E-Commerce

 Examples of eCommerce types Business to Consumer (B2C): B2C is the most known and used type of eCommerce. It is when a company sells its products or services to end users directly. Examples for B2C, Walmart, Amazon, Airbnb, Starbucks, Netflix and Apple. Business to Business (B2B): When a company markets its products or services directly to other businesses, this is referred to as business to business (B2B). Examples for B2B, Skype, SalesForce, HootSuite, etc. Consumer to Consumer (C2C): Consumers sell goods or services directly to other consumers in C2C eCommerce. Third-party websites are frequently used to make this possible. Examples for C2C, eBay, Esty, Craigslist, etc. These eCommerce marketplaces enable smaller businesses, as well as hobbyists, to sell their products at their own prices without the need for their own online storefront. Consumer to Business (C2B): Individuals sell goods and services directly to businesses in the C2B eCommerce business model. This is most preva...

 Meta Tags Meta tag Definition: Meta tag is a type of HTML tag that are placed in the <head> section of the document. Meta tags provide more details about the site in a search engine for the visitors (HTML meta tag, n.d.). I will choose a website and analyse its meta tags, and understand the purpose of them and what extra advantages do they give to the website. Site chosen:  https://www.zara.com/uk/ Meta tags in the website: 1. Title tag: "<title>ZARA United Kingdom | SALE</title>". A title tag is the most important thing in a website, as it is one of the first things that visitors notice. The title tag should me short, clear and descriptive in order to attract traffic to the website (Morris, 2019). Title tag is not only for visitors, but also for the search engine to discover your content and know what is your site about.  2. Meta description: "<meta data-react-helmet="true" name="description" content="SALE | Latest trends i...

SEO What is SEO? SEO stands for "Search engine optimisation". It is the act of optimising a website in order to increase the quantity of its traffic from the search engine's organic results (without using advertisements). How SEO is used? SEO works by showing to search engines that your website content is the best for users. In order to get more traffic to your web pages you have to understand the search engine's algorithms.  

Website terms research Hello everyone, in this blog I am going to research some important website terms that are often used. This will help us understand and know more about website design. Internet website cookies: Website cookies, or (HTTP cookies) are an essential function of today's Internet. Website cookies, as an essential component of website browsing, assist organisations in providing a personalised and comfortable experience to the visitor. For instance, you, your logins, shopping carts, and other data are memorised by websites with the help of these cookies (What are Website Cookies?, 2021). UI: The term "UI" is an abbreviation for "user interface." The graphical layout of an application is the elements of a website or app with which the user interacts as they navigate the page or programme. The following page and app elements qualify as UI: Buttons Text\Images\Sliders Scrolling bars Form inputs Page design Essentially, everything with which a user int...

 Who invented eCommerce? English inventor Michael Aldrich introduced electronic shopping in 1979 by connecting a modified TV to a transaction-processing computer via telephone line. This system was sold in 1980 and offered as an inter-company system, then sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain (Miva, 2020). (Aldrich, 2021) Who invented WWW? British scientist, a graduate of Oxford University Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989 while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory. The Web was originally devised and developed to meet the demand for automated information exchange between scientists at universities and research institutes around the world (W3.org, 2021). (CERN, 1994) References: Blog.miva.com. 2020. The History Of Ecommerce: How Did It All Begin?. [online] Available at: <https://blog.miva.com/the-history-of-ecommerce-how-did-it-all-begin> [Accessed 29 January 2022]. W3.org. 2021. Tim Berners-Lee. [online] Available...

 Programming languages definitions There are a bunch of Programming languages that developers use to create softwares and websites. In this blog I will pick some programming languages and define them in a simple way. HTML : HTML stands for hypertext markup language. HTML controls the formation of web pages on the internet (from World Wide Web). HTML is the markup language for encoding web pages. This encoding on its' own in not sufficient to create a web page that looks perfect. So, other technologies must be used to assist in building the web page (such as CSS, Java, etc.) (Chris, 2021). CSS : CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. CSS is an uncomplicated idea language considered to clarify the way of creating presentable web pages. CSS handles the appearance and sense a part of an internet page. CSS is straightforward to examine and recognise. However, it offers effective manage over the presentation of an HTML document. Most commonly, CSS is blended with the markup lan...

 E-commerce advantages and disadvantages: Advantages: Low Financial Cost 24/7 Potential Income  Sell Internationally Affordable Employees Personalised Online Experience Gain Access to Customer Data Easily Disadvantages: No One Can Buy During a Site Crash Customers Can’t Try Before They Buy Ecommerce Is Highly Competitive Shipping Times Can Be Lengthy Customers Can Be Impatient

 E-commerce definition: The expression e-commerce indicates the meaning of buying and selling goods or services through the internet, and the transactions of money and data to finalise the sales (Bloomenthall, 2021) (Suthar, 2017) Essential feature of e-commerce website: Home page: create a nice homepage and add a clear logo of your business on the top left to make it look professional. Menu: Menu is a list of pages, which are accessible on the website. Sign up: Button to lead to registration form. Log in. Search box: Make it able for users to search for products on website. Cart. Live chat support: make it easier for users to get help from website. Accepted payment methods. FAQ (Frequently asked questions). References: Bloomenthal, A., 2021. Electronic Commerce (e-commerce). [online] Investopedia. Available at: <https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/ecommerce.asp> [Accessed 26 January 2022]. Suthar, S., 2017. Is Your E-commerce Business on the Right Path?. [online] SmallBizDa...