Website Design
Does your website qualify for Google’s new “mobile friendly” label?
Google recently announced that they are taking steps to highlight websites that are particularly friendly for use on mobile devices. Not only have they started asking mobile users to rate their mobile search results, but Google has also started displaying a label in the search engine ranking pages (SERPs) that tells the user whether or not the website listed is a “mobile-friendly” one. They’ve even developed a tool to test whether or not your website is…
Categories: Website Design | Posted: 11/24/2014
Lancaster, PA is a Google 2014 eCity Award Recipient
Not to be outdone by Lititz’s 2013 designation as the “Coolest Small Town in America,” Lancaster city was awarded Google’s 2014 eCities award for being the strongest online business community in Pennsylvania. Founded in 1999, Sharp Innovations is proud to have been one of the original web design and internet marketing firms in Lancaster, and we are now equally pleased to have contributed in earning this prestigious distinction. In determining which…
Categories: Website Design | Posted: 11/14/2014
Top 10 Things to Look for in a Web Development Firm
Gone are the days of placing an ad in the Yellow Pages or going door-to-door to ask your neighbors for business. Today, when people need a product or service, the Internet is their first stop, bar none. But it’s no longer sufficient to just be present online. These days, your potential customers expect your web presence to look great, load quickly, function intuitively, and provide them with whatever information or resources they might be seeking. Understandably,…
Categories: Website Design | Posted: 05/15/2014
Responsive Web Design Vs. Mobile Web Design
According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 91% of all American adults have a cell phone, and 58% have a smartphone. If you’re wondering whether or not now is the right time to be thinking about a mobile-friendly version of your website, the answer for most businesses is that you shouldn’t just be thinking about it, you should already have one. The real question for most businesses is what type of mobile site is appropriate? There are basically two.…
Categories: Website Design | Posted: 03/07/2014
Modular Design is Cool
2013 will likely be looked back on as a year where modular design became a popular solution for many websites. Grid-based designs are ever growing, responsive websites are becoming an expected norm, and even modular interfaces are becoming increasingly popular. These structures allow for focus on designing, clean structuring and improved work speed. But what actually is modular design? If you are familiar with Windows 8 Metro UI, you have a good conceptual starting point.…
Categories: Website Design | Posted: 10/31/2013
Smart Phones vs. the Personal Computer
According to data collected by online search giant Google, more consumers in each of five key global markets now have an Internet-capable mobile device than have a desktop or laptop computer. In the United States, the difference is creeping toward 10% more (76% to 68%), although consumers still report accessing the Internet on multiple types of devices. Still, Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker believes that, “Within the next five years, more users will connect to the…
Categories: Website Design | Posted: 03/08/2012
2011: Design Less Restricted
While the Internet itself is still relatively young, it changes a little bit every year. In 2010, design for mobile devices boomed, typography emphasis flourished and many other aspects of web design took leaps forward as well. But now that 2011 has come and 2012 is nearly upon us, what’s coming next? The Death of Flash Adobe Flash was once a widely used tool thanks in no small part to its easily implemented interactivity, but its best days may be behind it. HTML5 and…
Categories: Website Design | Posted: 10/21/2011
HTML5 Video and What it Means for You
One of my favorite parts of the new HTML5 spec is the browser based support for video and audio. Up till now, adding video (or audio) to your web page involved an annoying process involving Adobe Flash and inserting some of the ugliest code known to man into your webpage. The and tags will change all of that! The and tags operate the exact same way, and I don't want to accidentally encourage anybody to place background music (or the sounds of farm animals) on there!…
Categories: Website Design | Posted: 05/10/2011