Exploring the pros and cons of refurbished notebooks

The average price of new laptops has come downin recent years, with cheap tablets and affordable Chromebooks helping the drop. Ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we've spotted a surge of interest in such products, so wanted to create a helpful guide for anyone debating a purchase.

Refurbished laptops (and that term applies to Chromebooks and MacBooks too) have followed the same trend, meaning real bargains can be found if you know where yo look, and that even includes the odd mobile workstation powerhouse.

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New phone time comes for us all. Whether through age, damage, market competition or otherwise, our mobile devices inevitably lose their luster, and so comes the point when they need to be retired to make way for new blood.

Finding a new phone is a difficult proposition, there have never been so many new options to choose from, and finding the right one can become an overwhelming obsession. But what if the right phone isn’t in fact new?

Last year’s flagship devices will often offer better performance in almost all categories (camera, power, display, battery etc) than mid-range competitors launched the year after, and at a very similar price point. So why doesn’t everyone buy old?

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Botify’s Adrien Menard lays down five steps to holiday sales bliss

Developing an effective SEO strategy does not have to be difficult, but it does take time. With Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the holiday shopping season rapidly approaching you will want to optimize your ecommerce website now to drive more traffic when the shopping floodgates open.

While paid search, email marketing, social commerce, and other channels are vital to a company’s success, organic search is still the most significant driver of traffic and revenue for a website (83% of buyers use search before they begin shopping).

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