Everybody is familiar with accordions on websites, those little tables (popular for FAQ’s for example) where clicking on the text of the question, or the icon next to it, opens up a section of content that was previously collapsed. As we move ever further into a mobile web experience, accordions have become a crucial part […]
Tag Archives: Mobile Friendliness
While many, perhaps even most, businesses in South Africa have found themselves struggling under the national lock-down, (one of the harshest in the world), eCommerce in SA has grown by leaps and bounds. Uptake of eCommerce has traditionally lagged behind here for a large number of reasons, including lack of internet penetration, credit issues, and […]
With mobile searches now outstripping desktop searches thanks to the prevalence of smart phones and other mobile devices, the importance of considering mobile usability, for ecommerce specifically, is now greater than ever before. Although purchases are still made more frequently on desktops in South Africa, even that last bastion of desktop dominance is starting to […]
Earlier this year, Google announced that as part of their “Mobile First” drive, and their on-going commitment to providing answers to search queries as fast as possible, they will, as of July this year, be treating website page loading speed as a ranking factor on mobile searches. Speed has already been a ranking factor for […]
Statistics show that in the recent past, mobile has overtaken desktop for the most number of search queries. These days, more than half of search queries are performed on mobile devices rather than on desktops. Google first rolled out the mobile friendly algorithm update in April 2015, to ready sites to support mobile usage and […]
According to Google, more than 50% of searches are done on mobile devices, and in certain countries, mobile searches have overtaken that of desktop searches. So, it is no surprise that Google continues to make major mobile user experience improvements and updates. Some may even call it a “Mobilegeddon.” Based on their research, more than […]
According to Google, the majority of people are more likely to search for information using a mobile device. It’s certainly no secret that a sites mobile friendliness is important when it comes to ranking in search engine results, but in the near future, that will take on a whole new dimension. According to a Google […]
World Wide Worx and Fuseware conduct a regular survey into South African use of social media platforms. Their latest South African Social Media Landscape report was released earlier this year, and had the following to say about how we as South Africans are using social media: South Africa On Facebook Facebook remains the most commonly […]
As everybody knows by now, Google encourages sites to be mobile friendly. In fact, since the “Mobilegeddon” algorithm update in April of this year, mobile-friendliness has been treated as a “significant” ranking factor. The reason for this focus on mobile friendliness is pretty obvious. Earlier this month, Google reported that more than half of Google […]