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If you're hoping to cash in on the tablet and smartphone revolution, there's good news and bad news. The good news: internet usage on tablet and smartphone devices continues to surge, creating significant new opportunities in the process. The bad news: expectations are high.

Whether you have a dedicated mobile site or have invested in a responsive design, consumers expect your website to load within seconds on their tablets and smartphones. If it doesn't, you just might have to kiss a sale goodbye.

by Patricio Robles 09 August 2012 16:28pm 4 comments

Tablet, mobile users expect pages to load within seconds: report

Building a performant website that delivers a quality experience to the rapidly growing number of consumers surfing the web on mobile and tablet devices may often be a challenging task, but that doesn't mean that users are willing to cut companies any slack.

In fact, tablet users expect websites to load in under three seconds, and smartphone users only slightly more patient with a four second expectation.

by Patricio Robles 08 August 2012 17:12pm 8 comments

Responsive design: five key considerations

The saying 'one size doesn't fit all' may be true in many cases, but with the use of -- and interest in -- responsive design skyrocketing, more and more companies are asking whether that's necessarily true when it comes to web design.

The idea of having a single website, with a single codebase, that can serve web, mobile and tablet clients is a powerful one. But just how realistic is it?

by Patricio Robles 06 August 2012 19:49pm 17 comments

How are retailers optimising for tablet shoppers?

We've all seen the stats showing how tablet (mainly iPad) shoppers are spending more, converting at a rate similar to desktop, viewing more ads, and so on.

For various reasons, the correlation between tablet ownership and disposable income being the most obvious, tablet shoppers are very valuable customers for online retailers.

Despite this, there are very few examples of sites that have optimised for tablets, though a few brands have done so.

I've been looking at the tablet optimised versions of eBay, Blackberry and Staples (all US sites).

by Graham Charlton 26 July 2012 12:36pm 6 comments

Search spend up on last year as CPCs decrease

Search spend and ROI continued to grow in the US and UK in Q2, according to new statistics from Adobe.

The Q2 2012 Global Digital Advertising Update shows that digital marketers are continuing to invest in search and are benefitting from falling CPCs (cost per click) on both Google and Bing/Yahoo.

The report also shows that conversions rates on tablets are 20% higher than PC while smartphones lag some way behind.

It also appears that marketers are getting to grips with Facebook advertising, as statistics show that engagement with brand posts is up 84% year-on-year (YoY).

by David Moth 25 July 2012 09:40am 0 comments

Mobile traffic on e-commerce sites doubles in nine months

Mobile visits to e-commerce sites continue to grow, with mobile now accounting for 20.8% of visits to Screen Pages' clients' websites.

The e-commerce agency studied traffic to 13 websites, with more than 500,000 visits for the month of June.

The stats also show the value of tablet / iPad customers to premium and luxury online retailers.

by Graham Charlton 20 July 2012 11:38am 15 comments

In run up to Windows 8, Microsoft unveils a new Office

Microsoft is making big, bold bets on its new operating system, Windows 8, which is set for release later this year.

Windows 8 is, in large part, Microsoft's response to a world that is increasingly mobile, and in which tablet devices may be competing with desktops for consumers' computing time.

by Patricio Robles 17 July 2012 15:12pm 0 comments

Amazon courts game developers with GameCircle

Amazon's first Kindle devices may have been ereaders, but with the Kindle Fire, Amazon is neck deep in the tablet world.

Previous research has found that tablets are popular gaming devices, so it's no surprise that Amazon is interested in making sure its app store is filled with compelling games.

by Patricio Robles 12 July 2012 14:44pm 0 comments

Apple planning to shake up the tablet market later this year: report

With the iPad, Apple single-handedly created today's multi-billion dollar tablet market, and continues to be its most dominant player.

But that doesn't mean that Apple is the only company cashing in on the devices that have changed the face of computing. If you want a new iPad, you'll need to shell out $499 -- a price too steep for many consumers.

by Patricio Robles 04 July 2012 16:54pm 0 comments

Microsoft announces $39.99 Windows 8 Pro upgrade

Microsoft's launch of its Windows 8 later this year may be the most important product launch in the company's history. Seeking to compete in a world where the desktop is no longer king, the Redmond software giant has performed massive reconstructive surgery on its operating system in an effort to provide for a commercially-viable touch-first experience.

Change may be a necessity for Microsoft and its operating system, but change this significant rarely comes easy. Despite the fact that the company's Windows 8 effort may be its greatest in many years, there are plenty who believe the new operating system is a disaster in the making.

by Patricio Robles 03 July 2012 18:41pm 1 comment