Web design used to be pretty straightforward. All you had to do was make sure your website could be viewed properly on a PC and a Mac, and you were good to go. But today, it’s a different story. Smart phones and tablets have taken off. In the UK, a significant amount of internet use […]
Google recently announced that it will be expanding their use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal in its search engine. The company says it will have “significant impact in our search results”. These changes follow a number of previous attempts by Google to improve its search results for mobile users. The unusual thing about this announcement is that Google has used the words […]
With technology changing at such a rapid pace, it’s now not enough for a business just to have a website, it also needs to be mobile responsive – but what does that actually mean? A simple definition is: ‘your website layout changes to adapt or respond to the device it is being displayed on’ There […]
Before I get into the details of the different types of mobile websites, the first question to ask is whether or not you need to consider mobile traffic to your website at all. On the whole the answer is ‘yes’, but to what extent depends on your business and audience. As a whole, mobile web usage […]
Websites built for viewing on a computer monitor or laptop screen are often difficult to view on a mobile device such as smartphones or tablet computers. Especially on a smartphone, users will generally have to zoom in to make the text visible. Then, depending on how your site is configured, they may have to scroll […]