Vancouver, B.C.  Jan. 17, 2008 - Frustrated online retailers are watching in horror as their websites, some of which held long-term, position one or position two rankings on Google, are suddenly falling down the rankings. Numerous former top-ranked sites have dropped to position six or position seven or even lower. Some have fallen below and behind competing firms.
A top Google ranking is the key to success for most online goods and service retailers. The loss of a position one ranking can lead to millions-of-dollars in lost sales.
The online retail community is nervously speculating on the cause and methodology behind the aggressive filtering and penalizing by Google.
Search engine optimization software company iBusinessPromoter (IBP) offers two theories:

First, Google now considers usage data when calculating the rankings.
Second, Google now has a better understanding of word and phrase relationships.
“We have been fielding calls from frantic website owners not affiliated with us,” says Shawn Moore, president of Vancouver’s Think Profits.com Inc. “Many want to know why visitors and customers have suddenly stopped coming. We tell them to check their Google rankings. Almost invariably, they find their ranking has tanked.”
Starting in December, Moore says he has been booking website audits to locate and isolate keyword, structure and link problems and then recommend a solution to this extremely serious problem.
“There are several red flags we look for,” explains Moore. “Google looks for keywords, word densities and website architecture. Google also looks for link or link schemes. If the structure does not meet Google’s specs, results are filtered out. This affects the way Google determines how relevant these pages are to a query.”
There is no simple answer, explains Moore. “We can’t help these worried business owners who are bleeding customers until we look under the hood.”

About Think Profits.com:

Since 1997, Think Profits.com has been building successful website designs and Internet marketing strategies by providing one-stop Internet services to business. With more than 1,100 client companies in Canada, the United States and Australia, manufacturers, distributors and retailers around the world have built their business with Think Profits.com. Services include: Custom Web Design and Website Development ; Search Engine Optimization (SEO); Internet Marketing; E-Commerce & Custom Shopping Cart Solutions; Secure & Affordable Business Web Hosting; Domain Name Registration; Print and design services; Press release services. Think Profits Inc. offers a full range of Internet marketing services for small businesses right through to multi-national corporations. 

For more information, contact:
Shawn Moore
President and CEO
Think Profits.com Inc.
www.thinkprofits.com
390 - 1090 Homer Street,
Vancouver, BC Canada V6B 2W9
Tel: 604.638.1188
Toll Free: 1.877.597.7888
Email: smoore@thinkprofits.com

Vancouver, B.C.  Dec. 11, 2007 - Online retailers are realizing it takes more than a pretty website and shopping cart to ring up sales during Christmas 2007. With so many online retail choices and intense competition, the winners have adopted what industry insiders are calling a “searchandising” approach to online sales.

Percolating up from the lexicon of online marketers, ecommerce experts and industry pundits and into the mainstream, searchandising describes the process of combining traditional online merchandising techniques with powerful search engine optimization (SEO), site search and navigation technologies.

According to Shawn Moore, President and CEO of Vancouver on-line marketing and web-development firm Think Profits.com, searchandising is now a core tenet of the industry winners.

“If you sell Nike runners you are up against an ocean-size pool of competitors. Searchandising helps you get a foot up on the competition by leveraging SEO, site search and navigation technology with the browsing and buying process,” explains Moore. “For example, buyers looking for Nike’s super-popular LeBron V shoes this Christmas are more likely to purchase from an online source that appears top of Google and then delivers the shopper right to the page on which they then purchase the shoes.”

There are billions of dollars at stake during this Christmas shopping season.

According to Chase Paymentech, the world's largest payment processing firm, online sales are up about 30% over 2006. Chase Paymentech, which processed more than $660.6 billion in transactions in 2006 for U.S. and Canadian retailers, said that Tuesdays and Wednesdays in general have turned out to be the most popular online shopping days for U.S. consumers and predicts that December 18 – 20 will be the heaviest online shopping days during this season.

The winners and losers this Christmas season will be sorted according to their searchandising prowess says Moore.

About Think Profits.com:

Since 1997, Think Profits.com has been building successful website designs and Internet marketing strategies by providing one-stop Internet services to business. With more than 1,100 client companies in Canada, the United States and Australia, manufacturers, distributors and retailers around the world have built their business with Think Profits.com. Services include: Custom Web Design and Website Development ; Search Engine Optimization (SEO); Internet Marketing; E-Commerce & Custom Shopping Cart Solutions; Secure & Affordable Business Web Hosting; Domain Name Registration; Print and design services; Press release services. Think Profits Inc. offers a full range of Internet marketing services for small businesses right through to multi-national corporations.

