Blog Administrator Latest search engine news blog articles from Blog Administrator. http://www.seocentro.com/seo-archives/author/Blog+Administrator.html Blog Administrator News Archive http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8581 Hi everyone, I'm Yeong-Ping Koh, group product manager with PayPal's global platform team. We're responsible for making PayPal available in new countries and markets around the world. Back in 2006, we added 10 new currencies to our service, bringing the total up to 17. And every day we continue to receive requests to add more. So, I'm excited to announce the availability of two new currencies in the PayPal system â€" the Mexican Peso and the Israeli Shekel. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:50:27 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8580 Hi blog readers, I'm Chris George from PayPal's financial products team. I'm excited to announce that Overstock.com is using our promotional financing service, PayPal Pay Later . Now, in addition to the great deals that can be found on brand-name merchandise on Overstock.com, you have the ability to make no payments for 90 days on purchases of $50 or more â€" even if you don't have a PayPal account. To take advantage of this service, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:50:26 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=8033 Hi, I am Rahul Bhargava, senior director of merchant solutions at PayPal. I am excited to tell you about new recurring payments functionality for our Website Payments Pro and Express Checkout products that lets you automatically bill your customers. If you sell online magazines, newsletters, digital goods, or any other product or service that requires payment from your customers on a regular basis, this functionality will be useful to you. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:54:19 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7887 Hello blog readers, I'm Mary Anne Gillespie, head of the merchant services division at PayPal . I'm back with more exciting news about new places to shop online with your PayPal account. Starting today, blockbuster .com â€" one of the world's leading providers of in-home entertainment â€" is accepting PayPal . And the news gets better. Until August 31st, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:07:08 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7787 Hi Everyone, I'm Jason Miner and I wanted to give you a quick recap of two more classes that I presented yesterday at eBay Live! Getting Paid with PayPal â€" Interesting trivia note: This selling basics class is almost always our highest attended class every year. Essentially, the class was a soup to nuts crash course on getting paid with PayPal. We also offered an account maintenance checklist for sellers at intervals of a week, 30 and 60 days after implementing PayPal. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:27:36 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7786 Hello PayPal Blog readers, my name is Peggy Pattavina, and I am a legal supervisor within our customer service team. Did you know that online shoppers sometimes take up to three business days to decide on making a purchase? That hesitation can be caused by a variety of factors and at the end of the day it can mean lost revenue for your online business. On Thursday and again today I presented a seminar at eBay Live! called "Turning Browsers into Buyers". Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:03:33 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7758 Hi, everyone. I'm Colin Rule, and I work in PayPal's risk management group focusing on dispute resolution and protections coverage. I'm sure it comes as no surprise to anyone who has bought or sold online that, just like in the face-to-face world, an occasional transaction problem is unavoidable. In fact, if you read The Perfect Store, Adam Cohen's book about the earl y days of eBay, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:50:29 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7748 Hi blog readers, I'm Scott Thompson, president of PayPal. I'm writing from our annual eBay Live! conference in Chicago. It's been a blast talking with some of the thousands of customers celebrating with us, and I've already received great feedback about how we can make PayPal even better for our customers. Every year customers tell us that they want their transactions to be more protected when buying and selling on eBay. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:14:02 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7697 Hi Everyone- It's Jason Miner. I'm back, but instead of wearing my PayPal Radio hat, I'm delivering news from eBay Live! 2008. I can't be sure of this, but I think I'm a record-holder for PayPal at eBay Live, as I've presented at every conference since 2003'this is event number six for me and I always enjoy connecting with the thousands of eBay buyers and sellers at the event. I also help plan the educational sessions for PayPal, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:29:48 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7689 Rafael Orozco, lead engineer director of engineering at Eventbrite [ www.eventbrite.com ] and a winner of this year's PayPal Star Developer Awards, joined me today at the seventh annual eBay Developers Conference . Here's an excerpt of our conversation about Rafael's company and his experience monetizing the PayPal platform. Glenn : Congratulations on your Star Developer Award, Rafael. Tell me a bit about Eventbrite. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:19:33 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7677 Our PayPal developer community unleashed their best ideas on us yesterday, the third and final day of the eBay Developers Conference . Damon Hougland's session about the next generation of the PayPal platform was standing-room-only, with PayPal developers packing into conference room to tell us where they would like to see us go next. