Back in August last year Google published a post talking about the negative affect of interstitial and popups on mobile devices and how they were planning on rolling out an update to combat this in early 2017. Pages that show intrusive interstitials provide a poorer experience to users than other pages where content is immediately […]
Size Matters: Reimagining Your Website for Mobile Devices
Editor’s note: This post was written by Alice McGlinn, who has been a tech nerd since receiving her first computer ten years ago. Since then, she’s been spending her time learning and writing about all things technology. According to the Pew Research Internet Project, 56 percent of all adults in the U.S. own a smartphone, and […]
5 Non-Technical Ways to Catch the Mobile Marketing Wave
Source As the mobile world goes, so goes the world of marketing. Recent data only serve to underscore this point. Statistics from Pew, for example, put mobile device usage in the United States at about 200 million people. And of these cellular, smartphone and tablet users, a healthy 74% rely on their devices for web […]
Is Responsive Web Design for You?
The other day, n most was reading an entry here about how to make your blog mobile friendly, and the last thing the writer mentioned is a blog concept that I personally advocate, that of responsive design. If you are unfamiliar with responsive design, essentially it is designing your website so that it automatically adjusts to […]
Making Your Blog Mobile Friendly
You’ve done the hard bit, your blog is set up and you’ve even managed to reach a decent number of regular visitors, but who’s happy with decent these days? If you want your blog to achieve more, you need to make sure you’re reaching as big of an audience as possible, and today that means […]
5 Ways Being a Blogger Helped Me Survive a Disaster
To be honest, last week was a pretty rough week for the city of New Orleans. The landfall of Hurricane Isaac bringing powerful winds, heavy rains and strong storm surge to the area, the city was, to put it simply, a disaster. While it may not have been a catastrophe on par with Hurricane Katrina […]
New WP Version for Android
WordPress have realeased the latest version (V1.3.8) of the blogging platform for the Android Market, which has addressed a wide range of issues that have been raised by users. You can now choose what the post status (Draft, Pending Review, Private or Publish) whilst editing or writing They’ve also addressed a wide range of bugs: […]
3 Ways To Monetize Your Mobile Loving Blog
Regardless of whether you choose to blog upon the computer, a cell phone or your glorious iPad, one thing every blogging pro can agree on is the need to monetize their blog. Although some bloggers generate revenue based on services or affiliate links, the vast majority rely upon advertising (like Google Adsense) in order to […]
How To Make Your Blog Mobile Friendly
While many bloggers are quick to make their sites compatible across various internet browsers, only a small fraction are making their sites viewable upon mobile devices (both for smart phones and feature phones). Although many smartphones today are equipped with “full featured” browsers, users may loathe reading your site on a tiny screen (which could translate […]
WordPress Releases App for iPhone
WordPress has recently released an open source app for managing WordPress-powered blogs via the iPhone. Dubbed WordPress for iPhone, the application can manage both WordPress.com blogs and self-hosted WP blogs. Introducing the first Open Source app that lets you write posts, upload photos, and edit your WordPress blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch. With […]