Mobile Search:

Google refreshes desktop view of search results

Posted on January 17, 2020

Search giant Google has started to roll out a new updated look for both organic search results and paid results on the desktop version of its search engine, a change that will (more…)

Posted by Alan Littler

Google announces results of Android search engine ballot

Posted on January 13, 2020

Google has revealed which alternative search engines it will begin to offer to Android users in each EU country following its ballot.

From the beginning of (more…)

Posted by Alan Littler

Search engine study finds users would use alternatives to Google

Posted on November 4, 2019

A new study has concluded that internet users across the globe would use alternatives to Google if they were presented with the choice.

The research was commissioned by American search engine DuckDuckGo, and it surveyed more than 3,400 adults based in the UK, Australia, the US and Germany to find out which search engines Android users would choose if presented with (more…)

Posted by Alan Littler

Mobile search attributed to Google’s ad revenue

Posted on November 1, 2019

Alphabet, the parent company of search giant Google, has recently reported advertising revenues totalling $33.9 billion (£26.3bn) for the third quarter of 2019, with Google’s CEO attributing some of this to mobile search.

This quarter’s ad revenue is a 17% increase on that of Q3 2018, which stood at $29bn (£22.5bn). The company’s overall revenue stood at (more…)

Posted by Alan Littler

Google to set mobile-first as default for new sites

Posted on May 31, 2019

Search giant Google has recently announced that all new websites previously unknown to the company will be defaulted to the new mobile-first indexing as of July 1.

Furthermore, older sites that (more…)

Posted by Alan Littler

Mobile counts for 50% of John Lewis’ web traffic

Posted on November 5, 2014

A major retailer has revealed that more customers than ever before are browsing its products online through a (more…)

Posted by Tom Evans

Nintendo eyeing up the mobile market

Posted on January 27, 2014

The biggest name in Japanese video gaming is reportedly looking at smartphones and tablets as a means to save its struggling business.

Nintendo, which ruled the home console arena for (more…)

Posted by Richard Bell

There’s an app for that… but should there be?

Posted on January 18, 2014

As the mobile and tablet users gain a bigger percentage of your site’s total of visitors, there is always someone who will suggest “we should have an app”. This is becoming the default answer for companies when it comes to them (more…)