Jerome---I just got a new Android phone and it encourages me to use gmail
instead of AOL. So tonight I will mosey on over to my HP laptop and try to
convert it over to Almost Mobile Friendly Plain Text.
Have a nice day.
Lloyd
On Aug 2, 2015 2:02 AM, "jerome schatten" <romers_at_shaw.ca> wrote:
> Czernowitzers...
>
> For those using mobile devices, iPhones, iPads, Adroid phones and tablets,
> you might find the 'Almost Mobile Friendly' version of our website easier
> to use than the regular version created before there were such things as
> mobile devices.
>
> Mr. Google sent me a snarky note a while back telling me that our website
> is not 'mobile friendly' -- which means it's harder to use than it might be
> on small touch screens. So as punishment, they were/are going to going to
> change our ranking and thus where we are positioned when someone does a
> Google search on 'czernowitz'. Yikes!
>
> What does mobile friendly mean? How to find out? Well, Google has an
> answer for everything -- they have a test; you type in the webiste address
> (URL), and hit Enter, and boom, they tell you what's wrong with it and how
> to fix it. http://czernowitz.ehpes.com failed every section of the
> test. Rather off-putting.
>
> So, I decided to do a quick revamp to see if I could improve my score and
> boost my diminished self esteem along with our ranking.
>
> But what is our ranking? I just had a look... We are second, right after
> Wikipedia -- not shabby at all, I thought -- what could be better than
> beating out JewishGen? "Self", I said -- a few hours work and we'll be #1,
> no?
>
> NO... the Almost Mobile Friendly version (AMF) failed every measure, same
> as the original version. There were no numerical marks, just Pass/Fail, so
> I couldn't tell if their robots liked it better than the original.
>
> Still, at the end of the day, I found the AMF version was indeed easier
> for me to use with my iPhone than the regular version, Google
> notwithstanding. Add to that, that JewishGen failed the test also, and I
> don't feel so bad.
>
> I pass the AMF on to you, for whatever it's worth:
> http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/mobile
>
> Best,
> jerome
>
>
>
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