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Today Google released a Statement informing that Google has now made it easier to get relevant mobile content when searching
The article tells us that after April 21 2015 Google will be adding Mobile as part of their page ranking analysis.
An excerpt from the article explains the changes here….
“When it comes to search on mobile devices, users should get the most relevant and timely results, no matter if the information lives on mobile-friendly web pages or apps. As more people use mobile devices to access the internet, our algorithms have to adapt to these usage patterns. In the past, we’ve made updates to ensure a site is configured properly and viewable on modern devices. We’ve made it easier for users to find mobile-friendly web pages and we’ve introduced App Indexing to surface useful content from apps. Today, we’re announcing two important changes to help users discover more mobile-friendly content:
1. MORE MOBILE-FRIENDLY WEBSITES IN SEARCH RESULTS
Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. This change will affect mobile searches in all languages worldwide and will have a significant impact in our search results. Consequently, users will find it easier to get relevant, high quality search results that are optimized for their devices.
To get help with making a mobile-friendly site, check out our guide to mobile-friendly sites. If you’re a webmaster, you can get ready for this change by using the following tools to see how Googlebot views your pages:
If you have a site, you can use your Webmaster Tools account to get a full list of mobile usability issues across your site using the Mobile Usability Report.
2. MORE RELEVANT APP CONTENT IN SEARCH RESULTS
Starting today, we will begin to use information from indexed apps as a factor in ranking for signed-in users who have the app installed. As a result, we may now surface content from indexed apps more prominently in search. To find out how to implement App Indexing, which allows us to surface this information in search results, have a look at our step-by-step guide on the developer site.
Banner ads brought with them a new era in efficient and easy way to use web based online marketing.
Companies suddenly had a new alternative that was efficient enough to take television advertising head on and yet was quite affordable. Because of the cheap and effective nature of banner advertising, it was an instant hit. From websites to email footers, banner ads were seen everywhere.
With banner ads and online advertising the business world has received a bigger and better promotion platform than ever before.
To develop stylish banner ads that effectively promote your business is a science in itself.
To gain a few valuable advertising techniques and ideas check out the tips mentioned below for winning banner design ideas.
* ‘Click Here‘ – The usage of words like ‘Click here’, ‘Enter’ and ‘Ok’ is a really important element of designing a banner ad. The usage of these action type words seems mundane and nothing new but it has been proven time and time again through research that these call to action worlds act like a subconscious stimuli and increase the chances of a banner to be clicked.
* Animate! – For a banner, there is nothing like an animation to catch the viewers attention.its An animated banner demands attention and creates interest. Animated banners are also useful as they complement the design of a website. Consider your audience and what you are offering and consider how the animation ads to your message.
Don’t over do It!Care should be taken, to keep the banner animation to a level that doesn’t allow it to take over the message trying to be delivered. The content will be what you want remembered not how many twirls the text did, unless of course the twirls relate to your product or service.
Whilst there are no hard and fast rules about how much animation should be on a banner keep in mind the layout of your website and ultimately what looks good and still remains small in size for website loading.
Remember, A lot of animation means a lot of images, sounds or other multimedia objects; all this makes a banner bulkier in size and thus increases the time taken by the banner to load on a computer.
* Size – For a banner, many say size does matter.
Whilst a major priority should be to make banners which are able to load quickly and effectively. Ideally,a banner is an Advertisement and Ads are meant to SELL! –
Whether it be a product, a service, an idea or a concept ask yourself, What do I want The Person To Do After Seeing The Banner?followed by the question-
Why Will People Do It?
* Headlines
Forget sizes and animation for a second as The HEADLINE in a banner is one of the most important things that not only attract the visitors. it needs to spark an emotion or a response from the viewer.
A good looking banner alone is nothing more than Creative Design and is not enough to attract viewers who may need or want your product or service.
Most users do not have or give enough time to admire the beauty or creative genius of a banner and certainly do not care to read through drawn out content and irrelevant information.
A Well Planned BannerHeading helps the users to know the content of a banner in a single look. If you are giving a service or product that is free, one of the best words to use as a heading in your banner is the word ‘FREE’.
People love a bargain and therefore The word ‘FREE’, when partnered with a real value type of offer , almost immediately guarantees exponential click through rates.
* Blue – The inclusion of blue underlined texts and blue borders have spelled wonders for banners.
We have been programmed that a blue underlined text or a blue border is immediately identified as a hyperlink and thus leaves no doubt in the mind of a user that the banner will genuinely take them to a legitimate safe website.
If your product or service is new and you are not a renowned website, the Inclusion of the website name on the banner has shown to provide a level of comfort in people concerned about spamming and things like key logging etc.
* Change – If you have not changed your banner ads for a long time, it’s like a two month old newspaper – Old News!
By using analytics you can make small changes that make a large difference whilst the campaign is in progress.
Things to consider are like “Is one size getting more clicks than another?”
or ” Is having the website name making a difference or could this space be used for another Call To Action“
Finally, Remember to look after your loyal viewers as well – Frequent and loyal visitors get used to seeing the same old banners and after say, third time of continuous viewing of the same banner, learn to ignore it
I hope you enjoyed these few little advertising tips and banner guidelines and that they help you to start creating banners that work more effectively and efficiently.
