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My guest today, Cindy Krum, is the CEO and founder of the mobile marketing consultancy MobileMoxie. It\\u2019s more and more important every day to have a strong mobile presence, and while building native apps for Android and iOS may sound like the standard choice, it\\u2019s not necessarily the way to go. If it comes as a surprise to you that there are other options, or you knew that there are but want to learn more about them from a true expert, this is the perfect episode for you.

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MobileMoxie

In This Episode:

• [00:49] - Cindy talks about the main things that you need to be cognizant of in mobile marketing.
• [01:41] - What does mobile-first indexing for Google mean for marketers?
• [02:48] - Cindy explains what responsive design is, and explains both its upsides and a downside involving bounce rate. She and Stephan then discuss this.
• [05:19] - While Google is okay with other options, responsive design is their favorite.
• [06:19] - Cindy has written a couple articles on her predictions on what mobile-first indexing will mean for the SEO community. She then backs up and explains that right now, there isn\\u2019t a great term for all the stuff that\\u2019s getting internet enabled, and that many things are getting lumped in the \\u201cmobile\\u201d category. This is why she thinks that \\u201cmobile-first\\u201d is a misnomer.
• [09:32] - Stephan points out that listeners should note that search engines can follow a train of thought.
• [10:17] - Cindy thinks Google is having a brand identity issue.
• [11:56] - Cindy explains what the relevance of everything she\\u2019s been saying to a mobile marketer is. She then explains that AMP is an interesting side note, but she\\u2019s talking more about Firebase.
• [14:02] - Stephan pulls us back a bit, offering some insight and explanations about Schema, JSON-LD, metadata, microdata, and more.
• [16:39] - Cindy never expected Stephan to be her \\u201cnerd interpreter,\\u201d she jokes. He mentions his other podcast, the Optimized Geek.
• [18:05] - What is AMP, and why do we need to take action on that immediately?
• [20:01] - Stephan chimes in, explaining other aspects of AMP and responsive design. Cindy continues by talking about another restriction, which is that you\\u2019re strongly encouraged to host all of your external content in Google\\u2019s cloud hosting. She then emphasizes the importance of engagement.
• [23:37] - Stephan explains that AMP pages are hosted on Google and also link to Google. Cindy elaborates on this.
• [25:53] - We go back a bit, with Stephan discussing some actions to take now that we\\u2019ve discussed AMP in depth.
• [26:36] - Cindy talks about moving to responsive design.
• [28:22] - Stephan talks about the difference between dynamic serving and responsive design. Cindy then explains that dynamic serving is tougher to test and tougher for Google to crawl.
• [31:54] - Stephan brings up app indexing, which he and Cindy discuss using the example of Yelp.
• [34:14] - We circle back to a particular point about dynamic serving: having the vary header set in your HTTP headers.
• [35:48] - Cindy explains what JSON-LD is, and what marketers should know about it from a mobile marketing standpoint.
• [38:17] - We learn what an API is.
• [39:06] - Cindy differentiates regular mobile apps from progressive web apps.
• [41:50] - Stephan offers an old-school equivalent to what Cindy has been saying about progressive web apps.
• [42:52] - One of the things that slows things down the most when on web pages on the phone, every page has to reload even though much of the content is the same. This is different with PWAs, Cindy explains.
• [43:53] - What is Firebase in relation to PWAs? Through her answers, Cindy makes clear that she thinks having a PWA is a better choice than making native apps.
• [46:34] - There are ways to use AMP HTML in your PWA to make it very fast. She and Stephan then discuss the fact that a handful of apps are throwing off stats for apps in general.
• [48:48] - We learn more about what\\u2019s important in terms of ranking in the app stores.
• [50:29] - Stephan launches into a lightning round of quick questions. Should people check to see what their mobile page speed is?
• [53:14] - What is deep linking?
• [55:31] - Listeners can email Cindy at Cindy@mobilemoxie.com.

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