We at First Scribe don't claim to be economists but we know a tough market when we see one. Bloomberg.com reports the Dow Average's Drop into a bear market and many are feeling the pinch.How is it affecting online sales?High gas prices can actually be a boon to online revenue. Online retail studies are showing that nationwide, shoppers are increasingly looking at the Internet earlier in the buying...

In January we posted a reference to Google's Zeitgeist - a listing of the previous year's most popular Google searches.This posting received a lot of search traffic so we decided it was time to add another tidbit.Back By Popular Demand - Part 2!It appears that Google has the kinks worked out of their new Google Hot Trends tool. This tool shows you the top 100 most searched terms in the Google searc...

Nearly every eCommerce project that we bid on comes down to one final question:How much will we sell online?It's impossible to guarantee any sort of a projection but we have a formula that will get us in range. Our estimates are a combination of average conversion rates times current traffic levels and a bit of intuition. This estimate isn't possible without an honest traffic number.Estimating Onli...

First Scribe is proud to announce their latest partnership with nationally recognized 2nd Wind Exercise Equipment.First Scribe's industry leading Design and Internet Marketing services will allow 2nd Wind to combine their 4 existing websites into one singularly branded, eCommerce presence. First Scribe's programming team will also integrate the 2nd Wind online shopping cart to their existing NetSui...

Mozilla, the organization behind the popular Firefox browser, is attempting to secure a Guinness World Record for most software downloads in 24 hours. Firefox has gained market share on chief rival Internet Explorer over recent years and the newest version, Firefox 3, is packed with even more features. Firefox has historically provided a better user experience with such features as built in pop-up...