For more information, contact:
Shawn Moore
President and CEO
Think Profits.com Inc.
www.thinkprofits.com
390 - 1090 Homer Street,
Vancouver, BC Canada V6B 2W9
Tel: 604.638.1188
Toll Free: 1.877.597.7888
Email: smoore@thinkprofits.com

We are pleased to welcome new web design clients: Coppersmith Dental Centre in Richmond, BC;  Global One Consulting Ltd. of Anmore, BC; and Peregrine Plastics in Vancouver, BC. Stay tuned to see their new websites coming soon!

Vancouver, B.C.  October 29, 2007 -- Lyle Jenish of Victoria, B.C., has been named Senior Writer, SEO, Business Development – Vancouver Island, at Think Profits.com.

Jenish has more than 12 years experience in print and electronic media, including serving as managing editor of the Victoria Business Examiner; features editor of a number of British-based business magazines; a regular contributor to the National Post, Globe and Mail and Report on Business magazine. He also served as news assignment editor at CH News Vancouver Island, CanWest’s Vancouver Island affiliate. As president of QJE Publishing and Creative, Jenish has books currently in distribution through Chapters Indigo in Canada and several retail venues in the United States.

At Think Profits.com, Jenish is responsible for all copywriting duties, as well as search engine optimization tasks crucial to Think Profits.com’s over 1,100 clients in Canada, the United States and Australia. Notable Canadian clients have included Telus, the University of British Columbia and Dominion Directories.

Jenish, who is splitting time between Vancouver and Victoria, is also overseeing the introduction of a print and PR division at Think Profits.com. The division will integrate current and future client electronic design and media needs with new print and information services.

“We have found that business owners do not want to have to pay for it twice,” says Shawn Moore, Internet marketing expert and president of Think Profits.com. “Up until now, clients have come to Think Profits.com for our design and marketing expertise and then go elsewhere for their catalogue and brochure printing requirements. Work and expenses are duplicated.”

As well, Jenish is overseeing introduction of custom video integration and streaming flash video services on Vancouver Island. Already utilized by numerous Mainland and international clients, Think Profits.com’s on-line video production services add interaction and impact to client sites.

About Think Profits.com:

Since 1997, Think Profits.com has been building successful website designs and Internet marketing strategies by providing one-stop Internet services to business. With more than 1,100 client companies in Canada, the United States and Australia, manufacturers, distributors and retailers around the world have built their business with Think Profits.com. Services include: Custom Web Design and Website Development ; Search Engine Optimization (SEO); Internet Marketing; E-Commerce & Custom Shopping Cart Solutions; Secure & Affordable Business Web Hosting; Domain Name Registration; Print and design services; Press release services. Think Profits Inc. offers a full range of Internet marketing services for small businesses right through to multi-national corporations.

For more information, contact:

Shawn Moore
President and CEO
Think Profits.com Inc.
www.thinkprofits.com
390 - 1090 Homer Street,
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6B 2W9
Tel: 604.638.1188
Toll Free: 1.877.597.7888
Email: smoore@thinkprofits.com

Lyle Jenish
Chief Writer / SEO / Business Development-Vancouver Island
ThinkProfits.com
390-1090 Homer St.,
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6B 2W9
Victoria Tel. 250.418.5224
Fax 604 893 8705
Toll Free: 1 877 597 7888
Email:  lyle@thinkprofits.com
www.thinkprofits.com

August 27th, 2007 - Think Profits.com Inc. is pleased to welcome several new clients to the Think Profits.com family: GLC Controls Inc., a full service industrial automation and control systems integration company based in Prince George, BC; Food for Life, a family-owned and operated bakery based in California, specializing in natural foods; Label Resources, a manufacturer of label products; and Bardot Waterfront Bar & Grille, a restaurant and lounge located in the trendy Yaletown district of Vancouver. Stay tuned for future updates on these and other client websites!

Don McNeice, President of Bridgeview Marine..."We have been working with you since 2000 and, with this relationship now in its 7th year, I must say that choosing ThinkProfits.com was a very sound decision. During this period, our web site has contributed in excess of $10 Million in sales to our business. In 1999 we were generating a little over 4 million in total annual sales. Today, we experience sales revenue in excess of $10M per year!" Read the full testimonial...

 Ken Mayhew, President of Penfolds Roofing Company in Vancouver... "We generated 122 leads off the new web site in January compared to 30 same period last year. This is a 400% increase which I am very pleased about. This is an all-time record!! Well done." Read the full testimonial...

