iknowthe.net | Internet and Ecommerce Consultant

Following on from my previous post, I’ve been asked (again) what is an Ecommerce Consultant.

Definition of Ecommerce: Selling stuff online

Definition of Consultant: One who advises another, especially officially or professionally: adviser, counselor, mentor.

Well, I’m a general internet consultant, and much of my advice is general on internet issues, such as hosting, design options, seo and the finer points of server response codes, but I’m also a specialist ecommerce consultant, as many of of my clients sell stuff online, and some of my experience and skillset is very specifically tailored to optimising ecommerce websites, advising on ecommerce site design, add to basket issues, shopping basket usability, ordering functionality, the checkout pathway, and payment options. So that’s an ecommerce consultant. Hope that clears things up for now.

I posted in March 2006 that I was ranked Number 1 in Yahoo, MSN, and Altavista for the search term “Ecommerce Consultant”. My rankings have hovered in the top few on all engines since then, but I thought it was time for an update. I’m still number one in Altavista, Number 1 in Yahoo.co.uk, I’ve slipped to 6/7 in MSN (must look at that), but I’ve made it to number 4 in Google.co.uk. That’s top 6 in ranking in all the major search engines for my main keywords. Anyone need an SEO Expert ?

Apple – Downloads – Netscape – Internet UtilitiesI remember when Netscape was the hottest, hottest web property on the planet. Think all the web 2.0 sites rolled into one, the biggest brand on the web, the one that everyone looked at all the time, as the little Netscape icon was ever present. The best browser there was, and there were only a couple. Beta’s were eagerly awaited, we josled to be the first to download a new version. Then Netscape ruined themselves by releasing bigger and bigger SLOW bloatware that did email, newsgroups, as well as web browsing. Where are they now? Releasing Netscape Navigator 9.0b3, that’s where. I haven’t used Netscape for about 8 years, and really it was just a pity download for my mac, but, it seems quite fast and looks to have a couple of useful features. Might give it a proper try…

I know, I know, I haven’t updated for ages. Still here, but very busy, lots of work on which is good. More news and blogposts soon…