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Expert Profile: Nick L

Expertise:  In the subject of e-commerce I can answer questions related to shopping carts, credit card processing, SEO & SEM, and general issues related to setting up an online business.

Experience in the area
I have owned and maintained two e-commerce sites (northcedar.com) and (outdoorfurnitureplus.com), for the past 4 years. I have also designed two e-commerce sites for other people. Both on the Miva platform. I have written a customer service column for Practical Ecommerce since it was founded last July. During the past four years I have fine-tuned my skills in SEO and SEM. Reading several books on the subject, and by experimenting with my own strategies. I have always been successful in achieving good rankings for my sites in key search terms.

Publications
I have written a customer service column for Practical Ecommerce since it was founded last July.

Education/Credentials
B.A. Communications

Awards and Honors
OutdoorFurniturePlus.com was featured on the Miva Merchant monthly gallery feature.

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Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 550
Knowledge   9.80   Best of the best
Clarity of Response   9.80   Best of the best
Timeliness   9.87   Best of the best
Politeness   10.0   Best of the best
Number Of Questions
(in Past 24 Hours)
0
Max Questions to be Asked
(in 24 Hour period)
1
Total Questions
(since joining AllExperts)
97
Recent Reviews from Users
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User Comments
Quick and informative response
(Brian on 02/10/08)
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Recent Answers from Nick L
2008-04-16  Directories Hello, From an SEO standpoint it is probably best to have your store in your root directory. Unless your store is just a part of your site, and not the entire thing. If, however, your site is strictly...
2008-04-11  E-website Hello Philip, There are a bunch of options when selling online. You could sell via eBay and use Paypal for payments. Or, you could research shopping cart software and build your own store. If you do...
2008-03-17  Types of credit card transactions Hello Marie, Sorry for the delay in my response. Subscriptions can be a tricky thing. I have a subscription site and it was VERY difficult to convince Authorize.net (payment gateway) to accept this...
2008-02-27  Identity Crisis Hello, What you really need to do is pick no more than 5 to 8 keywords to optimize for one page, even your index page. If you have other major keywords than I would create another page with copy having...
2008-02-10  Punctuation in keywords meta tag Hello, I think it's best to use proper punctuation in the meta data. The description tag is what shows up in the SERPS, and furthermore, as you said, some people will search using the proper punctuation...
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