventures. > > > BTW I've done a fair bit of eCommerce myself, but I built my own > > platform, which was never really intended to be easily rolled out by > > third parties. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > > Australia mailing list. > > > Guidelines on discussion:http://tr.im/ujKF > > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself:http://tr.im/ujMm > > > To post to this group, send email to > > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
