Archive for Mobile Website
What is Mobile 2.0?
It is easy to assume that Mobile 2.0 means simply bringing Web 2.0 to mobile devices, but the driving force behind Mobile 2.0 goes much further. Mobile 2.0 isn’t about delivering PC content to our mobile devices, it is about delivering mobile content.
And, more than that, it is about personalizing the content.
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Minimum screen resolution for mobile internet
There was once a time when many mobile tech enthusiasts believed that a portable device could only provide the full internet experience if it had a minimum screen resolution of 800 x 480.
There were other prerequisites as well (Flash support, processing speed, page rendering, etc.), but a low-resolution screen was one of the immediate deal breakers. Gadgets that otherwise looked promising were often withdrawn from consideration as soon as their resolutions were revealed to be lacking.
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The Mobile Web browser is totally new.
The mobile browser has unique benefits, quirks, and workarounds. Partial and flawed implementations of web standards are commonplace.
Improperly formatted web pages can have drastic effects on mobile devices, including crashing the browser or resetting the device.
Advanced web features such as JavaScript and AJAX are highly desirable but
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Meta.txt Improving Mobile SEO
Meta.txt – A Standard for Improving Mobile Web Browsing and Discovery of Media
Executive Summary
Recently there has been a surge in articles detailing just how brands and mobile websites can become more visible on the Mobile Internet. From rules, to 10 point plans, to pages of best practices – the PC web is awash with advice. Many attempts have been made to simplify mobile website discoverability, however so far the responsibility has been on the webmaster to create a site that fits an ever increasing list of criteria – remember the user is in a rush; the screen on a mobile is a lot smaller than that of a PC; join a mobile site directory. No one has put much focus on a possible technology solution. Until now.
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Matt Cutts on the future of search: “Mobile will be big”
In the latest GWC video on YouTube, Matt Cutts, Google’s head of Webspam team, is answering a question about the future of search in the next few years.
According to him, search as we know it today is nowhere near done.
He explains that Google’s main ambition is to index more kind of contents, such as books, online calendars, and everything “in the cloud”.
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Mobile SEO Myths Exposed
You’ve probably heard many “experts” advising you to optimize your site for mobile phones, or to create a “mobile” version of your site and optimize that for “mobile search.” The process has already been defined as “mobile SEO”, and there are already many SEO companies making money by “creating mobile sites” and doing “mobile SEO.”
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Web meets phone Nexus one
Power and battery
Removable 1400 mAH battery
Charges at 480mA from USB, at 980mA from supplied charger
MOBILE SEO: TO BE OR NOT TO BE
When will it be the year of the mobile? Media people have been asking this question for several years.
More importantly, from my perspective, will mobile SEO become a major part of my role within Search? With what seems like a major reluctance to commission small screen pages and/or a convergence of browser developers shoe-horning the desktop web on to my small screen; mobile SEO is fast becoming a speciality that was never required.
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iPhone 3GS vs Palm Pre vs Motorola Droid vs Nexus One
Came across this nice comparison chart for iPhone, Palm, Droid and Nexus.
Mobile SEO Best Practices
Today, the mobile web is at the same stage in its evolution. It’s a mystical time again: nobody’s too sure what the killer apps are going to be and which online businesses models are going to win (aside from gambling and porn)… but, based on the lessons we learned the first time around, one thing’s for certain: search and searchengine optimization (SEO) is going to be critical to establishing the mobile web.
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