9 Top Tips to Optimise Your Mobile Website
Before we go any deeper into some of the best practices for your mobile website, we first need to understand and keep this thing in mind: the person is viewing your site with a mobile device.
Speed – A MAIN Concern for All Mobile Friendly Websites!
I believe you are now fully aware of Google’s latest search algorithm change, which has given mobile-friendly websites a BOOST in its mobile search results. To find out how mobile friendly your site is, check out the website mobile-friendly test provided by Google at https://goo.gl/H034ki
However, DID YOU KNOW THAT:
- Google’s Mobile-friendly test does not tell the whole story?
- Loading Speed should be a MAIN concern for All Mobile Friendly Websites?
Testing Speed and Mobile-Friendly Scores
Tom Ryan, the person who wrote for goMobi blog did a speed test on several mobile friendly websites and found out that they all loaded at different speeds.
Tom used goMobi to create a site for his new business – Wine Inc. which included a large Hero Image, an About Me section and some links.
ECED 2015 Team: Thank You Sabah for Being Wonderful!
Aloha to all in Sabah! How are you guys doing over there?
Our team flew back to West Malaysia last week and guess what? Most of us fell sick for taking too much irresistible and mouth-watering food while we were in East Malaysia!
Sabah has much to offer. The very famous seafood is what we remember the most – reasonably priced and extremely fresh!
Okay, I guess I need to stop talking about the food and start focusing on our event, ECED 2015 which took place at Shangri-la Hotel Kota Kinabalu, on 30 April 2015.
Here are some exciting photos and recap of ECED 2015.
It’s Labour Day & Wesak Day, Everyone!
Labour Day is no doubt a holiday for all working people to take a break, relax and spend some quality time with their loved ones.
I believe some of you have already planned where to spend your long weekend, right?
Since this year’s Labour Day falls on Friday, and Wesak Day falls on Sunday, all of us in Malaysia get to enjoy a replacement holiday on Monday; hence a 4-day weekend holiday!
So where are you going? Are you planning a short trip?
Or do you plan to just stay at home and enjoy your adventure in Slumberland?
Exabytes wishes everyone Happy Labour Day and Happy Wesak Day!
On a side note, our office will be closed from 1 May to 4 May, and reopens on 5 May in conjunction with these special occasions.
However, shall you require any technical assistance during the holiday, please do not hesitate to contact our dedicated technical team which works 24×7 to assist you via helpdesk day and night.
Happy Holidays, everybody!
It’s a Wrap for Sarawak! Sabah, Here We Come!
Holla! How are you guys doing? We just had a great time in Sarawak. We are blessed to have the chance to taste the mouth-watering local food here such as Sarawak Laksa, Kolok Mee and of course, the famously fresh SEAFOOD!
Don’t get us wrong though, of course we are not here to talk about food today, but the very successful Exabytes Cloud & E-commerce Day at Hotel Grand Continental, Sarawak! It’s truly a wrap.
Let’s cut down the words and let the pictures do the talking. 
We thank you all for coming and staying with us from early morning till evening.
We are hopeful that you guys enjoyed the time spent with us, the food and your very first experience with Google Glass and Oculus Rift.
Most importantly, we hope you learnt something useful and practical from the event!
Sabah is our next stop! To Sabahans who are yet to register, please Grab Your Seats NOW to Avoid Disappointment! An iPad Mini (our lucky draw prize) plus some really Hot ON-THE-SPOT Promos Await You! Quick! Register Now at www.exabytes.com.my/events/eced
Let Digital Marketing Work For Your Business!
Digital Marketing – Exabytes Internet Marketing Summit 2015
The world is rapidly shifting from analogue to completely digital. Nowadays, people are consuming more and more digital content on a daily basis.
Studies show that over 80% of Malaysians are using the Internet for banking, leisure, shopping, booking, connecting with friends, and many more.
With the prevalence of mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets these days, the trend is set to escalate further as users can now go online anytime and anywhere.
That’s why we have this marketing summit for you, Exabytes Internet Marketing Summit 2015, where it gathers all the experts to share their knowledge and experience with you. 
Does Your Business Have an Online Presence?
Therefore, it’s extremely important for any business to at least have a presence in the world of the Internet.
However, having only ‘a presence’ is not enough. A digital marketing strategy must be in place in order to ensure brand visibility, successful client acquisition, client retention, customer relationship, etc.
So does it mean that you will have to stop all the traditional marketing strategies, such as television and billboard advertising?
Justin, one of the speakers of EIMS, was certain that offline marketing still play an important role in helping to create awareness and curiosity.
When product or brand awareness is successfully created, your potential customers will be inclined to search your products or services, ONLINE!
Once they are done comparing (there is no denying that today’s consumers are very wise), they will make a purchase!
When your business has advertised on Google Search Network and it is easily found online, you must then identify the best keywords and content.
Francis, the highly regarded digital marketing guru mentioned this at the summit that having a good content doesn’t mean that you have to dump all the information onto your website.
In addition, if your business is purely online, you should definitely explore more on digital marketing strategies. You could also tap into the power of social media to encourage word of mouth recommendations.
Christopher Tock revealed that finding an influencer with quality followers is important. In other words, an individual who has a lot of followers may not bring quality leads for your business.
