Month: April 2015

What Wikipedia Can’t Tell You Exactly About Google Mobile Friendliness

Posted on by Jay

Recently, Google has made an announcement – April 21 onwards, the mobile-friendliness of sites will be considered as a ranking signal by the search engine giant.

According to recent survey and research, for 2015 almost 31% of web traffic is shared by smartphones with a year-on-year growth percentage of 39%.

Further, almost 75% of business apps will be built for mobile-first use and 100% of the consumer apps will be built for mobile-first use.

Now, that makes it clear why Google is changing its ranking algorithm and pushing towards mobile friendly websites post 4/21.

It’s also quite clear that even if you are able to maintain your keyword ranking in mobile search after 4/21, you may not be able to sustain your mobile traffic. Now that is a situation to think about!

  1. Most Important Question: How do I know if my site meets Google’s requirements for mobile friendliness?

    In order to understand better, Google has created a Mobile-Friendliness Tool that will respond you with Yes/No based on the URL supplied.

  2. If my website is not mobile-friendly, how will it affect my desktop rankings?

    Google’s crawl would drift away from your site resulting low-traffic and ultimately low in ranking, thereby increasing your bounce rate. Your business is bound to suffer.

  3. If I have a mobile app, how it will help my website rankings?

    According to Maria Moeva (Google Webmaster Trends Analyst) that Google will be considering “high quality” apps to be a positive ranking factor in mobile search.

    Means, the links between your website and app will improve your website ranking searching on mobile.

    If you add deep links to your android mobile app and associate them to matching web pages, Google will recognize the bridge between the app and your web content.

  4. Do I really need an app? Android or iOS? What if my budget is limited?

    Whether to go for Android or iOS can be decided by the density of the users in that region/country.

    Nowadays smartphone users are ever growing and the browsing via phone is gaining popularity above the desktop, it’s high time to get your site updated – the mobile friendly way.

What are you waiting for? It’s high time to act now!

Interesting fact 1: 74% of consumers will wait for 10-12 seconds for a web page to load on their device before abandoning the site.

Interesting fact 2: According to a survey – America’s time spent per day on mobile devices has increased 475% in three years.

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Time is running out. Get your own “Google mobile-friendly” label for your website!

No issues, if you have not thought about it. Act now!

For any questions, feel free to talk to Andolasoft Digital Marketing experts, we would be more than happy to assist

Get your site audited for FREE. Get ideas in terms of the roadmap and recommendations for the success of your business to meet the requirement by Google.

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Andolasoft – Ranked 2nd In Mobile Application Development

Posted on by Jay

Yet another milestone achieved by Andolasoft in this year. We thrive to look better every day by providing quality services to satisfy customer expectations.

This year too, we have been ranked as the 2nd in mobile application development company by “Best Web Design Agencies” in the category – “The Best Mobile App Development Company, US”.

At Andolasoft we have been continually providing a world class services with various web application technologies like PHP, CakePHP, WordPress, Magento, Ruby on Rails, Android and mobile technologies iOS, Android & Hybrid (PhoneGap).

We would like to invite our customer to go through our services to get a first hand impression about our experience and expertise. We facilitate to have our developer work qualitatively according to your time zone. We work in a secure & authentic environment to protect your intellectual properties.

Get your project ready at quickest possible turn-around time for questioning or bug-fixing. Moreover; we assure you quality and timely delivery matching to your budget with trusted technology partners along with 24 x 7 all-time-zone-supports.

Thanks a lot for your valuable time, please do share your thoughts & ideas to make our services even better.

Magento Plugin: Add Promotional Banner With Easy Homepage Banner

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Magento Extensions and plug-ins are simply a great way of adding new features and functionality to your Magento powered stores. It is quick and easy E-commerce software to build highly scalable online store. Magento software is built on Zend PHP framework which provides great flexibility and reliability to Magento powered stores. No doubt, there are more than 1700+ extensions built for Magento stores, the number of extensions are increasing day-by-day which adds up to the vitality of your stores.

What It Does

Andolasoft releases, a new plug-in for your w-commerce websites built with Magento. Easy Homepage Banner is a simple plug-in, and it can add promotional banner in the home page just before the content section. Because, it also help developers who are new in magento development to understand magento folder structure easily and effectively.

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Our easy homepage banner extension is a simple and effective solution which helps to attract your customers and bringing them one click nearer to your products. Expand your sales with this creative, eye-catching and interesting banner.  Image modifications can be done effortlessly that will help to customize your banner as you have in mind.

Easy homepage banner extension will help you to:

1. Manage and channelize your store banner campaign
2. You can target a specific group (age group etc)
3. Display offers and discounts or new arrivals with ease
4. Display weekend offers or special hours content information

Grab this free open-source e-commerce plug-in for free. Enhance and attract your customers with the easy homepage banner to showcase offers, discounts, hourly offers and much more.
Enter your email below and the zip file of the plug-in will be directly delivered to your inbox. Time is money, so stop thinking and start working. Take charge and order for your free Easy Homepage Banner Extension now. Hurry up, and get your copy now.

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Magento Compatibility

This plug-in is compatible with versions starting from 1.6 to 1.9.1.

Easy Homepage Banner provides you enhanced features for outstanding banners & innovative content management for your ecommerce site

  1. A must-have extension for every ecommerce website.
  2. Easy to use, easy to manage, easy to customize
  3. Easy 1 minute installation (with full installation guide attached)
  4. Allow uploading banner image, banner thumbnail
  5. W3C HTML/CSS validated, SEO compatible
  6. Target your banners and content on store view, category, product, customer group and date range
  7. Show targeted URL content in same window, new tab or pop-up
  8. Doesn’t affect Magento core files.
  9. Friendly and flexible configuration
  10. 100% open-source

Downloading and installing (With Steps)

It’s easy to get the free Magento Easy Homepage Banner plug-in start working for you. Download the plug-in (zip file) delivered in your mailbox.

I’ve worked with the team at Andolasoft on multiple websites. They are professional, responsive, & easy to work with. I’ve had great experiences & would recommend their services to anyone.

Ruthie Miller, Sr. Mktg. Specialist

Salesforce, Houston, Texas

LEARN MORE

It is always recommended to install plug-in via magento connect manager. We can install extensions by browsing the package file and also from the extension key from http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/ ( marketplace).

Step 1: Download our extension from our site, https://www.andolasoft.com/

Step2:  Login to your magento connect manager. (System > Magento Connect > Connect Manager).
Step3: Browse and upload our extensions package file.
Step4: Return to admin panel and log out then log in once again.
Step5: Go to System > Configuration > Andolasoft > Homepage Banner Setting

The free plug-in (Zip file) also includes complete installation guide (with screenshots) that will help to install the plug-in to your website, fast and secure.

We would love to hear from you. Punch in your questions or comments you have. Thanks a lot for your valuable time, please do share your thoughts & ideas below to help us to help you.

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