Tag Archives: mobile site review

A Mobile Friendly PageRank Finder

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I know that a lot of webmasters obsess over their site’s Google PageRank. It’s one of Google’s measures (on a scale of 0 to 10) of a site’s value. A higher PageRank is supposed to correlate with  high placements in search results and thus potentially greater ad revenue. Google seems to be devaluing PageRank of late, removing it from Webmaster Tools and publicly stating that it is only one of 200 signals that they use to rank sites and claiming … Continue reading →

Found On The Mobile Web #194

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Found on the Mobile Web is a weekly WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 2063 mobile sites. Technology Virus Removal Guides comprolive.com/rem/ Mobile friendly side listing common Windows PC virus with guides for their removal. Content: Usability: Technology/Mobile/OS/Brand Specific/Microsoft WM6Software.net www.wm6software.net/mobile.php Collection of free app and games downloads for Windows mobile devices. Lacks a search function but … Continue reading →

New MySpace “Middle Web” Site – Video Support Still Limited

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Earlier this month, MySpace started delivering a new version of their mobile web site, m.myspace.com, to Android, Palm WebOS and iPhone users (image, above).  The new site is a typical example of what used to be called an iPhone Web App.  It features a single column design, optimized for screens 320 px wide and up with JavaScript used for incremental page updates. Middle web page sizes can be quite large compared to mobile sites, which need to be less than … Continue reading →

Ars Technica Mobile Edition Launches

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Ars Technica which is Latin for “art of technology” is a big tech news site covering computing, science and gaming with breaking news items and in depth articles. The recently launched Ars Technica mobile edition includes most of the full site’s content including its dedicated Apple, Microsoft, Open Source, Gaming, Business and Tech Policy sections.  The only part of the site that isn’t mobilized is the forums which unfortunately is where the comments on articles are. The site’s modest 25 … Continue reading →

Found On The Mobile Web #193

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Found on the Mobile Web is a weekly WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 2057 mobile sites. Search/Local/City and Campus Guides Qype UK m.qype.co.uk/mobile Similar to Yelp but for the UK only, Qype UK offers a directory of user generated reviews for local businesses such as restaurants, stores and hotels. Again like Yelp, Qype is a community … Continue reading →

Found On The Mobile Web #192

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Found on the Mobile Web is a weekly WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 2045 mobile sites. Shopping/Stores ToysRUs toysrus.digby.com/shops/web/toysrus Online toy catalog and store locator for ToysRUs and BabiesRUs stores in the US. Online ordering using your stored ToyRUs account information or you use a credit card (requires a lot of keying). A “Middle-Web” site for … Continue reading →

Save Online With Coupons From CouponAlbum.mobi

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Holiday shopping can be a budget buster. One way to save when shopping online is with coupon codes. Coupon Album, one of the larger coupon sites on the web, now has a mobile friendly version. It’s a simple, low bandwidth site which should work on all phones. It has a dozen featured deals on the front page, but if those aren’t helpful head Coupon Album’s best feature, the search box. There are a number of mobile coupon sites but surprisingly … Continue reading →

i-Symbian Reborn As The Independent Symbian Blog

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Asri al-Baker’s been a Symbian enthusiast since the Psion days. He published i-Symbian for many years until shutting it down last year. Asri recently started up his blog again as “The Independent Symbian Blog“. It’s updated daily with items on the latest Symbian hardware and software including some of the best coverage I’ve seen of Opera Mobile 10 for Symbian. Asri uses the MobilePress plugin for WordPress to generate the mobile version of The Independent Symbian blog. Filed in: Wap … Continue reading →