Mobile-first web design is more important in 2017 then it has ever been before. With over 95% of users now mobile, the internet is evolving faster than we can keep up. Not only has there been a ton of growth in the marketing community, the tech industry is changing the game with all of the new smart devices available. As a web developer, you have to adapt to these trends to stay relevant and ahead of the curve. Not only do you have to keep up, you have to design with the future user in mind. I have compiled a list of benefits to think about while designing with the motto: Mobile-first in 2017 and beyond. 1. More Exposure – AMP One of the most important benefits of mobile-first is the amount of exposure you can receive if you participate properly. Google has developed something called Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP). AMP is a secondary version of your website without all of the Java, widgets, heavy images, and toys to slow down the speed of your landing page. By implementing AMP … [Read more...] about 4 Reasons You Must Implement A Mobile-First Web Design | Better SEO, UX, AMP, CTR
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4 Reasons You Must Implement Mobile First Web Design | Better SEO, UX, AMP, CTR
Mobile First Web Design is more important in 2017 then it has ever been. With over 95% of users now mobile the internet is evolving faster then we can keep up. Not only has there been a ton of growth in the marketing community, the tech industry is changing the game with all of the new smart devices available. As a Web Developer you have to adapt to these trends to stay relevant and ahead of the curve. Not only do we have to keep up, we have to design for the future user in mind. I have compiled a list of 5 benefits to think about while designing with mobile first in mind in 2017. 1. More Exposure – AMP One of the most important benefits of Mobile First Web Design is the amount of exposure you can receive if you participate properly. Google has developed something called Accelerated Mobile Pages, AMP for short. AMP is a secondary version of your website without all of the Java, widgets, heavy images and toys to slow down the speed of your landing page. By implementing AMP into … [Read more...] about 4 Reasons You Must Implement Mobile First Web Design | Better SEO, UX, AMP, CTR
[Official] AMP Testing Tool by Google: Test Your Website Today
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A few weeks back Tina shared a detailed guide on SEO benefits of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP). Needless to say, it’s important for us to have AMP enabled for our blog as with time it’s getting more traction & gives a better user experience. Currently, AMP is not a mobile ranking factor, but it would be wrong to consider this as the only deciding factor for enabling AMP. We have already covered the major benefits of AMP earlier in this post. On 13th October 2016 Google officially announced the addition of new AMP testing tool in search console. To use the tool, you can head over to testing tool here & add any of the pages from your blog to analyze the AMP page with the real Googlebot. The tool tests the validity of the AMP markup as well as any structured data on the page. You can use this tool on your smartphone browser as well. This tool will make it easier for us to find the common AMP error on our web page & also help in seeing the code … [Read more...] about [Official] AMP Testing Tool by Google: Test Your Website Today
SEO Benefits Of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) And How To Get Started
But, as a marketer, simply investing in mobile optimization for your website isn’t going to be enough to stay on top of the trend. Mobile device users spend hours a day on their phones, and they certainly won’t navigate your content if your interface is slow-loading, clunky, and not finger-friendly. Enter Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), a new project that taps into open-sourced technical components that promote speed and ease of use for online content readers, while allowing you to retain the integrity of the content you want to feature. Meaning, rather than requiring your team to build out the technical functions of your page, AMP feeds your content through an existing page network that is meant to increase speed and reduce loading time on mobile devices. Basically, every article will be viewed through a stripped-down HTML standard page, immediately available to users in a “carousel”-like format, prominently featured at the top of most mobile … [Read more...] about SEO Benefits Of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) And How To Get Started
Beginners Guide To Setting Up Google AMP For WordPress Blogs
This is 2017 and the competition amongst webpreneurs continue to be fierce, and only the fittest, well-informed, and action-takers have the chance to survive. And to help the less privileged who might not have the budget for running huge and fearsome advertisement like the top guns in the industry, Google decided to introduce the application known as Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), which strictly helps to improve the mobile experience of end-users. Understanding that not so many people know about this let alone know how to go about applying it on their WordPress blogs to start enjoying the benefits themselves, I decided to write this guide on what Google AMP is about, why it is important, how to install it and the configurations. I hope you will find it useful. What is Google AMP? Google AMP is the short form for Google Accelerated Mobile Pages, which is simply geared towards improving the loading speed of mobile websites, just so it can function optimally and maximally, thereby … [Read more...] about Beginners Guide To Setting Up Google AMP For WordPress Blogs