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I recently took part in some research by Microsoft to discuss Windows Apps. They wanted to speak to App developers to find out what would entice us to build apps for Windows. After all, we build apps for IOS and Android and even Blackberry – why not for Windows too?

Written by KD Web – London Web Designers 07 March 2013. The world is not and has never been a predictable place and if you don’t believe in crystal balls I suggest you eliminate any kind of future predictions. Trying to make predictions about a dynamic and ever-changing field like that of digital marketing is an impossible mission.

Google, already being the undisputed leader of mobile search, is not resting on its laurels. The search giant throws its resources on specific problems related to mobile devices.

If you, like us are frustrated with the current public sector tendering method, then you make take solace in the fact that you're certainly not the only web design agency with these views. Over the years our new business development team have spent invaluable hours putting together tenders and pre-qualification questionnaires for pre-pitches for web design jobs for the public sector. Some have been successful, but there has also been plenty of time wasted too, so we sometimes ask ourselves, is worth tendering for public sector web design anymore?

Google has finally rolled out the new Google Panda Update and while many amateur SEO companies are quaking in their boots wondering when and if their client’s sites will drop off the end of the cliff, at KD Web we are actually ecstatic! The industry which is still rife with SEO cowboys has just had its rude awakening.

On the 8th of November 2011, an email containing information on Adobe’s decision was leaked to the world, vindicating everything Steve Jobs knew about Flash. The Flash player is to be substituted by HTML 5, a change that has been slowly gathering momentum over the past number of years. The Flash Player has reached its end. At KD Web, we has been developing wesites using HTML 5 for many months now as we anticipated this would happen. When we design and build sites for clients, we try to use technology that will last for as long as possible.

We all know that Facebook has long been the front runner in the social networking arena. The innovation they have shown has set them apart from other would be competitors and it would seem that they aim to continue this trend in the marketplace. Since the site debut, they have incorporated numerous changes and updates to their user interface, most of which were received with great enthusiasm. The majority of these changes were aimed at making the interface more user-friendly whilst other changes were strictly for upgrading security.

Back in May, Google announced the introduction of Google Wallet, a virtual one-stop payment method. Say goodbye to cash and hello to Google Wallet. (Maybe ‘Hello Moto’ would be a good tagline).

The rumour mills are working in overdrive at the moment as the powers that be at Facebook have made it clear they’ll be making a big announcement at the f8 developers conference later this week. So what can we expect and will it be worth the build-up? In my experience, Facebook regularly make a huge deal about any pending announcements or changes and they rarely live up to the hype that surrounds them.

There really is no better way to understand how much of an impact being on the first page of Google can have on your business than a good PPC (Pay per click) campaign. Pay per click instantly puts you on the first page of Google for your chosen keywords, and gives you a taste of what it would be like to be there all the time. The sales you make during this period will convince you for sure that SEO and PPC campaigns are worth their weight in gold.