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3 ways to check how your website looks on mobile devices
Optimising your website for mobile devices has never been more crucial, following Google’s transition to the mobile-first index. What is the mobile-first index? Fundamentally, the mobile-first index means that Google will now index and rank your site based on the mobile version of each page. This is purely mirroring user behaviour, given total searches on […]
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How to beat your closest competitor using Google Ads
Google Ads is a highly competitive advertising platform. Every time your ad is displayed, you take part in an auction whereby your ad is pitted against the ads of your competitors. It is therefore essential to keep a close eye on your competitors and their marketing strategies. The position that your ad attains is affected […]
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Facebook audiences and how to use them
30% of the global population now use Facebook, with 2.2 billion people worldwide now using the social media platform. With the scale of the audience available, it has become imperative for businesses to utilise Facebook as a marketing platform. Through Facebook Ads, you are able to create and run PPC marketing campaigns designed to attract new customers to […]
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Are links still important to SEO?
There is considerable evidence that Google’s core ranking metrics are – and will remain – link based. Nevertheless, the correlation between strong link building and factors such as ranking, page traffic and conversion is a continuing source of debate. The emergence of algorithm components such as RankBrain have led SEOs to doubt the continued significance […]
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What’s a hamburger menu and should I use one?
What is a hamburger menu? While you may not know the name ‘hamburger menu’, you’ll almost certainly be familiar with the concept – a navigation icon that looks like a trio of horizontal lines which, when clicked, opens the site navigation menu. This is a hamburger menu – one of the most controversial icons in […]
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How copywriting can influence purchasing decisions
The role of emotion in copywriting and the influence it has on a reader’s purchasing decision is undeniable. Researching the connection between the heartstrings and the purse strings, Lerner, Small, and Loewenstein discovered that feelings of sadness trigger acquisitive neural states in response to a desire to change presently unfavourable circumstances, meaning sadness can – […]