Oct 15th, 2007 - Congratulations to Reliable Parts with the launch of their new Canadian website. Reliable Parts is the leading Appliance Parts Distributor in Canada and the United States.

Oct 1st, 2007 - Congratulations to Vancouver's Bardot Waterfront Bar & Grille with the successful launch of their website, which features a "sizzling hot" new web design.

August 27th, 2007 - Key members of the Think Profits.com team have recently attended one of the premier Search Engine Optimization conferences in North America. The Search Engine Strategies (SES) San Jose Conference features top search industry experts from around the world, and some of the leading search engine and Internet marketers and professionals. The conference also features top search engine marketing and optimization-related solutions providers, partners, and affiliates, including Google, Ask.com, Microsoft, and Yahoo. 

Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Search Products & user Experience of GOOGLE and Shawn Moore, President of Think Profits.com Inc (pictured right) posed together for a media opp., shortly after Marissa delivered her keynote presentation on the future direction of the Google Search Engine and "Universal Search". 

"Marissa leads the product management efforts on Google's search products - web search, images, groups, news, Froogle, the Google Toolbar, Google Desktop, Google Labs, and more.  She joined Google in 1999 as Google's first femal engineer and led the user interface and webserver teams at that time.  Her efforts have included designing and developing Google's search interface, internationalizing the site to more than 100 languages, defining Google News, Gmail, and Orkut, and launching more than 100 features and products on Google.com.  Serveral patents have been filed on her work in artificial intelligence and interface design." ^{_{Taken from Speaker Biographies, Copyright Incisive Media plc and Individual Authors.}}

"Since we rewrote our website in 2006 our leads and sales have continued to grow at an alarming rate. In April 2007, our lead count was up by 137% on the same period last year. Our contract signings grew by 608% and our conversion rate increased 40% on the same period last year. This is a new record for our company!"
Ken Mayhew, President
Penfolds Roofing Inc.

Vancouver Web Design company Think Profits.com proudly celebrates 10 years in business and in helping businesses across North America succeed online with custom web design and development services, search engine optimization (SEO), internet marketing & website audits, domain names, web hosting and more! This landmark achievement is very exciting for our team and we look forward to continued growth and celebrating more client success stories in the years to come.

Welcome Larry Moore as Director of Business Development and Tom Labodi as Director of Sales! We are very excited to announce that our team of internet marketing experts is growing again to serve our clients even better!

Feb 5th, 2007 - Think Profits.com has created another online success story with Penfolds Roofing Company in Vancouver. Ken Mayhew, President of Penfolds Roofing states "We generated 122 leads off the new web site in January compared to 30 same period last year. This is a 400% increase which I am very pleased about. This is an all-time record!! Well done." Read Ken's testimonial letter, click here. Penfolds has been the trusted Vancouver Roofer, Victoria Roofer, and leading BC Roofing Contractor in Canada since 1937.

July 16, 2007, Vancouver, BC: Congratulations to Warren Macdonald on the successful launch of his re-designed website, featuring online video and SEO-friendly content.

August 8, 2007, Edmonton, AB: Congratulations to Pratt, Lambert & Brown Insurance for successfully launching its new SEO-friendly site, featuring online quote submission capabilities and content targeted for insurance services for IT, construction, faith-based organizations, and architects & engineers.

August 9, 2007, Richmond, BC: Congratulations to TravelSavingsToday.com on the successful re-design and re-launch of their vacation packages website, featuring extensive online searches for vacation packages and last minute travel deals.

March 26, 2007 - Vancouver BC, Congratulations to Columbia Academy Broadcasting Arts, Recording & Sound Design and Vancouver Film School with successful launch of their HOT new interactive web design, featuring custom flash animation and video integration.

Mar 5, 2007 - Vancouver BC, - Congratulations to leading boat trailer distributor Marlon Recreational Products on the launch of their new search engine friendly web design, featuring a custom e-commerce online catalogue.

Mar 1, 2007 - Edmonton, Calgary, Alberta - Congratulations to pigging valve manufacturer Argus Machine Co. Ltd with their new custom web development featuring search engine friendly web design and an online product catalogue.

Think Profits.com has successfully overhauled and released it's new ecommerce shopping cart and catalogue web design product. The new cart features a more user-friendly, updateable cart and customizable administration web panel with enhanced security. Most importantly the cart focuses on the "Customer's Experience", streamlining the web design navigation and language to support MAXIMUM sales potential. Learn more, click here