© Thinkstock Is your website mobile-optimized? In just 5 days Google is switching their search ranking algorithm to favor mobile websites! Being mobile-accessible is critical to life and business. When Steve Jobs created the iPod, his vision was to make it easy for consumers to carry “1,000 songs in your pocket.” Today, our mobile phones essentially carry our “life in a pocket.” In …
Google ALERT: Are You Mobile Ready?
They’ve done it again. As soon as you get used to doing things one way, the “powers that be” make a change—for the better. Are you mobile ready? Read below. In late February, Google announced that starting April 21, their search engines would give ranking preference to websites that are mobile optimized. What do you need to know and what …
Mobile Behavior: From Angry Birds to Your Landing Page
The mobile app, Angry Birds, is an occasional pastime of mine. There’s something indescribably satisfying about slinging kamikaze, frowning feather-balls at rickety structures on the other side of the screen. I love watching everything fall down. Why is this so much fun?! What can I say? Angry Birds is one of the most popular mobile games ever created, so I’m …
MOBILE CONTENT STRATEGY: A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
In our previous blog on mobile strategy, I made this statement: Your organization has a responsibility to deliver an equal content experience across all devices. I’d like to correct myself and substitute the phrase “equal content” with “congruent content.” The difference here is important. “Equal content,” to me, means “the same content.” “Congruent content” means consistent information about your products and …
THE WHY AND HOW OF MOBILE: A PLACE TO START
I’ve had my iPhone 4S for less than a year. I was a late comer to the mobile party, but now I don’t think I could survive without it. Convenience is one of the greatest benefits of the iPhone. The accessibility of Siri, e-mail, an iPod, a camera, GPS, mobile apps and websites all in one place is incredibly useful. …