For instance, having a blanket redirect to your mobile homepage when the site detects a user is on a smartphone, despite the fact they have clicked on a deep link, has now been called out as an explicit no-no (see diagram below for what not to do).
Smartphone owners are more likely to read emails than make calls. Smartphone Owners are More Likely to Read Emails Than Make Calls Jenkins offered anecdotal evidence to support Adobe's findings by mentioning that in the previous 24 hours he hadn't...
Maps have become a key battleground in the smartphone wars, not least because of the self-inflicted damage Apple unleashed with its calamitous release of its own geo-location app for iOS 6. We are excited about the prospect of working with the...
Picture a business traveler in a foreign city for work with Google Now installed on her smartphone – or, even more likely, her Google Glasses. As Now catches on, it's very possible that we'll see more users migrating to Gmail and other Google tools...
When you consider that 60 percent of consumers already consult their smartphone on their way to a brick and mortar store (according to Deloitte Digital), it's undeniable local SEO will play an increasingly dominant role in every marketing strategy.
Alibaba Reboots Its Cloud-based Mobile OS Strategy – AlizilaCompany outlines new plans seven months after Google blocked a smartphone featuring Alibaba's OS software in China. Google: Disavow Links Even If Removed As A Best Practice – Search Engine...
According to a recent study, 70 percent get most of their news from friends and family on Facebook and 36 percent get most of their news links from friends and family on Twitter, with more of the Twitter crowd using a smartphone.
Just like we can all think of some way to make a smartphone useful to anyone, so we can imagine that Google Glass will have a similar impact. For the best perspective on this question, it's best to take a step back and consider Google's marketing...
Quick stats about local mobile use: percent of mobile search is local.percent of local searches result in purchases.percent of smartphone shoppers use a GPS/mapping app to find a retail location. With more than 1 billion smartphone users around the...
When it comes to global smartphone share, Android leads at 51.2 percent, followed by iOS at 43.5 percent, and Windows at 4.1 percent, Kantar Worldpanel reported. After slamming Google AdWords for taking control away from customers, Bing says "…we...
Facebook Home, an app and series of core services integrated into select Android devices, will be preloaded on the HTC First, a new smartphone that AT Zuckerberg said. A great phone may sell 10 or 20 million units at best… Even if we built a really...
As smartphone and tablet adoption rapidly increases, so does the importance of mobile-friendly websites. Someone searches for a product on their smartphone during a lunch break at work. That being said, there are benefits to having a mobile...
HD YouTube clips suddenly come to life in ways that are far more impactful and dynamic than tiny smartphone screens further blurring the lines of what’s “TV. He is the co-author of Social TV, a best-selling book from Wiley publishing that launched...
Marin noted, however, that many smartphone conversions likely take place in physical stores, as consumers search for products or locations on their phones before traveling to the store to buy. Again, Marin noted that smartphone conversions are...
It's sometimes hard to look at a device and say "That's a tablet," or "That's a smartphone. Identify your best and worst mobile keywords, compared to their desktop counterparts. These bring together the converging world of device types to help...
Smartphone search Yelp – Local best practices percent of national brands to invest more in local It has been a roller coaster of a year. Regardless of your type of business, practices, and online discipline the convergence of so many forms of...
A survey by mobile and web performance management firm Keynote Systems Inc.found that 64 percent of smartphone users in the U.S.wanted a site to load within four seconds, with 16 percent of respondents saying they would not return or wait for a...
Facebook users who liked the Facebook page of a popular smartphone manufacturer were 5.6 times more likely to have purchased the brand’s device than non-fans. What is the best way to collect and organize email addresses of familiar people -- like...
The smartphone essentially becomes a local discovery machine, and that fact is driving skyrocketing numbers of local searches. Digital marketers chimed in offering tips on how smart brands can gain market share (and muscle share) by leveraging the...
A Google Study Shows Predictability of Smartphone Sales at Launch Using Search Volume Test the performance of status updates often to find the best times of day and days of the week to reach followers.