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:40:09 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7223 Hello, I'm Darrell MacMullin, the country manager for PayPal in Canada. As the value of the Canadian dollar gains on the U.S. dollar, we've taken a closer look at the cost of doing cross-border business for our merchant customers here in Canada. And I'm excited to say that we recently lowered the Canadian dollar transaction fees and foreign exchange rates for U.S. dollar withdrawals to Canadian bank accounts, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:54:40 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=7161 It's that time again: the eBay Developers Conference starts in less than two weeks. This year hundreds of eBay, PayPal, Skype, and Shopping.com developers are registered to attend this event, which will take place in Chicago, June 16â€"18. PayPal developers from around the world will hear from peers and industry gurus alike about Web development, Web 2.0, and how to grow their businesses with PayPal and eBay. They'll also hear first-hand what's ahead for eBay Inc. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:08:20 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6842 Hi everyone, I'm Tyler Hoffman, senior director of enterprise merchant services at PayPal. I'm excited to announce that Delta Air Lines has become the latest U.S. airline to join our growing bench of travel partners. Operating service to more destinations than any global airline, Delta is your premiere travel partner. In fact, with more than 60 new international routes added in the last year, Delta is adding international flights at a faster rate than any other major U.S. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Fri, 30 May 2008 00:24:55 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6639 Hello! Jason Miner of PayPal Radio here to provide you with some listening material and assistance if you're doing a little spring cleaning for your business and trying to spruce up your sales. We've had a terrific run of PayPal and business guests in the past few weeks, providing a wealth of information. Check out our website at www.paypal.com/paypalradio to see an archive of all of our interviews, or look in the Growing Your Business forum at www. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Sat, 24 May 2008 01:06:02 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6585 Hi blog readers, I'm Jim McGuire, vice president of network operations at PayPal. On Thursday, May 29, at 11pm PDT (Friday, May 30, at 6:00 am GMT), PayPal will be unavailable for approximately one hour while we conduct scheduled maintenance. During this time the PayPal site will be unavailable and the majority of PayPal features will not be functioning. You will not be able to send or receive payments during the scheduled maintenance. In addition, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 22 May 2008 22:35:38 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6337 Hi everyone. I'm Osama Bedier, vice president of product at PayPal. I wanted to give you an update on an issue with a feature of IPN, or Instant Payment Notification. IPN verification has not been working properly for some transactions. Our engineering team has been working around the clock to rectify the problem, as we realize this is a serious issue. We expect to have a fix in place very shortly. Once that happens, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Sun, 18 May 2008 00:51:33 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=6253 Hi everyone. I'm Judy Chang from the nonprofit team at PayPal. The recent cyclone in Myanmar is reported to have claimed the lives of over 22,000 people, with another 41,000 reported as missing. The United Nations has reported that up to one million people could be left homeless as a result of the disaster. News reports describe heartbreaking scenes of people looking for loved ones amidst devastating wreckage. C lean water, food, medicine and shelter are scarce. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 15 May 2008 18:14:30 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5927 Hi, I'm Michael Barrett, chief information security officer at PayPal. I joined PayPal almost exactly two years ago. Within the first couple of weeks, I sat down with my colleague who runs the team responsible for our anti-phishing programs and we evaluated PayPal's strategy for combating phishing. We realized that our strategy focused on preventing financial loss to our customers' accounts, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 08 May 2008 16:01:27 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=5706 Hi, I'm Menekse Gencer from PayPal's Mobile team. Imagine you're at the airport and you get a text message from your sister: "just bought mom flowers from us 4 mothers day. u owe me 20". Or maybe you're at the farmer's market and just ran out of cash, but really want to get those delicious apples. Wouldn't it be great if you could pay without ever reaching for your wallet or searching for an ATM? If you're a Sprint customer, you can do just that. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Fri, 02 May 2008 18:38:54 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4334 Hello again, I'm Tyler Hoffman, senior director of enterprise merchant services at PayPal. The snow is melting, spring break is over and it's time to start thinking about your summer travel plans. And here at PayPal we're doing our part to help you - by welcoming a sixth airline to our stable of travel partners. JetBlue, one of the nation's most popular carriers, now enables passengers to pay for tickets via PayPal at JetBlue.com . Whether it's a weekend in New York, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:13:22 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4192 Hello, I'm Mary Anne Gillespie, PayPal's vice president of sales for our merchant services division. Since joining the company late last year, my team and I have been focused on giving consumers more places to shop with their PayPal accounts by enabling more merchants to accept PayPal payments. I'm excited to tell you that CompUSA.com - one of the internet's leading retailers of computers, laptops, televisions, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:41:05 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=4062 Hi everyone (and especially our developer