Tag Archives: desktop conversion rates

Infographic: Holiday Ecommerce: Mobile, Tablet and Desktop

Posted on by Adam Small
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Mobile Tablet and Desktop Conversion Rates

This is a very interesting look at expenditures and conversions this holiday season from the the folks at Monetate. Althought it provides us with clear evidence of an increase in Mobile and Tablet usage for purchases from Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it provides a bit more insight into the different behaviors of people utilizing tablets, mobile and desktops. In my opinion, it appears that folks with tablets are already pretty comfortable shopping from them but mobile users may be a bit more hesitant. Perhaps it’s because their intent is … Continue reading →

Is Google Really Trying to Make the Web Better?

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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A while ago, Google put a patent on analyzing domain registration as a part of a site’s authority. The result was that the entire blogosphere and SEO industries began advising clients to register their domains for the maximum time. I even wrote about it recently.. and was rebuffed by good friend PJ Hinton from Compendium Blogware (see the comments). Now Google is being a little more forward in its approach – with Matt Cutts dropping hints that Google might utilize page load times as a factor in ranking sites. While … Continue reading →

Safari 4 Released – Firebuggishly Great!

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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Just installed the newest Safari (OS X Leopard, version 4) and there’s a couple great features I’ve already discovered. The most obvious addition is the panoramic preview of the sites you visit most (hmmm… something perhaps borrowed from Firefox?). The much more important feature I’ve discovered, though, is the inspect element feature (hmmm… something perhaps borrowed from Firebug?) As with any browser, Safari 4 is lightning fast since it’s just been released. It usually takes a month or two of patches before browsers slow down… I’ll definitely be using it … Continue reading →

Is a Leopard More Sly than a Fox?

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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Not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but Firefox seems to really be chugging since I upgraded my MacBookPro to Leopard. Safari is blazingly fast in comparison. In fact, everything is blazingly fast! (Except for Parallels, which appears hosed up!) Has anyone else noticed this?