The adverts that you’ve been used to seeing at the right hand side of your page with soon be no more. Instead, these paid ads will appear at the top and the bottom of your results page.
Though this will reduce the number of ads on the SERP, Google says that it may increase the number of adverts shown on the results page from three to four if the query is ‘highly commercial’.
Whether they’re buying a new TV, investing in printed marketing materials, booking a holiday, planning a wedding or picking up a few last minute presents, people like to do business with companies they trust. No one wants to be ripped off, disappointed or let down at the last minute. So as people browse the web in search of products or services, they automatically gravitate towards websites that look trustworthy.
Building trust through web design is an established practice and a lot of web design companies work hard to develop graphics, features and techniques that will help people trust a business, converting them from visitors into customers as they go. If it’s been a while since your company website had a redesign, or you’re launching a brand new business onto the web, taking the time to ensure your website looks and feels trustworthy could pay dividends in the future.
In the last few years, the popularity of the mobile web has sky rocketed. In 2015, the number of Google searches performed on mobile devices outstripped the number made on laptops and desktops. A third of Brits now see their phone as their go-to internet browsing device and smartphone use has increased 394% in the last four years.
As well as making for interesting statistics, these figures show the importance of the mobile web. Companies that want to connect with their customers regardless of their geographical location have to invest in getting their site ready for the mobile web, otherwise they may miss out and risk giving their business to the competition.
Now that the fug of Christmas has finally warn off and the New Year is well and truly underway, it’s time take a look at your business and make sure that it’s ready to take advantage of everything 2016 has to offer. From revamping your website to boosting your social media presence, there are lots of ways to improve your company’s marketing potential and help it to achieve the success it deserves.
It is not as daunting as it all sounds and once incorporated correctly by professionals into the foundations of your marketing mix, you can begin to advance on your competitors and create a surge in sales.
Here at Identity Web Design we incorporate this in to the making of your website to attract your intended target market!
Why is this Important?
In the hyper competitive world of online promotions and marketing, finding new and effective ways to attract visitors to a site can make all the difference to new and growing businesses.
Though there are lots of ways to improve SEO, drive web traffic and increase brand awareness, one of the most effective online marketing tools available to small and medium sized enterprises is pay per click advertising. Easy to initiate and affordable to run, pay per click campaigns have been shown to produce significant results time after time.
With over one billion websites, more than two billion users worldwide and a content pool that’s growing faster than most of us can comprehend, the internet is a seriously big place.
If you’re trying to get a blog, website or online store noticed, understanding just how enormous the internet really is should give you a good idea of what you’re up against, so let’s take a look at some of staggering web based statistics to find out.
With 2015 well under way at Identity we’ve taken a quick look back at last year as well as a snapshot of what this year has in store for us!
Last year the word ‘team’ was certainly the theme. We made sure that we not only grew in size but knowledge too, making sure that we stayed at the very cusp of the ever-evolving world of technology and online media.
