(Aug 25, 2018 12:42 PM)Riggs Wrote:  I'm curious what the mobile traffic conversion rates will look like once HF is mobile friendly. I think the new design has been tailored well to accommodate, but IMO it's still a bit of work to navigate through new posts and thread discussions - core elements of what I expect could attract frequent and unique user engagement.

Would you consider amending the mobile version to reduce the need for so much scrolling? For example, maybe awards could be consolidated into an additional fixed-object statistic? I very much like the new layout, but I think the increased min-height of each post will negatively impact mobile UX if it remains unchanged.

(Aug 25, 2018 01:05 PM)Xerotic Wrote:  I largely agree. We have been trying to make a good mobile experience without sacrificing too much page data. Right now there is a lot of scrolling and used space. Once we are done doing a bunch of tiny bug fixes and alterations I definitely want to revisit mobile post layout. I've thought about reducing avatar size on mobile (have it just a small circle/square by the post) and moving some post author data side-by-side. If you have any specific design suggestions in the form of an image, feel free to post them. This is a work in progress and hearing feedback is the best way for us to improve.

(Aug 25, 2018 12:15 PM)Omniscient Wrote:  This page is about Google telling us to use a multi-screen solution:
https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/6051803?hl=en&visit_id=636708129338036092-2237379624&rd=1

Here are two screenshots, one  from Google Webmaster Tools and the other from Google Analytics.
https://screenshots.firefox.com/v8pvz2m0onjut7zr/search.google.com
https://screenshots.firefox.com/429Lea4YxA2bnzl0/www.google.com

Currently 57% of online traffic is mobile with the other 43% as desktop.  Yet when you review our Google search impressions we have a 80% desktop impression ratio vs  20% on mobile/tablets.   This means we're giving up a ton of potential mobile traffic because Google does not give us ranking positions from mobile devices.  

Google is now Mobile First for their search results.  With these new changes to the theme I expect our search impressions to come back to pre-2017 numbers which will result in higher activity and a lot more new members.

I've made previous posts about this which only reinforce what I believe and what my stance.
https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=5851032

We have an average rank position of 21.1 but that's across all results.  We have hundreds of first page results for keywords.  

Once we're done making HF mobile friendly our rankings will improve and so will site activity.  But we are not only focused on SEO for a growth strategy. It's only a part of our efforts. Active members are witnessing the weekly releases of new features and incentives to join and participate at HF.  The project list is vast enough that even at this current rapid pace it could be 18-24 months before what's on the current list is completed.  That's without one single new idea too.  

So stay tuned and be a witness to the transformation of HF.