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		<title>Online sales rise for 5th straight year: StatsCan report</title>
		<description>	According to a new Statistics Canada report online sales by Canadian companies has grown by 40% in the last year to an aggregate amount of $50 billion.  Most of the online transactions (68%) where accounted for by B2B sales between businesses.  B2C retail e-commerce sales rose to $4.7 ...</description>
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		<title>Marketing Your Internet Site: 5 Easy ways to drive traffic to your site</title>
		<description>	by Ben Blakley
	1) Make your site great.
	Put everything you have into to it. What are you interested in? Focus on your strengths and interests. Write something useful. Write something new. Make some lists (ie. top 10 ways to &#8230;.). Ensure all titles, links, meta tags are properly coded.
	2) Develop your ...</description>
		<link>http://www.canfone.com/blog/?p=7</link>
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		<title>Tips for E-Commerce Merchants</title>
		<description>	According to eMarketer, more than 14.9 million Canadians will browse, research or compare products on the Internet this year. And a study conducted for the Retail Council of Canada by POLLARA, shows that 30% of Canadians  plan to shop online for holiday gifts.  To maximize your online holiday ...</description>
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		<title>E-Commerce Sales by Canadian Retailers on the Rise</title>
		<description>	According to a new report from Statistics Canada labeled Electronic Commerce and technology ( Link to full report ) , e-commerce transactions in Canada have increased by 50% in 2004. The report indicated that private and public sector online sales increased 49.7% to C$28.3 billion. Online sales by private firms ...</description>
		<link>http://www.canfone.com/blog/?p=5</link>
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		<title>Ten Steps To A Well Optimized Website</title>
		<description>	Hosting Tech recently put together a nice article on Search Engine Optimization:
	http://www.hostingtech.com/?m=show&#038;id=689

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		<link>http://www.canfone.com/blog/?p=4</link>
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		<title>Online Retail Sales in U.S. increase 22% in 2004</title>
		<description>	According to new data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce on February 24, 2005, online retailing is increased at a rate of 22% for 2004.  Total online sales by U.S. retailers  in 2004 reached $69.2 billion USD, just shy of 2 percent of all retail sales in ...</description>
		<link>http://www.canfone.com/blog/?p=3</link>
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		<title>Online Retail Competition Heating Up as Consumers Become Savvier on the Web</title>
		<description>	According to a recent study performed by Keynote Systems, competition among online retailers is rising as consumers become increasingly knowledgeable about online shopping.


Highlights of the study include:
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	 A direct correlation between the customer experience online and purchase impact rates on retail Web sites
	 Specialty apparel retailers provided the best online ...</description>
		<link>http://www.canfone.com/blog/?p=2</link>
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		<title>Welcome to Canfone.com&#8217;s New Blog</title>
		<description>	Our new blog is designed to keep customers informed of the latest trends in the e-commerce, e-business space.

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