Everyone and their mother have mobile phones in their pockets, but judging by the number of bad mobile websites, it's hard to believe. Is yours one of the annoying ones?

Eight years ago, I wrote about what social media marketing trends were being predicted for 2016 and thought it might be interesting to see how much has – or hasn’t – changed since.

Eight years ago, Google started penalizing websites that were not mobile-friendly. Yet, 23.83% of the world’s top websites miss the mark. Does yours?

Yes, Elon Musk spent most of the year monkeying around with Twitter, but for small biz owners, the following changes were more important to their businesses:

Believe it or not, there are still business websites out there that not only look horrible on a mobile phone, but are impossible to use. That’s not you, is it

If you have a business website, the day will come when a redesign is necessary. This could be anything from updating old functionality to swapping out colors to changing up the whole thing. There could be a number of good reasons, so here are a few thoughts for evaluating what may need a tweaking.

All marketing gurus during the past few years have exhorted business and not-for-profit managers to upgrade their old websites to mobile-friendly ones. Many pooh-poohed the need and claimed their customers weren’t mobile users. Were they right all along?

Cash-strapped businesses have to make hard financial decisions, but going too cheap on your website may be ham-stringing your success. Whether you went with the lowest bidder or are using a do-it-yourself website builder, check those efforts against our list of best practices, so you can say "My website! It's just what I wanted!"

The end of the year is fast approaching and it’s time to take a look ahead. What do we have to look forward to in 2016? What trends are on the way out and which are here to stay? Anything new on the horizon? Well, slow down, I’ll fill you in.