I find this article quite interesting for several reasons: 1. I know the lady quoted as we spent many years at youth theatre together 2. The school I work at have just revamped their whole website to make it mobile friendly however I don't particularly like the new site and find it harder to navigate than the previous 3. It will be interesting to see how it affects my small dance schools free website that I have. It normally shows on google but these changes may see it being missed off Food for thought as to whether I need to look into this more and if this isn't giving google searchers less options?!
Andrea thanks for your post - yes - small changes can have effects on small and medium enterprises - businesses - that rely on social media marketing...sometimes change is needed to 'refresh' sites - here is a source for advice (noncommercial perhaps) http://edina.ac.uk/about/social_media/social_media_guidelines.html and commercial http://usefulsocialmedia.com/taxonomy/term/201/using-social-media-build-business-and-drive-commercial-value
I can understand the importance of sites being mobile friendly. When I am on the go I google things on my phone several times a day. Personally though, I dislike a lot of mobile sites. It puts me off looking at that site as the information is more condensed and I sometimes struggle to find exactly what I'm looking for. I particularly dislike when I am constantly prompted to download the mobile app for a site as well.
I don't think small businesses should be potentially losing business due to these changes!
I find this article quite interesting for several reasons:
ReplyDelete1. I know the lady quoted as we spent many years at youth theatre together
2. The school I work at have just revamped their whole website to make it mobile friendly however I don't particularly like the new site and find it harder to navigate than the previous
3. It will be interesting to see how it affects my small dance schools free website that I have. It normally shows on google but these changes may see it being missed off
Food for thought as to whether I need to look into this more and if this isn't giving google searchers less options?!
Andrea thanks for your post - yes - small changes can have effects on small and medium enterprises - businesses - that rely on social media marketing...sometimes change is needed to 'refresh' sites - here is a source for advice (noncommercial perhaps) http://edina.ac.uk/about/social_media/social_media_guidelines.html and commercial http://usefulsocialmedia.com/taxonomy/term/201/using-social-media-build-business-and-drive-commercial-value
ReplyDeleteI can understand the importance of sites being mobile friendly. When I am on the go I google things on my phone several times a day. Personally though, I dislike a lot of mobile sites. It puts me off looking at that site as the information is more condensed and I sometimes struggle to find exactly what I'm looking for. I particularly dislike when I am constantly prompted to download the mobile app for a site as well.
ReplyDeleteI don't think small businesses should be potentially losing business due to these changes!