Accelerated mobile pages (AMP or AMPs) is a publishing technology that was originally designed as a competitor to Instant Articles, a technology from Facebook. An accelerated mobile page is a way to make super-fast mobile pages. Google and Twitter are the actual designers of AMP. The pages are a sort of simplified HTML, designed with speed in mind. The cool...
You might be reading this on a mobile site. A site created to best suit the needs of a mobile user. You’re not alone if you’re browsing on the go. Out of all the web traffic in the world, 49.73% is accessed from a mobile device. If you have a website for your business it pays to understand a little...
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Google is going to shut down their social media platform they call Google+. Recently Google discovered a data breach that allowed developers to access private data of profile users. However, Google states there is no evidence that developers knew about the bug. Additionally, there was no evidence that the data was misused. With news of the data breach being made public,...
WHAT IS WORDPRESS GUTENBERG For some time, there were news circulating the internet about something new brewing in the WordPress world. Wordpress is a CMS that is often used in web development. A new addition to the WordPress called Gutenberg is here to take the market by storm. Gutenberg is the new editor in WordPress and bears massive impact. Some are...
On August 1st, the SEO community noticed a large drop in traffic due to a Google update. This has been one of the biggest updates that I have personally seen Google do. Some of the sites saw little to no change. However, the interesting thing was that those that those sites that saw the algorithm change were deeply affected. Google...
Voice Search Voice Search is increasing in use for internet searches. With the rise of digital assistance such as “Siri” or “Hey Google” as well as the advent of smart speakers, voice search will obviously continue to increase in its usage. ComScore recently estimated that 50 percent of all searches will be voice based by the year 2020. Why, you ask? Well...
If you have a website or in anyway collect data, I am sure you have heard of GDPR. That term is being thrown around in the Media and likely you have been bombarded by emails concerning its implications. Much of the talk and information that I have seen and heard regarding GDPR, is simply not true. Then what exactly is...
It's likely you have heard that you need a local marketing strategy. But what is Local SEO? Local SEO is the marketing term, it can be more commonly known as local search. The idea is to provide a more integrated approach to the marketing of a brick and mortar business. This is especially important since 72 percent of consumers who perform...
One of the biggest decisions in designing a website is deciding on a content management system (CMS). The reason you want a content management system is that they make updating a website much easier. A content management system makes updating a site with no experience an ease. CMS makes posting blogs, uploading a new image, and making small edits. In this...