Thank you Jeremy and Yuvat — that's *very* helpful.. And if anyone on this list is interested, please send me an email and I'll ask her to post you a sample. It's really very nice chai.
Keith. On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:32 PM, jerms <jeremy.c.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 -- 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