Web Design & SEO Blog

Mobile social networking might be responsible for the death of mobile text messaging, according to a new survey. [Read On]

Less than 20% of retailers have a mobile commerce strategy in place, according to a new study. [Read On]

More than 30% of Facebook users are aged 9-12, even though the social networking site has a minimum age limit of 13, according to a new report. [Read On]

Google’s Panda update continues to shake up the online industry as figures released this week reveal that even the mighty Microsoft – Google’s biggest rival – has suffered as a result of its search rankings crackdown. Search Metrics, the search analytics organisation, has released figures showing the top 20 losers and winners following Panda’s release in the UK last week. [Read On]

Are you one of the thousands of websites who uses bit.ly, tiny url and other URL shorteners to redirect people to your site via Facebook, Twitter or any other social networking websites? [Read On]

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has published a new version of its guide to social media best practice, and it’s essential reading for any business that uses social media marketing. [Read On]

An amazing 10 billion social networking and online worlds (SNOW) accounts now exist on the internet. And according to digital marketing analysts In-Stat, who produced that figure, 4.5 billion of those accounts are active. [Read On]

Great Britain has the highest number of people using mobile web versions of social networks in Europe, according to new research released this week. According to TNS’s Mobile Life 2011 report, more than 11 million people in this country use social networks on their mobile. The study shows that 16% of Brits access social networks every day from their mobile. What’s more, almost half of those in the UK who do not use social networking sites on their mobiles are interested in doing so. [Read On]