Great to see everyone at the event. Summary notes for reference.
- Make sure your website is SSL compliant by the end of the year – https://www.contradodigital.com/2016/09/01/claim-your-free-ssl-certificates-for-https/
- Make sure your iOS mobile application uses HTTPS when communicating with external services, needs to be implemented by Jan 2017 – https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/14/apple-will-require-https-connections-for-ios-apps-by-the-end-of-2016/
- Google In Apps Search on Android, allowing you to search on your phone for content within your mobile apps installed. It’s where Google is heading – https://search.googleblog.com/2016/08/a-new-way-to-search-for-content-in-your.html
- Test out Facebook Ads for Business Offers, a nice way to draw new customers to your products and services – https://www.facebook.com/business/news/new-and-improved-facebook-offers
- Google has launched a new Merchant Centre for AdWords – https://adwords.googleblog.com/2016/08/introducing-new-google-merchant-center.html
- Google Analytics has adopted Privacy Shield to protect your data further – https://analytics.googleblog.com/2016/08/google-analytics-adopts-privacy-shield.html
- Facebook has updated their Trending Data to show more useful information – http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/08/search-fyi-an-update-to-trending/
- Cool new Facebook 360 Videos with Obama – https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/08/introducing-the-first-virtual-reality-experience-featuring-president-obama/
- Play games directly in Google search – https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/search-is-jack-of-all-trades.html
- Google TensorFlow to summarise text and speed up reading – https://research.googleblog.com/2016/08/text-summarization-with-tensorflow.html
- Make sure your mobile website doesn’t get penalised by Google for intrusive popups – https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/08/helping-users-easily-access-content-on.html
- Handy new Quality Filter on Twitter to prioritise great content – https://blog.twitter.com/2016/new-ways-to-control-your-experience-on-twitter
- WordPress 4.6 has launched – Update your websites now – https://wordpress.org/news/2016/08/pepper/
- Oculus Rift has launched in retail in Europe – This is going to change the world and how we interact with the digital and physical world – https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/08/oculus-rift-launches-at-retail-in-europe-and-canada-september-20-pre-order-now/
- Google has launched a new 1-to-1 video app called Google Duo – https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/meet-google-duo-simple-1-to-1-video.html
- org Critic Reviews for Local Businesses which appear next to your business in Google Search – https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/08/promote-your-local-businesses-reviews.html
- Twitter launches Twitter Kit 2.0 for Android development with new features and functionality for Android mobile apps – https://blog.twitter.com/2016/launching-twitter-kit-20-and-digits-20-for-android
- Facebook News Feed updates to prioritise content that engages people – http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/08/news-feed-fyi-showing-you-more-personally-informative-stories/
- More detailed Google Ads in Google Search when searching for products – https://adwords.googleblog.com/2016/09/shop-look-on-google.html
- Facebook’s BrowserLab is available to use for automated regression detection for the web to boost speed performance of websites – https://code.facebook.com/posts/1368798036482517/browserlab-automated-regression-detection-for-the-web/
- New Facebook 360 video stabilisation algorithm making videos smoother – https://code.facebook.com/posts/697469023742261/360-video-stabilization-a-new-algorithm-for-smoother-360-video-viewing/
- Facebook pre-loading Advert URLs to boost speed performance by up to 29% – https://www.facebook.com/business/news/improving-mobile-site-performance
- Common Pitfalls to Avoid;
- Just use Microsoft Exchange for business email addresses – https://www.contradodigital.com/services/small-business-packages/small-business-email-addresses-2/
- Make sure you are running your business website on high quality web hosting – https://www.contradodigital.com/services/small-business-packages/small-business-web-hosting-2/
- Make sure someone is looking after your web server security to minimise your risk of getting hacked – https://www.contradodigital.com/resources/really-simple-guide-to-web-server-security/
- Make sure you are using solid website technologies. Seriously, just use WordPress – https://www.contradodigital.com/services/small-business-packages/small-business-website-design-packages/
- Make sure someone is looking after your website security updates to minimise the risk of your website getting hacked – https://www.contradodigital.com/services/wordpress-maintenance-security/
- Take a look at how technologies like Accelerated Mobile Pages can significantly boost the speed of your website with ease – https://www.contradodigital.com/2016/05/09/wordpress-accelerated-mobile-pages-amp-speed-test/
Hope to see you at the next Digital Forum on 5th October 2016. Book now to avoid disappointment.
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Michael Cropper
Founder & Managing Director at Contrado Digital Ltd
Michael has been running Contrado Digital for over 10 years and has over 15 years experience working across the full range of disciplines including IT, Tech, Software Development, Digital Marketing, Analytics, SaaS, Startups, Organisational and Systems Thinking, DevOps, Project Management, Multi-Cloud, Digital and Technology Innovation and always with a business and commercial focus.
He has a wealth of experience working with national and multi-national brands in a wide range of industries, across a wide range of specialisms, helping them achieve awesome results. Digital transformation, performance and collaboration are at the heart of everything Michael does.