community), I'm Damon Williams and I'm back again with some more news for developers. Last year we came up with the idea to travel to cities around the U.S. and provide free PayPal developer training - and so we created a series of events called PayPal Developer Days. We visited cities in Florida, New York, and Texas to host day-long educational events, at which we could meet our developer community in person, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:10:23 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3836 Hi blog readers, I'm Damon Williams, manager of PayPal's Developer Program. Once again it's time for the annual eBay Developers Conference . Now in it's 6th year, this is our biggest event of the year where the developer communities from eBay, PayPal, Skype, ProStores, and Shopping.com get together to discuss the latest breakthroughs in e-commerce and web technologies, network with each other, and have a lot of fun while doing it. The location this year is.... Chicago! Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:35:09 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3722 Greetings from Omaha! My name's Jason Miner and I'm on PayPal's Community team. If you're a longtime PayPal or eBay follower, you might know me through my PayPal Radio broadcasts and through community events like eBay Live! . If you'd like to have up to the minute information on PayPal, you're welcome to tune in to our free PayPal Radio online broadcast. It airs live from 5-6 pm Eastern / 2-3 Pacific on most Tuesdays. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:01:35 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3577 Hi there. I'm Sarah Livnat and I work in PayPal's risk management group focusing on merchant protections. Providing the safest online payment service for merchants and consumers has always been our number one priority. PayPal was built from the ground up with security in mind and our anti-fraud technology gets smarter with every transaction that goes through our system. With this technology and the thousands of agents on our fraud prevention team, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:07:46 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=3345 Hello PayPal blog readers and friends, I'm Cliff Hopkins, senior director of PayPal's marketing team. It's still up for debate whether or not we're in a recession, but the fact is, consumer discretionary income is declining and online retailers need to get more savvy about how to grow their business in a slowing economy. Beginning on March 4, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:23:45 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1991 Hi PayPal blog readers, I'm Scott Thompson, the new president of PayPal. I want to thank Rajiv for his kind introduction earlier on the blog and wish him well in his new role at eBay. In my former role as chief technology officer, Rajiv and I worked closely to enhance PayPal in a variety of ways and extend our service to more merchants and consumers around the world. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:13:47 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1623 Hi everybody, I'm Monroe Labouisse, director of PayPal's business on eBay in North America. A couple of weeks ago, Jim Ambach at eBay elaborated on some recently-announced changes that are intended to make eBay a better and safer place to buy and sell. Since eBay's announcements, I've been talking to sellers, reading blog and board posts, and reading news stories about the coming changes. During last week's eBay Town Hall , Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:04:40 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1624 Hi folks, I'm Stephanie Tilenius. As the leader of PayPal's Merchant Services business, one of my goals is to help make your PayPal account even more useful by giving you more places to shop online with PayPal. Last quarter, several well-known merchants started accepting PayPal - making it easier for you to buy the products and services you want with the safety and convenience of your PayPal account. Check out some of these sites next time you're shopping online. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:39:40 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1622 Hi Everyone, my name is Glenn Lim and I'm responsible for alliance programs and developer services here at PayPal. Although the holiday season is wrapping up, I wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that many charitable organizations depend on fundraising throughout the year to support their causes. Today more than ever, online fundraising is becoming a very important channel for local and national organizations - from non-profits to political campaigns. In fact, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:36:10 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1621 So you've followed the advice in my prior blog entries , and then one day, lo and behold, you still receive a PayPal dispute. Well, don't panic. It happens to the best of us. Fortunately, resolving disputes on PayPal isn't all that complicated. Just follow some of these best practices and you'll work out most problems without a hitch. Communication is key First, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:46:56 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1394 Hi everyone, I'm Michael Oldenburg, the Managing Editor of The PayPal Blog. The holidays are fast approaching, so I'll keep this post short so you can get back to your family, friends and celebrations. I hope that you've enjoyed reading our blog over the past several months. I've certainly enjoyed working behind the scenes to help highlight many of the initiatives happening here at PayPal. Without your readership and comments, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:14:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1125 Hello, I'm Larry Friedberg. I run Trust & Safety marketing for PayPal. A good deal of my job is dedicated to helping educate our customers about how they can stay safer online. This past August, we launched an education effort to encourage our customers to upgrade their browsers as a way to avoid "spoof" (fake) sites that try to steal consumers' financial information. