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Recent studies have shown that mobile web searches have experienced explosive growth over the past few years alone. Google, along with Cisco, Gartner, and Compuware, have all released similar reports illustrating the rapid growth of mobile web browsing, mobile web searches, and mobile local searches. If you haven't done so already, now is the time
It can be quite disheartening to launch your new web site and watch it go unnoticed. Your website showcases all of your hard work, your brand, and your business. But instead of receiving an explosion of traffic, you get little more than the sound of crickets echoing back from the far reaches of the Internet. If your web site traffic is anemic, mayb
Have you every brainstormed for hours trying to think of the perfect domain name for your new venture? When you finally come up with a catchy, searchable, brand-able domain name are you crushed to learn that someone has already beaten you to the punch? This happens to me more often than I care to admit, and I wonder if all the good dot coms are
You may have heard in the past about Google implementing the Penguin update or the Panda update, which sounds adorable, but could actually be disastrous for your search rankings if your website does not have compelling and timely content. When search engines implement updates, these updates often refer to their algorithms that determine where your
Everyone keeps saying it, but are you truly listening? Mobile is the future. The rate of growth in mobile users, and, in turn, their use of the Internet, is absolutely staggering. And, it only seems to accelerate month to month. That’s why it’s so important that your mobile website be in tip-top shape. If it’s not, you could lose customers or
The short answer is yes, a little. If you think back to ten years ago, you will remember that web sites had interesting animations and other functions that made the pages more fun, useful, and exciting. So, what has happened to make web sites so lackluster and a bit stale? Mobile Web Reduces the Use of Adobe Flash Anti Adobe Flash sentiment
Once I was out to dinner with some friends and their son, who was about to graduate from college. He was getting a degree in English literature, and was looking for a job in advertising after graduation. The jobs he was applying for asked him to submit a writing sample that marketed a product along with a resume. He’s a smart kid, and he knows ho
Professional academic writers often use style guides. These guides help the writer ensure that every paragraph and every page follows the same rules for formatting and for citing information. Following these guidelines allows for all of the information to be unified. These same strategies can be applied to web site design, as well as other design p
Back when I edited Portable Computing magazine, I met often with representatives from the different tech companies to discuss new products. There was one memorable encounter with HP. This was around 1993 and there was a lot of interest at the time in the so-called paperless office: if everything was electronic, couldn't we cut down on printin
Since it’s usually the last piece of writing you’ll add to a bit of content, sometimes the call to action gets short shrift. Sometimes it even gets skipped altogether! Instead, try to come up with a call to action first. Think about your customers and what they want. The call to action may not be the most important thing you have to sell, but i
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