i-C web

Beyond Mobile-Friendly

5.0 = Gutenberg

Well, it’s here and if you have not been paying attention you probably don’t have to… a big tech thing just happened on your website.

WordPress 5.0, which is a major update.

Don’t worry, you probably won’t feel (notice) a thing. Especially if you do not update your own website, no worries at all.

For those of you that do, my kindred souls, you need to make a decision. Do you want to use Gutenberg or not?

Some of you cannot use it on some pages = pages that contain paypal buttons or any other tricky thing we may have done to make some web magic happen. Those pages need to say the same! So if you mistakenly open one, just don’t save it. Just get out of there. When it says changes will be lost, say fine. If you do happen to mess it up, it will still be in there in the history (WordPress saves changes…) and we can restore it. Let me know.

Okay, sorry about the creepy tech post. I wanted to test out the new Gutenberg editor. If you can read this, it works.


Google Favors Mobile-Friendly Websites

I created i-C web to help small businesses and individuals upgrade to “responsive” websites: Websites that are mobile-friendly and display well on all devices.

This is getting more and more critical, especially for business. iPads, tablets, and mobile phones are gaining on traditional computers for web browsing and these devices are becoming the norm, not the exception. So much so that search engine giant Google has decided to rank mobile-friendly websites higher in its search results.

Read these articles:

Fortune Magazine – A Google change means your website had better be mobile-friendly
The Wall Street Journal – Google Gives Boost to Mobile-Friendly Sites
CBS News – Google search shake-up favors mobile-friendly sites
CNN Money – Google search now favors mobile-friendly sites
USA Today – ‘Mobilegeddon’ could be bad news for 40% of top websites

Take Advantage of “Mobilegeddon”

LOS ANGELES (6:46 p.m. EDT April 21, 2015) — If your website traffic plummets suddenly Tuesday, you can blame it on “Mobilegeddon.”

Google is doing this because it wants consumers to “find content that’s not only relevant and timely, but also easy to read and interact with on smaller mobile screens,”USA Today

Don’t be caught by “Mobilegeddon” – USA Today – ‘Mobilegeddon’ could be bad news for 40% of top websites – Get a Mobile-Friendly Website.

Get a mobile-friendly website – email: denise@i-cweb.com

Remember, even if you were hit by Mobilegeddon, Google’s constantly updating its mobile friendly data. Change your site to be mobile friendly, and potentially you’ll may regain lost visibility within a few days.Search Engine Land