This is great news for anyone that has been looking to add an EV SSL certificate to their Miva Merchant shopping cart. GeoTrust has authorized Morditech to offer their True BizID Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificate at the rate of $299 a year for a maximum of 2 years. This is the SSL certificate that GeoTrust offers for $899 a year which you can see on their website here: http://geotrust.com/ssl/extended-validation-ssl/
This is the SSL that makes the address bar glow green which is intended to boost online transactions by instilling extra customer confidence in your website. Click here to order this certificate and learn more about it.
Turns the address bar GREEN in web browser
Toll Free Phone Support
EV Upgrader™ included
Your company’s name embedded in True Site seal
Compatible with 99% of all browsers in use today
Compatible with popular mobile devices
$150,000.00 Warranty
Fully owned roots.
What is an EV SSL Certificate?
Extended Validation or "EV" is the new standard developed and agreed upon by the major
Certificate Authorities (like GeoTrust® and VeriSign®) and the major browser vendors to authenticate and issue next-generation SSL certificates.
EV SSL certificates help protect your site from phishing scams and assure your customers that
they are dealing with a business or organization that has been thoroughly checked out using the New EV standard.
Matt Cutts explains that Google does not treat DMOZ the same way it used to and there are only certain circumstances that DMOZ is even utilized anymore.
Watch this short Video for a more in depth explanation of the relationship between Google and Dmoz.org
A question many of my hosting clients ask me is how often Google and other search engines crawl their site and how they can change how frequently they are crawled.
Matt Cutts from Google answers this question in the following video.
According to Google ‘Sale’ pages which contain 1 or more duplicate products that you have in other categories will not be considered duplicate content. In this video Matt Cutts explains that the Google web crawlers are smart enough to recognize that the information on the sale page serves a different purpose than the original product or category page as long as it is within reason.
We have recently setup our sub domain http://twitter.morditech.com to go directly to our twitter page at http://twitter.com/morditech. There are many reasons you may or may not want to do this but we chose to do it becuase it is easier to tell people how to reach us on twitter if they are already familiar with our website. it also gives us the ability later on to change the URL that http://twitter.morditech.com just in case we stop using twitter and want to redirect the traffic elsewhere.
This is how we did it in Plesk. In order for you to do this you will need the ability to create a sub domain, and use a .htaccess file.
Create a sub domain. Any name that makes sense will do. We chose ‘twitter’. You may want to choose ‘follow’ or ‘facebook’ or whatever makes sense to you.
Create a file named .htaccess with the following directives and then upload it to the web root of your subdomain. BE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT OVERWRITE AN EXISTING .htaccess FILE IF IT IS ALREADY THERE. If there is already a .htaccess file in the web root of your sub domain then you will want to append the following directies to it.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^twitter.morditech\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://twitter.com/morditech$1 [R=301,L]
You will have to replace the appropriate information above with your information
Upload the file to your sub domain web root and test it. Make sure to test that your main domain name was not affected by this change and be careful that you uploaded the new .htaccess file to your sub domain web root and not your main domain’s web root.
Top 10 Reasons to Host Your Miva Merchant Store with Morditech
1. Network – We can say with confidence that our network is better than any other Premier Miva Merchant Web Host. Our servers are located in the Peer1 SuperNetwork which has 17 data centers, 21 points of presence and 13,000 miles of superior grade fiber. This network is super fast, extra reliable, and completely secure.
2. Servers – All of our Miva Merchant stores are served from enterprise level servers that are over resourced and never crowded. Our servers always run ultra fast and are optimized for best Miva Merchant performance and 1000 Mbit Connection speed.
3. PCI Compliance – Our servers are guaranteed to pass PCI compliance certifications. Please note that PCI compliance depends on you (the customer) as it does on the actual servers and network. PCI compliance certification also depends on the software that you add to the server. Adding software to your account that is not PCI compliant may result in PCI compliance failure but don’t worry, we will help you.
4. Support – We do not act cocky or speak down to you and we speak language that you can understand. Most support issues are resolved in one call or one email. Our technicians are trained to be very knowledgeable in Miva Merchant, SEO, web design, and general ecommerce. We can always give you advice or point you in the right directions even if your question is not web hosting related. Emergency support is 24/7.
5. Prices – There are never extra fees, hidden fees, or overage charges related to your web hosting. Many other Miva Merchant hosts charge a lower monthly fee then nickel and dime you with overage, and setup fees. At Morditech the price is the price and never more than that. We do however offer additional promotions and discounts.
6. Advice – We are not afraid of giving advice if you ask for it. Ask our technical support department advice on anything related to ecommerce, web hosting, SEO, best practices or Miva Modules and we will give you good expert information. If we do not know the answer we will find out or point you to someone that has more experience and expertise in that department.
