Mobile Usability & Google Mobile-Friendly Test

With an increase in global web traffic from mobile devices & also studies showing that mobile visitors are more likely to revisit mobile-friendly sites, mobile usability has now become an imp part of search results. Mobile usability report helps identify issuses affecting your pages. This can be used to fix errors & also their search performance & relevance. Most mobile browsers do not render Flash-based content. Also your pages should specify a viewport using the meta viewport tag

For the mobile friendly websites,

1) The viewing area should adjust to the device screen size

2) Content should flow in viewport

3) Scaling of the fonts

4) Buttons should be well placed & visible

5) Using mobile friendly tech for the mobile website

Six primary mobile usability errors are

1) Flash Usage
2) View Port Not configured
3) Fixed-width viewport
4) Content not sized to viewport
5) Small font size
6) Touch elements too close

Google Mobile-Friendly Test URl is https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/. This test will analyze a URL and report if the page has a mobile-friendly design.

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Samsung: The World’s First Virtual Reality Birth

Sometimes barriers like distance keep people from being part of experiences that no one wants to miss. So we decided to help two people come together in a completely new way to let them share one of life’s most profound moments. Welcome to the world’s first live virtual reality birth using the Samsung Gear VR. #LifeLIVE

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Who leads The Smartwatch Market ? – Samsung, Pebble, Fitbit, Sony & others

You will find more statistics at Statista

What is Blogging – How it can help SEO & Social Media?

Salvation Army Uses #theDress to Raise Awareness on Domestic Violence

The Salvation Army in South Africa is using #thedress to spread message about domestic violence. The model sports bruises on her face & body. The caption reads “Is it so hard 2 see black & blue? 1 in 6 women are victims. Some of the tags used are #StopAbuseAgainstWomen #blackandblue #whiteandgold

It’s #InternationalWomensDay on Sunday. We care for abused/trafficked women worldwide. Help us help them. #TheDress pic.twitter.com/tQvxQTnHib

— Salvation Army IHQ (@SalvArmyIHQ) March 7, 2015

What Your Instagram Filter Says About You ? [Infographic]

Instagram is known for its various filters that transform the look and feel of the photos and provides a great viewing experience. This info provides psychology behind the top 10 Instagram filters,

Which Indian E-commerce Leads on Social Media? – Snapdeal, Flipkart, Yepme, Myntra, Jabong & others

The data by social media research firm, Simplify360, has been collected from over 57 eCommerce firms in India. Some of the factors taken into considerations are organic mentions, inorganic mentions, fan size & others.

Top 5 eCommerce website on Social Media is Flipkart, Snapdeal, eBay, Myntra & Jabong. Yepme is the leader on Facebook with 59,08,797 fans, top 3 players have 51% of voice share, Snap deal high on engagement.

The Four Horsemen: Amazon/Apple/Facebook & Google–Who Wins/Loses ?

A great presentation from Scott Galloway on on Amazon/Apple/Facebook & Google (The Four Horsemen) and who will win & who will lose in the digital business economy