USPS has updated the codes for several of their international shipping methods.
You can update these yourself in your admin- below are the changes
old v3 code: First Class Mail International Package
new v3 code: First-Class Mail International Package
old v3 code: Express Mail International (EMS)
new v3 code: Express Mail International
old v3 code: Express Mail International (EMS) Flat-Rate Envelope
new v3 code: Express Mail International Flat Rate Envelope
As of November 2009, Internet Explorer and Firefox are still the browsers of choice as the most common according stats at w3schools.com
Internet Explorer users: 37.7%
Firefox users: 47%
Don’t forget to keep up to date with the latest versions of these browsers. This is free to do. You can download by clicking the icons above.
Also, Checking your edits to your web site changes in both browsers will ensure your customers see things as you intend them to be.
Overview:
The Page title is the heading that appears in the blue bar border across the top of your browser (for example IE or Firefox). Page titles are found as a META tag in your source code between the <head> and </head>. Page titles are listed first in google search results and what is used when someone adds you as a bookmark or in their “Favorites”.
Importance:
Hints and Tips-
written: Jan 11, 2005 at 08:33 AM by cgonsa.com. Updated for relevance: December 27, 2009
PandaPark.com domain and the existing designed website is for FOR SALE! The logo and trademark also go with it. This identity is completely branded with business cards, favicons, banners and more. This is an incredible deal and a very special web design for the lucky buyer. The design has a ton of adorable illustrations and darling animations including panda bears that float with balloons and roll in a park. There is also a seasonal change to the storefront for winter. So please do not hesistate to inquire about this unique opportunity that will be snatched up soon. Please contact cgonsa web design about this hip boutique.
Technology changes rapidly so be sure you always are on top of updates, security patches, and upgrades to your data base driven shopping catalog system. Not keeping up with updates could cause compatibility issues, cause a security risk to others on your servers, your visitors who enter your site, your customers, and believe it or not, yourself. In the worse case scenerio, your website could shut down and not be recoverable. Things do not last long in this business without maintenance. I recommend never going longer than one year and more often if a security patch or urgent update for any reason is necessary. Please contact me if you are my client and want to receive an update.
Recent urgent update notifications-
9/30/09 Paypal changed the certificate chain they used in their API library- requiring a file replacement
How to read your google search results- above is a screen shot for the keyword search I did using the term, “boutique web designer”.
What you see is the following:
1. For the search term, “boutique web designer”, this indicates cgonsa.com ranks number one in Googles results. The competition for this search phrase lists 13,700 others who target the same keyword phrase. Not bad results, huh? You can get the same results and to help with this a good bit of advice is to practice writing relevant, unique page titles for every page you create.
2. Google pulled the page title I created for my home page from the META tag for this page. If I did not have a META tag for the page description, Google may have pulled this from whatever the open source directory uses (dmoz.org) or other text content found on my web page.
3. Google pulled the meta description (snippet) from the META tag for this page. If I did not have one, they again could have used dmoz.org or any relevent html text content from my web page.
Meta descriptions should be accurate for every page they are created. Do not duplicate the same one over and over. The meta description should accurately describe what one will find on that page. Meta descriptions should be unique and well thought out for every single page so search results are relevant and accurate in Google. Keep them short, catchy (to entice the click through), and accurate.
Here is a resource for you including a YouTube video on the subject, “How Google displays Search Results”.
Keeping abreast of the latest with Google and SEO should be ongoing and crucial to success, so here is the link to their YouTubes for those of you that prefer to watch and listen versus reading. Google on YouTube. I recommend viewing all these videos, thinking of it as as your SEO 101 course. It will provide a strong understanding and foundation jumpstarting your success with your search engine results.
The presenter on the videos mostly appears to be Matt Cutts who if you don’t know already is one of our most important resources to follow. Matt Cutts is head of webspam for Google.
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While reading my favorite blogs over a cup a coffee this morning I came across the most adorable free twitter icon set. Wanted to share it with you and give a shout out to the artist, these are so cute and memorable!
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These are really good articles on what one may consider when putting a price on their work, art, illustration, photo, project etc…
After reading browsing these articles I realized I was on the right track.
escape efrom illustration island
cgonsa ... is the original hip web designer who branded and pioneered illustrative girly boutique storefronts that continue to be the latest trend in boutique web design ... 
