https://jdmdigital.co/news/gotomeeting-goes-mobile/?_rt=MTN8Mnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxMjAyMw&_rt_nonce=112a76e2beGoToMeeting from Citrix is their flagship web-meeting service that allows unlimited online meetings for up to 15 people for about $50/month. Recently, GoToMeeting has gone mobile publishing two mobile apps (one for Android and one for Apple’s iOS for iPhone). What do the nerds at JDM think? Read on. GoToMeeting is SaaS that allows you…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/codex/critical-website-tests/?_rt=MTR8Mnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxMjAyMw&_rt_nonce=e257a4f73a…to Google’s mobile-first indexing focus as of late 2016, mobile testing is now more important than ever when launching a website. This free tool, part of Google Search Console, will evaluate your website to see if it meets Google’s Mobile Friendly guidelines. Take the Test Always Be Testing It may be overwhelming to imagine going…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/codex/top-wordpress-plugins/?_rt=MTV8Mnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxMjAyMw&_rt_nonce=af13199217…Best of all, it’s compatible with WPMU and various WordPress cache plugins (if you’re into that). 02. WPtouch Pro WPtouch Pro, from Brave New Code, is a WordPress plugin that quickly and easily adds powerful, easy-to-use themes for mobile and tablet visitors. These mobile themes are completely separate from your existing one, but the content…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/mobile-future/?_rt=MTZ8Mnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxMjAyMw&_rt_nonce=3ef80bc4f6There are currently about 3.2 billion mobile subscribers in the world, and that number is expected to grow by at least a billion in the next few years. Today, mobile phones are more prevalent than cars (about 800 million registered vehicles in the world) and credit cards (only 1.4 billion of those). While it took…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/site-name-in-serp/?_rt=MTd8Mnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxMjAyMw&_rt_nonce=dc3609ad03The days of keyword-stuffed domain names like “DallasSEOAgency.com” are coming to an end. Just last week, Google announced another update to their mobile search engine results page — no more domain names. On the heals of their last mobile SERP update, the “Mobile-Friendly” label, adding structured data names rather than using the URL structure is…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/design/wearable-tech-web-design/?_rt=MTh8Mnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxMjAyMw&_rt_nonce=3bc4026de0…tiny screen, simple is beautiful. Keep your design and layout simple and clear and your fonts large and sans-serif. Even if your audience are young, your font choices and layouts need to be simple and clean. We’d highly recommend you ditch your sidebar while you’re at it. Stay Mobile-First Historically, most web designers and their…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/codex/6-filters-analytics-reports/?_rt=MTl8Mnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxMjAyMw&_rt_nonce=afa786b7d1…tool like Analytics Canvas (there’s a free trial of it), you can import all URLs with query strings directly to Excel. 5. Segment mobile and non-mobile traffic Mobile traffic is on the rise and with a separation between mobile and desktop (or tablet) visitors, you will be able to better understand the different nuances in…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/special-kudos-cssda/?_rt=MjB8Mnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxMjAyMw&_rt_nonce=04eafa0a74…literally invented. (Technical paper coming soon.) Killer site search algorithm, with fuzzy-matching suggestions, like “Did you mean…?” Adaptive and responsive mobile-first technologies so it looks great on ALL devices. Link underlines skip descenders, because typography is cool! Client Portal, myJDM, comes with advanced account management, online payments, and much more. Custom-built WordPress plugins to keep…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/google-mobile-gets-a-facelift/?_rt=MjF8Mnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxMjAyMw&_rt_nonce=be8e2f0296Though it’s not yet the tablet-friendly app we’ve been waiting for, but it’s certainly a step in the right GUI direction. The mobile-friendly version of Google+ has gotten something of a facelift recently, bringing the mobile site’s design more in line with Android and iOS mobile apps. The revamp isn’t just visual. It also includes…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/codex/amp-pwa/?_rt=MjJ8Mnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxMjAyMw&_rt_nonce=a24f05c323Accelerated Mobile Pages (or “AMP”, for short) is an open source Google initiative to make mobile-friendly content load instantly. Progressive Web Apps (PWA) are a way of making responsive websites act more like native apps on your mobile device(s). Here’s the thing. These two technologies are not exclusive of one another. In fact, they can…
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https://jdmdigital.co/work/at-t/?_rt=MjN8Mnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxMjAyMw&_rt_nonce=747e5a7da6…a tool called MutualMind, it was a resounding success. As the client said themselves, once the campaign had concluded, “The campaign gained the largest response from our audience than any other microsite or landing page that has come before it.” Booyeah! The Bridge to the Big Easy Not so much a true microsite, this mobile-first…
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https://jdmdigital.co/work/opttek/?_rt=MjR8Mnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxMjAyMw&_rt_nonce=912f4b94b9…their industry-specific HR expertise while JDM Digital brought our technology and design talents to the initial project, which was building the new OptForce product site. The result was a microsite, of sorts, built on a responsive, mobile-first framework and powered by WordPress on the backend to empower the OptForce team to bring the new product…
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