A Google Plus member reports that Google may be testing a red indicator to identify slow web sites when searching with a mobile device. K. Neeraj Kayastha displayed an image of the search results he saw while doing a mobile search using his Android phone. The test appears to be taking place in India. I […]
Responsive Web Design Now Offers a Ranking Advantage
Google announced a ranking algorithm change that gives mobile-friendly web sites an advantage in search results when users search from a mobile device. They talked about this change over a year ago, and are now putting it into place. The key aspect of is that the advantage is only apparent when searches are performed through […]
Time to Trash the Flash – Google Is Warning Mobile Users About Flash Sites
As of July 14, Google started issuing warnings in search results to mobile users whenever a website is not likely to work correctly in their mobile device. At this point, the specific focus is on sites using Adobe’s Flash technology. According to Google, Adobe Flash is not supported on iOS devices (Apple) or on Android […]
More FAQs About Responsive Design
Many people have questions about responsive design WordPress sites. These are some of the most common questions. If you want to see a demonstration of what can be done with this coding technique, visit our responsive design demo page. Can Any Website Be Converted to a Responsive Design? Unfortunately, not all sites are easily converted. […]
Responsive Design FAQs
Responsive design websites are a fairly new approach to Internet technology that is likely to become the standard for website design. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions along with answers. How does responsive design technology work? Responsive design uses CSS3 media queries to detect the display dimensions on a user’s viewing device. […]
What Is Responsive Design?
Responsive design websites are the latest trend in website presentation technology. These types of web sites utilize CSS3 (cascading style sheets version 3) and a new feature called ‘media queries’, which is recognized by all modern browsers and almost all smart phones and mobile devices produced in the last 4 or 5 years. In a […]
Do Sites Get Penalized for Invalid HTML?
The question of whether or not Google will penalize a site for not using absolutely clean, valid HTML coding comes up a lot. For many years most SEO companies believed that this did have a significant impact on search engine rankings. However, Google clarified that issue several years ago. Matt Cutts recently re-iterated that Google […]
Best SEO Practices for 2013
After almost two years of seemingly back-to-back ranking algorithm changes, Google has indeed altered the playing field for search engine optimization. Google actually overachieved their prediction that they would do more than 500 algorithm changes in 2012. In the aftermath of so many changes, the real question is, “Have they improved the search results in […]
How To Drive Traffic With Great Content
It is not uncommon for site owners to wonder why their site does not draw in very much free traffic from Google’s organic listings. More often than not, the problem lies within the quality of the textual content found on the web site. Here are some tips to help you to focus writing great quality […]
How To Create a Keyword Theme
A keyword theme places a focus on a page that search engine spiders use to determine the set of keywords that best represents a web page. How you craft a keyword theme when writing content for a page can make a huge difference in the rank position for that page. This SEO tutorial shows you […]