Many translation plug ins are available for WordPress and other software types and are steadily being installed at a fast rate. Most of them do offer translations ‘on the fly’ and if installed correctly, they will do you no harm and they can offer a good service to foreign visitors who may not have otherwise stayed on your site.

Most suppliers are always very pleased when you prove to be successful in retailing their products. Normally it is a ‘win-win’ situation as their line of business may be import or manufacturer where your main talent could be online marketing to promote the product range.

The translate icon in the google toolbar is a great gadget to offer quickly on the fly translations for content in different languages. Just click the icon and the page will translate to your own language.

Did your site drop in the search results due to W3C Validation issues ?

The only reason why your site would drop in rankings due to W3C validation errors would be if your errors created uncrawable content for googlebot. Google does not rank sites according to the standard of their html code. You can see this with your very own eyes by looking at 5/10 of the top sites in your field and checking them against the W3C validator.

This being my first ‘proper’ wordpress blog installation after years of working with php ecommerce shopping cart sites. I need a new .htaccess file more specific to this application. Not all sure what is needed and what isnt and time has taught me that very often the easiest and most published options are not always the best.