Classified ads have been an important part of Ahwooga since it’s launch. Now we have made 3 Top level categories of classifieds “Free” The Top Level Categories are ; Shows and Events – All Services- All Wanted – Products and Services Classifieds are able to have up to 8 images and full descriptions the same as [...]
This weekend we put in a new major category for services. There are so many shops that not only offer parts, but also have services they need to promote. The way this is designed, all service classifieds will show up along with products that match the same keywords. Below I did a search for a [...]
Earlier this week we introduced another top level category, Car Show and Swap Meets. For membership level sellers, there is no additional cost for creating a classified listing for an event. For non-membership level sellers the cost of a 30 day classified is just $1.00. I’m not sure we have had a visitor to the [...]
Today we installed a Live support chat feature on the site. With 85% of all visits to the site being first time visitors, we knew there was a need for more support than a contact form or an e-mail address. This is a very simple program to use for the person requesting the chat and [...]
As of last week we added aviation parts to the site. We got a call from a very nice gentleman in Texas that sells parts and manuals for planes that was interested in our site. Originally we had not offered this category when when we launched the site. So the staff sat down to discuss if [...]
As always we have been keeping a close eye on the progress of our young site. Ahwooga just turned 7 months old and is continuing to pick up speed and momentum. In previous posts to this blog I have shared things that our team has done to improve the site. As always, I want to [...]
This is a quick follow up post about the changes made to the registration and check out to the site. We are seeing a substantial increase in our checkout conversion rates for both new and return visitors. Simplifying and speeding up the registration/checkout process appears to be working. As always, I want to thank those of you who have [...]
Over the course of the last few weeks we have been studying and redesigning the check out process on the site. Through buyer feedback and traffic analysis we were able to identify areas where buyers were experiencing some difficulties. By allowing sellers to put their phone numbers in their banners and listings, buyers who may [...]
With the large increases in traffic we have been experiencing recently, we wanted to make sure new site users are able to navigate through the check out process. I personally had a lot of fun since I bought some really cool items during the final testing after changes were made. In a couple of days I will [...]
We added more search engine optimization today. In this site update, we made what shows up in your browser title bar be the title of the listing. (see highlighted areas) This will also make the search engines display the same result once the site has been re-rolled by the search bots. Tonight I am running [...]
Ok, what the hell is page rank? Google ranks sites by strength and assigns a numeric number of 1 – 10. The short story is, the more links a site has coming into it from related content sites the stronger it is ranked. In our case we have gotten links from us informing the world [...]
Ahwooga is quickly becoming the place. Our goal to build a sellers friendly place to list and purchase parts for “things that move you” is really taking shape. With the help of a lot of sellers combined with the power of search engines, visitors are engaging our site. Through out the day while monitoring our [...]
One of the cool features of the site that we keep posting about is Google Shopping. More than one customer we have asked, “What the heck is Google shopping? Google search results change depending on the search term you type in to a search. For a product search such as “87 Mustang GTX V-Fiber Body [...]
As of this morning, 95% of the products on the site are displaying inside of Google Shopping. I’m not going to run out and get a Google Tat just yet since I’m less than happy with what it took to redesign the process. What is very cool is the increased percent of products that now [...]