Does Schema Markup Help AI Visibility?
Google and Bing publish guidelines for traditional search engine optimization and provide tools to measure performance. We…
How AI Shopping Impacts Main Street Retail
For stores in downtown shopping districts and suburban strip malls, AI shopping could be an opportunity to…
SMBs Investing More in Marketing, Still Guessing What Works
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) globally continue to face a turbulent economy. Research indicates that current market…
Alibaba.com Exec on Suppliers, Tariffs, IP
Few companies have done more for global prosperity than Alibaba.com. Launched famously in China by Jack Ma,…
Three in four Portuguese consumers shop online
Ecommerce continues to expand rapidly in Portugal. According to the 2025 E‑Shopper Barometer by Geopost, 75 percent…
Q3 Ad Spend on Top Digital Platforms Shows Mixed Growth
Ad spending growth trends were mixed across the largest U.S. digital ad platforms in Q3, while pricing…
Google’s AI Reshapes Organic Listings
Google is quickly changing organic search results as it integrates AI. Thus far, the new features have…
Younger Shoppers Bypass Merchants, Dispute via Bank Apps
Younger consumers aren’t just changing how they shop — they’re rewriting the rules of customer service. When…
Meta Ads Pixel Tracking, Explained
The Meta Pixel is a snippet of JavaScript with powerful implications for advertising performance. Ecommerce operators are…
New Ecommerce Tools: October 9, 2025
Every week we publish a handpicked list of new products and services for ecommerce merchants. This installment…
Understanding digital marketing: explaining the basics
When you’re running an online store, digital marketing is at the center of nearly everything you do….
GEO for ChatGPT Instant Checkout
Last week OpenAI launched “Instant Checkout” for ChatGPT, a feature allowing consumers to buy products without leaving…
Better Audience Targeting in Google Ads
Google Ads continues to shift its focus from keywords to campaign types such as Performance Max and…
Startup Vet Revives Legacy Fitness Brand
Jon Shanahan destroys the myth that founders make lousy employees. He co-founded Stryx, a men’s cosmetics provider,…
Amazon launches Haul in Spain
Ecommerce giant Amazon is launching its discount storefront, Amazon Haul, in Spain. The standalone store competes with…
Agentic Commerce Has Arrived
AI shopping agents, once a combination of novelty and hype, are becoming a viable ecommerce sales channel….
New Ecommerce Tools: October 1, 2025
Our handpicked list this week of new products and services for ecommerce merchants includes updates on sustainable…
Google’s Spam Updates, Explained
Google completed its August 2025 algorithm update a few days ago. The update coincided with Google’s cancellation…
Prime Time for Merchant-Publisher Deals?
AI-generated search results are crushing some digital news publishers, and it’s oddly an opportunity for ecommerce brands….
Recover ChatGPT 404 Traffic with GA4
ChatGPT often links to sources when answering prompts. Traffic from those clicks is typically high-converting in my…
Compare Group launches in 2 new markets
Dutch holding company, Compare Group, has entered Denmark and Norway. The owner of several price comparison services…
New Ecommerce Tools: September 17, 2025
Every week we handpick and publish a list of new products and services from vendors to ecommerce…
Did Google Just Prevent Rank Tracking?
Google’s default search results list 10 organic listings per page. Yet adding &num=100 to the search result…
Google-Criteo Deal Unlocks Retail Media
Google is about to give agencies and advertisers access to prime retail media placements on ecommerce sites…