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:12:07 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=1057 Hello, its Michael Barrett again, PayPal's CISO. I'm here to share more ways that you can protect yourself from phishing and identity theft. As I've written before , we're actively working with the leading Internet service providers (ISPs) to prevent fraudulent email from getting into your inbox. We're doing this today for consumers using Yahoo! Mail and are implementing this same basic idea with a handful of the other large ISPs. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:15:49 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=562 Hi blog readers, I'm Rajiv Dutta, president of PayPal. I hope you've enjoyed our ongoing effort to bring you a bit closer to our company, our leaders and our initiatives. In my role here at PayPal, I firmly believe that I have the distinct privilege of working with the most talented individuals in the payments industry. There are over 5,000 people worldwide who are hard at work making PayPal the safest, easiest way for you to pay and get paid online. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:41:06 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=565 Hi merchants, I'm Colin Rule, the director of online dispute resolution here at PayPal. I hope that you're on your way to a great holiday sales season. I'm back again to talk about how to handle chargebacks with PayPal. Chargebacks are a perennial hot topic for PayPal sellers. Get any group of merchants together and ask them about their primary concerns, and you're sure to hear something about chargebacks. And during the holiday season when sales go up, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:24:37 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=559 Hello, I'm Judy Chang, and I'm part of the Distributed Payments team that is creating new ways for you to experience PayPal. Today, I'm excited to introduce the PayPal Storefront Widget. It allows casual sellers to embed a virtual storefront into your blog, website, social networking profile page, or just about anywhere that accepts HTML code. If you're an artist creating crafts, a band selling t-shirts, or a charity offering branded merchandise, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:12:16 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=564 Hi, I'm Hugo Olliphant and I head up PayPal Labs. Recently, we launched www.x.com as the showcase site for PayPal Labs, which we created to tap the creativity, innovation, and passion among our engineers, product managers, and other employees. Already, various groups across PayPal have stepped up with some useful tools to make payments a little easier across the Internet. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:32:48 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=563 Hello, I'm Chris George from PayPal's financial products team. Today I'm excited to introduce the PayPal Plug-In. The plug-in is a free download for your Internet browser that allows you to pay with PayPal anywhere MasterCard is accepted online. If PayPal isn't accepted at the merchant's site, the plug-in generates a Secure Card number - a unique 16-digit number that can be used to debit funds directly from your PayPal account. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:51:57 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=560 Hi Everyone! I'm Stacy General, from PayPal's Consumer Marketing team. Today I'm excited to announce the launch of our holiday shopping site ! Packed with great deals, special offers, and fabulous sweepstakes prizes, it's the perfect way to check off all the gifts on your holiday shopping list. Throughout the season, you'll find a variety of special offers from terrific merchants, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:31:45 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=568 Hi online sellers, I'm Colin Rule, the director of online dispute resolution here at PayPal. Last week, I talked about ways for sellers to proactively avoid some common buyer problems . Today, I'm excited to share more tips to help get your businesses ready for the holidays. It's almost time for Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving when millions of shoppers head to the streets and the Internet to search for the perfect holiday gifts for friends and family. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:46:14 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=567 Hi everyone, I'm Colin Rule, the director of online dispute resolution here at PayPal. The holidays are coming fast, and that usually means a big surge in the number of inexperienced buyers paying for their orders with PayPal. A good number of these new buyers may have unreasonable expectations about how their online purchases should go, which may mean an increase in transaction problems for you, the merchant. Fortunately, Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:04:22 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=561 Hello! I'm Su-I Lu, and I work on PayPal's Distributed Payments initiatives. As you may have seen in previous posts from my colleague, Deb Liu, we are continuing to expand PayPal's functionality in new and exciting ways. A few months ago, we introduced our first application for Facebook members. It lets you use PayPal to request money from your friends so that they can pay you back for things like concert tickets, dinner or that time you spotted them a few dollars. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:37:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=566 Hi folks, I'm Matt Lerner from the Merchant Services marketing team with an update on our buttons. The design of the old buttons is a bit, well'1998. So after nearly ten years of service, we're putting our old payment buttons on the shelf and refreshing their look. If you are currently using Website Payments Standard buttons hosted by PayPal on your US-based website, watch for the new design which we will roll out very soon. Search Engines News SEO News Blog Administrator Blog Administrator Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:45:19 GMT