One need to first identify the objective of brand. Next, look for a suitable influencer to help to build awareness for your brand.
Christopher also brought along his new partner to share about Youtube marketing. He is Youtuber from Malaysia who has 9088 subscribers!
Lunch was served soon after Christopher’s sharing.
The first panel discussion began right after lunch; everyone was recharged and ready to start afresh. (images) What do you guys think about the discussion?
Wasn’t it great to have the chance to ask all the questions you have on your mind and let the experts give you the best guidance?
When it’s about online marketing, one should always go back to the basics — user experience. Eureka Fong of Piktochart told us that everything we plan must be well considered from users’ perspective.
Next, Pam Siow explained why most online marketers failed in their digital marketing campaigns.
According to Pam, digital marketing campaigns must be able to generate word of mouth, and this is the reason why most movies have successful campaigns.
Campaigns which are not able to generate word of mouth are usually one way product promotions which are weak in spreading the good word. She then supported her notions with some useful case studies
Facebook is no doubt the most popular choice among all the social media marketing tools as it has the highest number of users.
Josh Lim shared his experience in managing FB fan pages including creating engagement with the public. He also shared the right way to manage Facebook Ads.
The second session of panel discussion started after the sharing of Josh Lim.
All in all, it’s a great marketing summit and we hope that you learnt something useful and practical from the experts.
Missed out this summit? Join us next time! Visit Exabytes Events (www.exabytes.my/events) for more upcoming events. If you find any event that is suitable, don’t hesitate, register immediate to reserve a seat for yourself!
Once again, thank you everyone for your fantastic support. We definitely hope to see you again in the next event.
If you live in Sabah and Sarawak, and are looking forward to attend event of this nature, we have a good news for you.
Our team will be flying to East Malaysia to meet you at our next event!
Best of all, it’s FREE admission. To find out more, visit https://www.exabytes.com.my/events/eced/ NOW!
See you there!
8 Important Facts & Statistics For WordPress Users
1. List Of Open Source CMS
Source :
2. Top CMS in Malaysia (BY USAGE)
3. Over 409 Million people reading blogs Hosted on WordPress
4. WordPress leads among other CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
5. WordPress HAS BEEN TRANSLATED TO 160+ LANGUAGES
6. WordPress is used by some of the widely recognized brands in the world
7. OVER 44,011 Plugin Directory
8. We OFFER WORDPRESS Optimized Hosting
How to Make Your Current Website Mobile Friendly?
In the previous blog post, we mentioned that Google has changed its ranking signal, where mobile friendliness is one of the important criteria for a good ranking and to be FOUND in Google Search.
GoogleTM Mobile Friendly Search
That being said, here is Go Mobi, which is one of the features of our power hosting plan. In case you don’t know, Go Mobi is a platform where you can EASILY build a mobile version of your website!
The Benefits of Using Go Mobi
#1 Easy-to-use mobile site builder
Everything goes simple with Go Mobi. It offers a range of customizable templates that allow you to customize with colours, icons, logos and so forth. By doing so, Go Mobi offers you the freedom to build your mobile site the way you want it – no HTML or CSS editing required!
You can be the designer as well 😛
#2 Enhance web accessibility
In Go Mobi, you can add in the features to your website for your customers’ convenience. For example, a “Call In” button can be added to allow potential customers to contact you for enquiries while skipping through all the complicated links and details on the website which are too inconvenient to be viewed on their mobile device.
This also helps in increasing sales, as the click-to-call feature encourages more potential customers to engage with your business and generate more sales.
#3 Locate your business on Google Maps
Customers tend to get frustrated when they could not get to the right location of your premise. It is not only a hassle but also dangerous for your customer to be contacting you while they are on the road. With the built-in Google Maps plugin in Go Mobi, your customers will be able to obtain directions from their present location to your business easily and accurately!
#4 Works On All Mobile Devices
Worry not that your website does not go well with other devices as the mobile-friendly website designed with Go Mobi is fully compatible with all major smartphones including iPhone, Android, Blackberry or even Windows 7 phones.
WOW!
#5 QR Code
Needless to mention, with the advanced technology nowadays, you can direct your offline customers to your online website through QR codes printed on flyers or newspaper. With a convenient QR code scanner, customers can access and find your site from virtually almost anywhere quickly and easily!
#6 One connection
What else? When talking about going mobile, we always relate it to social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Go Mobi also encourages conversations and brand mentions by customers to share site contents to their favourite social media platforms.
Behold, the power of social media: FREE impressions!
#7 Highlight your promotional codes
Having coupons on your mobile website has been proven to be effective at driving sales and encouraging impulse purchases.
With Go Mobi, you can create special offers and redeemable online coupons that do not just suit your business and convert leads into potential sales, but are also available to be shared online via social media. Hence, with more shares, the more the news spread, resulting in more sales!
Try Go Mobi Now! For more information: https://www.exabytes.my/services/gomobi
More Reasons / Benefits for Your Website to Go Mobile!
Hey Hey! I believe many of you are well aware of the recent announcement by Google on SEO, right? Google made an announcement that it will be expanding its use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal, a change which will affect all mobile searches worldwide and have a significant impact on its search results. The big day is 21 April 2015. Guys, mark your calendar!
