More and more complaints are being received by the client support service about the votes in the store directory. Consequently, the decision has been taken to remove the voting system from the directory.

The points already acquired will remain.

Note: your store will continue to be scored. This score is automatically updated regularly by ZLIO based on your store’s characteristics and activity.

We are happy to announce the launching of the Zlio toolbar !
The Zlio toolbar allows you to stay logged into your Zlio account, giving you direct access to your shop’s features right from your web browser !

The Zlio Toolbar : What is it ?
The Zlio Toolbar is an extension which plugs into your web browser (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox) in order to add new features to it. Installation takes no more than two minutes and is entirely free.

Features of the Zlio Toolbar :

Direct access to the Zlio portal
Advanced product/shop/web search
Referral management
Shop management
Real time Commissions Display
CashBack : Earn money on your own purchases
Stay tuned to Zlio news

Direct access to the Zlio portal

Reach the Zlio homepage in just one click ! Forget about typing in Zlio’s URL in order to get to our homepage. With the click of this “always on” button, you will now locate products and shops much faster.

Zlio’s Toolbar : Zlio search (Web/Products/Shops) :

Replace your browser’s search engine with Zlio’s new search feature !
This feature allows you to perform searches on the internet, as well as on the Zlio network. Now you can locate new products and new Shops much faster and easier.

Referral management

Referrals are an excellent means to improve your commissions on Zlio, as you receive a percentage of the income generated by your referrals. The Zlio toolbar grants you quick access to your list of referrals as well as to the referral features.

Shop management

This feature allows you to display a list of your stores, along with the number of pending tasks for each one of them. Rolling your mouse over a Shop’s name will enable you to access that Shop’s administration interface and management area.

Real time Commissions Display

This feature of the Zlio toolbar allows you to see commissions you have earned through Zlio, without having to leave the website you are currently visiting. The total amount of your commissions is displayed, and you can get details by clicking “see my commissions in details”.

Your favorite merchants in one click

Zlio makes CashBack easy : you can now reach Zlio’s partner merchants with a single click and even earn money on your own online purchases. Take advantage of this feature and save money on your personal purchases !

Stay tuned to Zlio news

Staying up to date with all of Zlio’s news can sometimes be a daring task. Therefore the new Toolbar offers a feature which allows users to automatically follow all of Zlio’s Blog Post updates. The number between the brackets “[xx]” indicates the amount of Blog Posts not yet read by you. Now Shop Optimization advice and Zlio News are just a mouse click away!

With the Zlio Toolbar you will be able to :
1. Save time in the management of your store
2. Easily access shops and search products
3. Receive Zlio News updates on a daily basis

The Zlio Toolbar is compatible with Internet Explorer, as well as with Firefox.
We look forward to your feedback on the usability of this tool. Zlio members, we are waiting for your comments!

Certain directories, however, are to be avoided; particularly the ones who ask for reciprocal links …

A number of Zlionauts, wanting to improve their ranking, have linked their Zlio Shops to Web Directories that demand reciprocal links in exchange. When getting out of hand, however, it can turn your Zlio Shop into something like that:

This, of course, strongly disturbs your Zlio Shop’s performance and tends to make your visitors flee the site. Furthermore, the practice of placing advertisement links on your Zlio Shop is forbidden, as mentioned in Zlio’s terms of use.

In order to avoid such situations, Zlio has decided to limit the creation of external links to five per Zlio Shop. Therefore it will from now on be possible to add external links only to your Shop’s footer, and only with a limit of five.

Every Zlio Shop not respecting these terms will be deleted without prior notice.

Nevertheless, to link one’s Shop to free Web Directories is always possible, and actually recommended. There are many quality Directories out there, although some of them may be hard to find.

Here is some advice on how to link your Shop to Web Directories:

1. In a text file, prepare all the important information relating to your Shop (title , description, keywords) in a way that will allow you to easily cut and paste this information into the required fields within the directories.

2. We suggest you avoid directories demanding a reciprocal link to your Shop. This type of partnership will not aid your shop in any way, and will simply jam your pages with unuseful logos and banners. The creation of direct links to such directories is in any case limited to five links.

3. Before submitting a store to a web directory, you should verify that it points directly to your Shop’s URL, and not to a redirection site, such as www.directory.net/redirect.php?site=shop.zlio.net. Only links pointing directly to your site will be picked up by the Search Engines.

4. Using a “directory of directories” allows you to compile an impressive list of quality directories which you can link your Zlio Shop to. An example for such a site is http://www.web-directories.ws

5. Look for directories that specialize in the topic of your Zlio Shop. For example, if your Shop specializes in home decor, type “home decor directory” into your Search Engine in order to find directories specializing in this topic.

6. Always keep an updated list of your web directory submissions, in order to avoid signing up twice with the same directory.

]]> http://us.blog-zlio.com/2008/07/31/using-web-directories-to-increase-your-shops-rankings/feed/ 0 http://us.blog-zlio.com/2008/07/27/moneybookers-canceled-no-longer-available-as-payment-platform-on-zlio/ http://us.blog-zlio.com/2008/07/27/moneybookers-canceled-no-longer-available-as-payment-platform-on-zlio/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:37:38 +0000 admin http://blog-us.zlio.com/?p=185 For some specific reasons, Zlio has decided to delete this payment platform from the administration area of your shops.

We apologize for the inconvenience to all Zlionauts using Moneybookers as form of payment.

We invite you to use PayPal as a way to collect your Zlio payments from now on.

Our decision in no way reflects the integrity of MoneyBookers, which is an excellent payment platform that is highly recommended by Zlio.