Research & Analysis
Engaging video on mobile in China, packed with stats, from Group M
July 19, 2013, by mobiThinking
This excellent video was created for Group M, the parent of Maxus, MEC, MediaCom, Mindshare and Xaxis, by Seen Vision, using data from the Group M Interaction survey (July 2013) and various third-party stats... Read More
Global mobile statistics 2013 Section E: Mobile apps, app stores, pricing and failure rates
May 26, 2013, by mobiThinking
FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND THE MOBILE STATS COMPENDIUM:... Read More
Tracking mobile with Google Analytics
May 1, 2013, by Martin Clancy
Mobile is becoming more important by the day and the figures speak for themselves: about 1 page out of every 8 was viewed using a mobile device (including tablets and phones) according to recent comScore research and last month Google released a study which showed that 77% of mobile searches were performed at home or at work even if a desktop PC was available... Read More
Global reach and dynamic page weight – is there a correlation?
April 5, 2013, by ronan
Many reports on web page sizes issued in recent years point to the same conclusion: the web has a weight problem. The web seems to be gaining weight each year despite the fact that study after study has shown a strongly negative reaction from users to heavy web pages and resulting loading times... Read More
Why Responsive Web Design is not always the best option for a mobile SEO strategy
March 21, 2013, by Staff
There are a lot of misconceptions about what Google is saying about mobile SEO. First and foremost, Google doesn't mandate the use of Responsive Web Design (RWD) as best practice for SEO. Google [url=https://developers.google.com/webmasters/smartphone-sites/details]expressly says[/url] [i]"Google does not favor any particular URL format as long as they are all accessible to both Googlebot and Googlebot-Mobile”[/i] the bots Google uses to crawl desktop and Smartphone specific content. And it’s worth noting here that Google is crawling desktop and mobile content separately... Read More
