Responsive web design is not only the largest current design trend to hit the internet, but it’s also the most important design method to simplify managing a website and boosting user performance. A responsive design eliminates the need to have multiple designs to accommodate different devices, such as desktops and cell phones, as the website … [Read more...]
Why Thumbs are Critical to Mobile Web Design and CRO
There is plenty to consider when optimizing your website for mobile CRO, but one critical component that businesses often overlook is how best to organize your site for users’ thumbs. With over one billion people expected to browse the Internet via their smartphones alone by the end of 2015, and touchscreens continuing to dominate the field, … [Read more...]
Guide to rel=”alternate” for Mobile Subdomain Optimization
As mobile usage continues to skyrocket and search engines increase their focus on mobile-friendly ranking, you’ve probably noticed that we’ve been working to bring you even more ways to ensure that your website is optimized for mobile devices. And while Google and many of us in the SEO world strongly encourage implementing responsive design where … [Read more...]
Mobile SEO Checklist – #Infographic
After Google’s announcement that they will begin to use a site’s mobile readiness as a ranking factor for mobile search results, now is the time to fine tune your mobile optimization. Google’s move is largely due to their earlier prediction that mobile searches will reach close to 85.9 billion in 2015 as 57 percent of adults in the United States … [Read more...]
Google’s New Mobile Update BIGGER than Panda or Penguin!
When Google first announced the new mobile-friendly ranking algorithm that’s set to release April 21st, we already knew it was going to shake things up for sites that aren’t mobile-friendly. But, we may have underestimated the impact the new mobile algorithm will have as Google’s Zineb Ait Bahajji said the algorithm will have a larger impact than … [Read more...]
Crawling and Indexing Location-Adaptive Pages for SEO
We’ve been seeing a lot of dramatic changes and updates to Google SEO lately, particularly with respect to location-based ranking and mobile results. And just recently, Google made another significant change by introducing improvements to Googlebot that enable crawling and indexing of location-adaptive pages for SEO. The update will come as … [Read more...]
Google Testing Scrollable Mobile Local 3-Pack
A few months ago Ignite Visibility first reported Google testing the scrollable answer box feature on mobile. Now it seems they are testing a similar feature on the mobile local 3-Pack. Here are a few screen shots to exemplify what I am referring to. (The first screen shot is to show what I searched. You need to scroll down a little bit further on … [Read more...]
Everything Google Looks at for Mobile SEO
Mobile devices are now the go-to source for internet searches, so it’s only natural for Google to place a stronger emphasis on a website’s mobile performance. Last year, we saw mobile internet usage exceed that of PCs, with 80 percent of internet users using a Smartphone and 47 percent using tablets for internet searches. In light of society’s … [Read more...]
Warning, Google Mobile Update April 21 to Change SEO
This is a special report. Yesterday, Google announced that starting April 21, they will rank your website higher if it is mobile friendly. Google said this New Mobile Ranking Update will have a "significant impact" on search results worldwide. So this means if your website is not mobile friendly (there is a lot that goes into this) you will lose … [Read more...]
How We Increased Mobile Home SEO Conversion Rate 86% and Revenue by 162%
When people switch to mobile, there is a trend to go towards a tile style look. While this might look good in the mockups, in practice, it is pretty frustrating for the user. They land on the home page and the navigation is buried under a menu bar (which is often hard to find) and the only thing they are presented with is sale items or just pure … [Read more...]
