Now that Google is officially testing a mobile-first index, columnist Ryan Shelley believes it’s well past time to get aboard the mobile-friendly train. Here, he provides some tips to get you started. Ryan Shelley on November 16, 2016 Google has started testing its mobile-first index. This new index will look first at the mobile version of your … Continue reading 5 steps to optimizing your site for Google’s mobile-first index
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, November 10, 2016 Google will use mobile content to rank as a default in search engine query results, rolling out the new ranking system over the course of a year. Only when a company doesn’t have mobile content or a responsive Web site design, Google will consider pulling from … Continue reading Google’s Move Toward Mobile-First
Julie Chomiak — November 9, 2016 — November 9, 2016 Google recently announced that it’s changing its search algorithm and it has major implications for businesses of all sizes. As more than half of Google searches now come from mobile devices, think smartphones and tablets, ranking mobile content has become increasingly important in the search … Continue reading Google’s Moving to Mobile-First Search: Here’s How To Prepare Now
On Yavin — November 7, 2016 Follow @on_yavin— November 7, 2016 Google has just made a major announcement that is likely to shake up the SEO world. According to a post on the Webmaster Central Blog, Google will begin testing mobile-first indexing, a new method to rank pages based on the mobile version of a … Continue reading Google Takes A Stab At Mobile-First Indexing
by Sean Hargrave, Staff Writer, November 2, 2016 It may not be the most surprising news, given that quarterly sales of smartphones outnumber annual PC shipments, but for the record, last month was the tipping point when the majority of Web viewing was mobile rather than desktop. That’s according to data from Statcounter widely reported his … Continue reading Customers Are Living in A Mobile-First World — Is Your Marketing?
by Larisa Bedgood Follow @https://twitter.com/DataMentorsAugust 10, 2016 We are clearly in the age of the mobile revolution and have been for some time now. Remember Google’s mobilegeddeon announcement? April 21st 2015 marked D-day for change to the Mobile Friendly Ranking Algorithm. Soon following was Google’s official announcement that mobile had finally eclipsed desktop, with more … Continue reading Take a Mobile-First Approach to Email to Target On-the-Go Consumers
Everyone wants to achieve mobile success, but how do you go about it? Contributor Brian Solis shares analysis of Google’s advice on how marketers can take advantage of micro-moments. Brian Solis on August 3, 2016 Mobile has changed the game, and marketers have to change with it. Consumers aren’t just mobile-first, they’re pushing to become … Continue reading Five ways marketers can win in mobile-first micro-moments
by Sean Hargrave, , Staff Writer, June 16, 2016 Millennials are leading a trend to get news stories through social media — and that means that in more than one in two instances, they don’t even notice the brand the news come from. In Korea and Japan, where using social for news is more … Continue reading Mobile-First Social Millennials Are Consigning News Brands To History
How do you go beyond being just mobile-friendly to become mobile-first? Columnist Bryson Meunier talks to three leaders in the space to gain some insight. Bryson Meunier on June 2, 2016 Before Google’s mobile update in April of last year, 40 percent of sites were not mobile-friendly. This is why it’s so remarkable to find … Continue reading 3 big brands on the cutting edge of mobile share secrets to their mobile-first success
by Lara Berendt May 7, 2016May 7, 2016 If your business website looks outdated, serves up a confounding user experience, or—gasp!—isn’t responsive, you’ve probably got a redesign in the works. But the very words “website redesign” often elicit groans from employees. Many people associate them with a drawn-out, painful process yielding a new site that … Continue reading Revenue-Generating Website Design is Growth-Driven and Mobile-First