7. Value Added Services – We have partners for all occasions. Most of our partners offer Morditech customers discounted rates. We are currently offering SSL Certificates, Merchant Account/ Gateways, domain names, Miva Merchant modules, Miva Merchant design & implementaion, WordPress design and implementation, full SEO services, Miva Merchant Customization and far more than we list here.
8. Customer Service – Our customer service agents friendly, personable, and always helpful. If you have a problem then they can always help. Our customer service reps never speak down to you and they always make sure you understand what they are saying.
9. Free Emergency Transfers – When you are having problems with your website and you need to transfer to a different host in a hurry then we are your company. FREE Emergency Miva Merchant store, WordPress blog or standard business transfers 24/7 including Holidays, Nights & Weekends. Call us 508-743-7758
10. Reliability – Aside from having the best network, fastest servers & most reliable and secure hosting we also have 3 points of contact. Emergency support is available 24/7 and we can be contacted by telephone, live support (through our website) or by email. If you have an emergency it is always best to send an email with details if possible and give is a call.
How the ‘Ask a Qualified Miva merchant Expert’ (AQME) service works.
We are now offering the ‘Ask a Qualified Miva Merchant Expert’ service which will save you hours of trial and error when you are integrating or customizing your Miva Merchant ecommerce store. This service starts at $20 per answer that solves your problem. If your question is not so simple and requires custom documentation or extensive explanation then there may be additional cost but we will always let you know up front. Our expert advice can be given to you via telephone, live support, or email.
Why use the AQME service
The AQME service goes beyond the realm of typical Miva Merchant support. It is very different than the Miva Merchant Service Club and not like the Miva Merchant Tutorials at all. AQME offers answers to specific questions relating to Miva Merchant design, implementation, and customization and beyond. Although the Miva Merchant forum is great for finding answers to general scenarios it is public and viewable by anyone. That means it is impossible to ask questions privately or discreetly. All information exchanged with Morditech is confidential and kept private between the listed contact and our experts.
We have made thousands of Miva Merchant customizations over the course of 10 years and we have done countless full we design integrations into Miva Merchant. We know there are many ‘do-it-yourselfers’ that make beautiful designs but do not understand how to fully integrate the design into Miva Merchant or customize Miva Merchant to work for your specific scenario.
If you would like to hire us to do it for you the standard rate is $69 an hour.
If you have a question and you would like to get started click here.
Giving you answers to:
Miva Merchant Customization
Miva Merchant Conditionals
Miva Syntax
Best Practices
Miva Merchant Installation
Miva Merchant related problems, errors, or questions
Control Scan sent out the following letter on March 17, 2010
This letter is to tell you that we recently settled Federal Trade Commission (FTC) allegations that certain of our privacy and security seals were deceptive. Among other things, the FTC, the nation’s consumer protection agency, alleged that our Privacy Protected, Privacy Reviewed, Business Background Reviewed, and Registered Member seals falsely claimed to consumers that we had verified the privacy and security of the websites displaying them, when, in many instances, we had not.
We already have discontinued these seals, so you should not be displaying them. If you are still displaying any of these seals on your website, you must remove them immediately.
You may continue to display the Verified Secure seal.
If you have questions about this matter, please contact Joan Herbig at 800-825-3301 ext
Screen Shot of letter sent to Control Scan customers from support@controlscan.com
We will be creating Miva Merchant stores from scratch by implementing a Miva Merchant Skin and customizing it. Each student will have a completely functional store with their own categories, products, and content. By the end of the last class they will be able to set their stores live and start promoting and taking orders.
We plan on making these classes available every semester so if you miss this one don’t worry. There will be more classes soon.
Join in on the fun and learn how to make money selling products online.
Morditech is offering the absolute best Miva Merchant Hosting deal there has ever been. We are so sure that you will love our service that we are not only giving you 3 Months of FREE Miva Merchant web hosting but we will also transfer your website and Miva Merchant store free of charge. There is no down time when you switch your hosting to Morditech. We will never charge you any extra fees, hidden fees, or setup Fees.
Our Miva Merchant stores are the fastest, most secure, and most reliable available. Try us out risk free and we will prove it to you. We are offering a 30 day unconditional money back guarantee. There is absolutely nothing to lose. If you already host with us then you can add a new store or transfer a store to us and receive the same benefits as a new customer. You can even sign up for our referral program and send friends and colleagues to us and get cash for it. Sign up for our referral program here. If you have questions or comments please send us an email or use our live help button at the top of our homepage or visit our support center.
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