Shipping address is a very important data point in online shopping, which is why improving the shopping cart experience with an address autocomplete feature is becoming more common on ecommerce websites. Adding the Google Places Autocomplete API to your online store’s checkout workflow can increase conversion rates, decrease abandoned shopping carts, and result in 20% […]
Don’t Miss Out! Join Us at Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir
Experience cloud at its best during Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir, July 14 – September 8, 2020. During this 9-week event, a new topic will be covered each week, complete with virtual breakout sessions and solution keynotes. Sign in every Tuesday at 9AM PT to discover new on-demand content, demos, success stories, consult with experts, […]
Using Cloud to Solve Healthcare Pain Points
This is the second post in a series on Google healthcare capabilities. To read the first post, click here. With the healthcare industry having to quickly jump on the cloud bandwagon with telehealth recently, it is becoming apparent that a new norm is (in my millennial opinion, finally) emerging. This begs the question – how […]
Google Announces Cloud Healthcare API
Due to COVID-19, it is critical for healthcare providers to have real-time, unified access to data. With the pandemic pushing this industry to its limits, the need for data interoperability is higher than ever. In order to adapt to these conditions, healthcare organizations need easy-to-use technology to support the exchange of healthcare information. To fill […]
Apigee Remains Leader in API Management
Over the last few years, API management platforms have seen a lot of change and maturation. As market demands continue to evolve, vendors have evolved as well, albeit at their own pace. Gartner published a report assessing various API management vendors and their ability to facilitate API life cycle management. As stated in the Gartner […]
Three Ways to Stay Connected in the Age of Virtual Conferences
It’s an unfortunate set of circumstances that are leading to tech conference cancellations, postponements or going all digital. We are challenged to reimagine what the virtual conference experience could look like for employees, partners, and customers. In our tech-oriented world, we’re constantly talking about change and transformation. We’re faced daily with challenges surrounding canceled or […]
Google Is Going to Offer Checking Accounts Next Year
Google is going to offer checking accounts next year. That’s big, and scary, for a lot of banks. A Reuters article provided these salient quotes: “Our approach is going to be to partner deeply with banks and the financial system,” sure thin, general manager and vice-president of payments at Google, told the Wall Street Journal […]
How to Choose a Container Management Platform
The following is the fourth blog in a series about software containers and Kubernetes, and their importance in modern application delivery. In our last blog in this series, we examined the importance of utiziling a container management platform. In this blog, we’ll go further in depth on the multiple options you have when adopting a […]
Google Anthos: What You Need to Know
Back in April, Google announced that their enterprise hybrid, multi-cloud platform was available. Anthos lets users run an application anywhere in a simple, flexible, and secure environment. As one of the first official multi-cloud platforms from a mainstream public cloud provider, there naturally was a lot of questions and curiosity in regards to the announcement. […]
You Should Know About the New Evergreen Googlebot. Here’s Why.
In early May 2019, Google announced that Googlebot is now evergreen. What exactly does this mean for the search community? Check out our recent video from Eric Enge where he and Google’s Martin Splitt explain how the new evergreen Googlebot will affect search in areas such as rendering hash URLs, <div> tags, and infinite scroll. […]
You Must Be Prepared for Visual Search. Here’s Why.
SEO for imagery is becoming more important to marketers. But why? Check out our recent video from Eric Enge, who joined Perficient Digital through our acquisition of digital consultancy Stone Temple, where he explores Google’s inclination toward presenting more visual content. Visual SEO impacts rankings. Here’s why: To learn more about Stone Temple, read […]
Pagination is Important. Here’s Why.
According to Google’s John Mueller, Google has not been using rel=prev/next tags for a while now. So should you still implement pagination? Check out our recent video from Eric Enge, who recently joined Perficient Digital through our acquisition of digital consultancy Stone Temple, where he explores why Google has not made use of rel=prev/next tags […]