At the Insight West 2015 event, our co-founder Russell Moore shared holiday readiness tips for Oracle Commerce websites. He spent nearly two decades building and managing Oracle Commerce/ATG sites for businesses all over the world and the list below is comprised of some best practices he learned during his long career in the industry. DETERMINE ANTICIPATED
Category: Ecommerce
What Does Ecommerce SEO mean?
Ecommerce SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in its rawest form involves optimizing your site to Google’s ever-changing standards by making your site as user-friendly and as crawler friendly as possible while still being able to sell your products. When working with clients, one question we hear often is “what is the difference between SEO for any
Spark::red Insight West 2016 [Videos]
Last month some of the leading Oracle Commerce experts met in San Francisco to share their knowledge and learn from each others’ experiences with the platform. The occasion that brought these people together was Spark::red Insight West, one of the annual Spark::red Insight events tailored to the Oracle Commerce community. With speakers that included both Oracle Commerce customers
Vulnerability Management for Ecommerce
New security vulnerabilities are discovered every day. Do you know who is keeping your online store secure and up to date? If you’re not sure, you need to consider setting up a vulnerability management program. It’s the combination of policies and procedures that allow organizations to systematically and methodically identify vulnerabilities and evaluate and act on
12 Things to Beware of with Web Developers
We’re thrilled to have Robert Rand, VP of Operations from Rand Marketing on the blog today. To support the release of our 41 Questions for your SI eBook Robert is here today to share his advice for the 12 things merchants should look our for when choosing a development partner. About Robert Educated at NYU Poly, Robert
Ecommerce Performance Matters – Especially During the Holidays
Back in 2011 kissmetrics released an infographic titled How Loading Time Affects Your Bottom Line and it provided evidence for a pretty powerful statement. “If an ecommerce site is making $100,000 per day, a 1 second page delay could potentially cost you $2.5 million in lost sales every year”. We’ve referred to that stat and infographic numerous
Oracle Commerce Insight East 2015 [RECAP]
Last week some of the most well-known Oracle Commerce customers and industry experts met at the Oracle offices in Cambridge, MA to hear industry news, share their experiences with the platform and learn best practices. Inspired by ATG Insight, the Oracle Commerce Insight East is one of the series of ATG and Endeca community meet-ups
Writing Custom ATG Cache
Similar to the well-known repository cache and the lesser-known cache droplet, there exists a third type of cache that all ATG engineers should know about. The cache I’m referring to can be used to cache anything in memory. The cache droplet does this, but it has the limitation of having to be invoked from a
Ecommerce Security Update: SSL & TLS Not Acceptable Security Controls for PCI DSS Compliance
The Lowdown on this Month’s PCI Standards Update Earlier this month the PCI Security Standards Council released an update to their standards. As of June 30, 2016, SSL and TLS versions, 1.1 or lower will no longer be acceptable security controls (read all of the gory details here). E-commerce merchants must migrate to a more modern
Ecommerce Website Hosting: The Tenzing Difference
UPDATE: Tenzing is now operating as Pivotree, a global commerce and information management services firm. You have a number of choices for your eCommerce website hosting, but not all providers are created equal. If your online presence is integral to your business, Tenzing stands apart from the others. Here’s how: Our Service Delivery Approach Tenzing