Friday, May 30, 2008

Unfortunately on our first launch of the CSV mass uploads we forgot to add a PicURL cell - well I’m glad to inform everyone that it’s now up and working just fine.

We would appreciate all postings link directly to the product being promoted. This will increase your overall repeat traffic because shoppers are impatient and don’t like to search twice. Also, product images will increase item hits dramatically


Rick
http://www.zoocaro.com/

Saturday, May 24, 2008

WOW the Changes...

We have just finished an amazing change here at Zoocaro.com and are excited to tell you about it. This change will help sellers get shoppers to view more items without having to post each item individually.

Just released we now have seller pages for each and every seller. Once you create an account with Zoocaro.com a seller page is automatically created with your company information. This page is dedicated just for you as a seller. Similar to a "Myspace" or "Facebook" page. All of the items you post will show up on that page. As a feature to our seller pages, sellers will be able to bulk up-load items by CSV file to that page.

Though we do not offer a search on our home page for "Sellers Pages", shoppers can reach your seller page by clicking "Click here for more information" on the bottom of each post. The more you post the better chance you have of getting shoppers to your seller page.

The only other way to get shoppers to your seller page is by becoming a "Featured Advertiser". Though we do plan on charging for this feature in the future, we will be offering this for free as long as you add a link to our website. You can find the code you need to link back to us under the "Link to us" tab on the bottom of our homepage.

Test out our Featured advertiser links by clicking any of the featured advertisers on the right hand side of our homepage. You will see that each ad will drive you to that sellers page.

Well that is for now...we will update you with more as soon as it is available.

We hope you find this as exciting as we do...happy posting and please feel free to leave comments.

Angelo

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Recent changes to Zoocaro.com...

Here at Zoocaro.com we are always trying to improve our site so we will often be announcing new changes and improvements. Today we would like to announce some of the changes we have made and some of the changes that will be released soon.

The first thing you will notice is a "Link to us" tab. Here you will be able to copy our HTML code, and paste it on a page on your site, this will create a link back to our website. These links like our link back to your website helps with Google PageRank. By helping us increase our PageRank you help yourself get free traffic from search engines through your postings with us. So link back to us and post often this way we can all can get more traffic and the best results.

Next is a Bookmark us tab...this tab is pretty simple. Click on the link to have your browser Bookmark our website as one of your favorite sites. Many people uses their favorite to help navigate the web quicker and to remember websites they like.

The final change that has already be made, has to do with our search functionality. When you click on a category in the middle of our home page you will get the results for that category. Above the results you will see two tabs "Select Subcategory" and "Select Location". These tabs will help shoppers navigate our site to help find exactly what they are looking for after clicking on a category.

A new feature that will soon be released and will be very exciting for all website owners is our "Custom seller pages". These pages will be seller branded and will allow for a CSV, XML, or RSS feed upload of all your items. The pages will also allow for seller and shopper to leave feedback as well as a comments.

We are very excited about the new changes and we hope you are as well. Please feel free to leave any comments, suggestions, or concerns.

Thanks,

Angelo

Friday, May 9, 2008

How can I use Zoocaro.com to promote my website?

How can you use Zoocaro.com to promote your website you ask? Well it very easy...and here are some best practices for your business.

First of all anybody with a website can use Zoocaro.com to drive traffic to their website.

In the future we see a wide array of websites posting to Zoocaro.com... some will include...

Shopping e-commerce websites, Realtor websites, Work at home Websites, Automotive websites, service websites (roofers, contractors, etc), Employment websites, and even personal websites.

Our goal in creating Zoocaro.com was to help get traffic directly to websites. As a business owner it is very important to build your brand and the only way to do that online is by getting people to visit your website. Traditionally the only way to get additional traffic aside from Organic clicks was through Cost per Click campaigns. Though they are very effective, they are never a cheap source of traffic.

Well today Zoocaro.com is a solution...post you items for free and you are guaranteed traffic to your website. The only thing that it cost you is your time. We do ask that you do not create general ads for everything on your website. We need to be able to offer shoppers a good experience so you must post items individually. If you have a website with only one offering, like a personal website then we have no problem with you directly the traffic directly to your home page. Submissions that are created in the wrong manor will not be accepted. If you have questions please contact us.

The two most common questions we get asked are how often should I post and how muchshould I post?

We think it is best to post as much as you can, as often as you can. We do understand that some companies will have thousands of items, so for those sites we suggest posting 20-30 items a week. Even though you don't post all of your items you will still get traffic and when shoppers are on your site they will still be able to shop around.

Also keep in mind that most of our traffic is directed to our home page and all of the new items posted, first start on our home page. So posting often to stay on our home page is a good strategy.

I am sure you will have more questions so please feel free to contact us or leave us a comment.

Thanks,

Angelo

Friday, May 2, 2008

Free advertising for Website owners!

Here is a to-do list for generating free traffic to your website.

1. You must first and foremost optimize your website for search eingines the infamous "SEO".

Here content is king always keep as much new and fresh content on your site as possible. Aside from that get as many links back to your site as possible. Link exchanges do take time but as we all know it is well worth it.

Fast and easy ways to get links are through directories, and other sites where you can post and get a link back like http://www.zoocaro.com .

2. Social networking is a buzz that is starting to get a lot of attention. I spoke to a client today and he mentioned his techniques on social networking which I think can help any site owner. What he said was that he hired a few college students with multiple Facebook and Myspace accounts. The students within their account will post links to his site telling their friends to visit it. He claims that this is actually the number one source of traffic to his site today. By the way this is something you can do on your own if you can get the friends but would be faster and easier with help from students.

Please let us know if the post helps.

Thanks,

Angelo