Spectrum Communications & Consulting Inc. Blog: Technology
Whether you know it or not, responsive website design (RWD) is the future of your website. A site built with RWD will adapt its layout to the device it's being viewed on -- a desktop, laptop, tablet or smart phone -- making it easier for visitors to read and navigate a website without having to cons...
In an attempt to understand the ever-changing landscape of mobile usage, Nielson Media Research, the company that creates the Nielsen Ratings, took a survey of more than 2,000 smartphone users. The results were then compiled with data from the Nielsen Smartphone Analytics Panel. The results are a co...
Business owners, more than anyone else, understand the importance of precise, accurate data and the impact it can have on a company's success. Marketers have long relied on concrete data to make impactful decisions that would truly resonate with the goals and objectives of a business, both long- and...
Somehow, Facebook has a way of giving every new adaption of their site a profound feel while simultaneously making their recently changed version seem old, tired and utterly out-of-date. Yesterday's unveiling was no exception. When Mark Zuckerberg revealed the News Feed design and functionality chan...
Still in beta development, Graph Search isn't accessible to the public yet. However, in anticipation for the launch of its latest product, Facebook invites users to join a waiting list and sit tight until the world's first social search engine drops. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and CEO, call...
Little-known fact: free listings are the key to successfully promoting your local business online. The Internet, without question, is the primary method of individuals and businesses alike to research local companies. More and more businesses are reaching these prospects through the use of free loca...
Search engines, like the stock market, are constantly changing because their algorithms are directly influenced by the people who use them. And as long as The Times Keep On A-Changin’, so will the Internet search game. For example, Google handles approximately 100 billion searches every month. Those...
Mary Meeker, the head of Morgan Stanley’s Global Technology Research Team, took the stage at Akamai’s 2010 State of the Internet report and said that within the next five years “more users will connect to the Internet over mobile devices than desktop PCs.” Well, whad’ya know? 2012 is almost over, an...
Nearly five months ago, Google Places became Google+ Local - impacting, yet again, the way small businesses are found on the world's most dominant search engine. Although the changes made for a profoundly better and more intuitive user experience, the transition into this new platform was not entire...
SEO value aside, most business owners often find it difficult to conceptualize the benefits of keeping a company blog. Many just wouldn’t be able to justify the time and energy that went into it, which thus begs the question: would you still keep a blog if Search Engine Optimization wasn’t an advant...
