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Cultivate your social media with our May wallpaper

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It's time to get those gardens going, but don't forget about nurturing your social media—your online profiles need attention to grow! This month, decorate your desktop with an earthy flower pattern for your green thumb and another marketing tip that will keep you on your toes.

Download our May wallpaper to your desktop or mobile device.


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It's time for spring cleaning with our April wallpaper

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Winter hibernation is over! It's time to get to work refreshing your house…your garage…and your marketing! This month, your thunder::tech wallpaper offers more than just a scenic background-keep a helpful tip on your desktop all month long and keep your marketing in the front of your mind.

Download our April wallpaper to your desktop or mobile device.


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Is Responsive Design Bad for SEO?: Part 2

posted by Development

During the past couple days, an article has been circling around the thunder::tech office. This article, When Responsive Web Design is Bad for SEO by Bryson Meunier, has also caused a lot of discussion in the Web community. Here is the second installment of our response to the author’s final three points as to why people should favor optimization practices over responsive design. Read the first installment here.

3.) "When Responsive Layout Increases Load Time Significantly," stop everything and re-examine the entire site.

You'll find that the wrong stakeholders are making the wrong decisions for the wrong reasons. The amount of code to add responsive capabilities to a site is nominal at worst, but more often miniscule. A well-made responsive site can be a tiny fraction of the size of a somewhat-well-made mobile-only or desktop-only site with the same features.
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Is Responsive Design Bad for SEO?: Part 1

posted by Development

During the past couple days, an article has been circling around the thunder::tech office. This article, When Responsive Web Design is Bad for SEO by Bryson Meunier, has also caused a lot of discussion in the Web community. We at thunder::tech have been strong proponents for responsive Web design and found issue with some of Meunier’s points. Our User Experience team decided to respond to each of the five factors the author says to choose optimization practices over responsive design. This first installment includes the first two points:

1.) "When Desktop Website Does Not Contain Categories Mobile Searchers Are Looking For," the content is at fault.

The following quote from Adam Audette and George Michie is the underlying assumption here: "Mobile websites: Responsive design helps, but smartphone users have fundamentally different needs and only a site designed to meet those unique needs will produce the best outcome for the user and for the business," This assumption isn't always going to be wrong, but it's still jumping to a conclusion that's likely to disrupt the user experience rather than support it. The needs of desktop users can be time-and-location-specific and the needs of mobile users can be neither; they're just less likely to be so.

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You’ll be over the moon for our March wallpaper

posted by Design

While we may all lose an hour of sleep this month, it's a small tradeoff for warmer weather and brighter days. Spring forward in solar celebration this March with our celestially themed wallpaper.

Download our March wallpaper to your desktop or mobile device.


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