Tweets have started appearing on Google search results

Your social media activity is about to get even more important....

As of yesterday, Google and Twitter announced that Tweets will start appearing in Google search results in the USA. This will be rolled out to other countries soon. 

Here is a link to the Official Google blog outlining the changes. 

With the increased importance attached to mobile friendly sites in Google's mobile search results, things are rapidly changing in the world of SEO. 

Responsive websites vs Mobile websites

I like this quote from usability guru Jakob Nielsen about whether you should have a responsive website or a mobile website. I agree!

"I don’t prefer mobile sites or responsive ones. What I do like is sites that deliver the best mobile user experience, whatever the site type. And sometimes the best experience is provided by a mobile-dedicated site, sometimes by a responsive site. 

In truth, users don't care if  a site is responsive or not: they simply don't see any difference between a mobile-dedicated site and a responsive site."

You can read his article on the State of Mobile User Experience here.

Active Thinking

It is always a pleasure to work with Charles at Active Thinking. We have taken to arranging our meetings at Hall and Woodhouse in Bath where we can eat a delicious breakfast, chew the cud and eventually get on with some work. As it's dog friendly, Gem can join in too!

I first started working with Charles in 2010. Since then his business objectives have changed and he has also worked on many exciting projects such as the new Heathrow Terminal 2 and the Olympics.

Doing what, you may ask?

Active Thinking work in a very niche area - they are Customer Experience designers and they help us, the customer, have better experiences in public spaces. Getting this across with text, case studies and images proved challenging but we think we have achieved it together!

Charles must agree, because he said these nice things:

"Andrew has recently redesigned my web-site and it now looks fantastic. He has a great eye for design and layout but he also puts a lot of thought into the structure and approach of the web-site. 

He's always thinking of ways to improve the site and often does it 'in the background' - he just makes it work really well.

He also has a great sense of humour which makes our sessions really enjoyable."