For those of us who are involved in business online - whether as a service provider or by selling online - and are paid in US dollars here is some news that is not good.
The US housing market is not recovering as some figures that came out last week seemed to indicate. Instead it’s actually deteriorating and is much worse than most people thought. You can read the full story here
Online merchants need to know the demographics of the people who are online. For a long time it was thought that it was mostly kids and those in the 35 to 44 age group that made up the largest groups online.
However that’s been changing in the last few years and now it’s the baby boomers who are out there surfing the Net in big numbers.
Hitwise has just released some interesting statistics that show that, in the UK, those in the 55+ age group are about to become the largest group online. You can find the Hitwise report here and you should add the Hitwise feed to your reader - the information you can glean from their blog is invaluable.
Actually there are 15 rules but they’re split into three lots of five and they really are fundamental to your online survival. Follow the links and you will find:
Five basic SEO rules for small business
Five tips for small business when choosing a web designer
and
Do you make a living selling things through eBay?
If you live in the United States and eBay is where you make your money then you’re one of around 700,000 people who make their primary or secondary income by selling things through eBay and now the IRS wants a piece of your profits.
And if the IRS wants a piece of the profits in the US then you can bet that your local tax man is soon going to want a piece of your action too.
You can read the full story here
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