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Giving any website a responsive design ensures that it can be viewed without any hassle in almost all kinds of internet-friendly devices. You can view it on desktop computers or a laptop in a proper manner. And similarly, the website will appear perfectly in any mobile device, such as a cell phone or a tablet as well. This is driving the popularity of responsive web designs to a great extent. However, with increasing popularity, several misconceptions about this form of web design have also emerged. Here’s a quick look at some of these responsive web design myths that have also been debunked.

In 2013, the Candy Crush Saga app game is expected to reach a gross revenue figure of $240 million. Ranking in as the current number one app in the World (AppData) an approximate 44 million people have downloaded the popular app with a reported 6 million users engaging every single day.

These misconceptions can be one of the biggest barriers while planning, scoping, estimating, and executing your next responsive project. So, here is our effort to bust 8 common responsive web design myths: #1: Responsive design has to be all about mobile:

1. Content Marketing Will be Bigger Than Ever One of the main ways that companies are establishing authority and gaining trust with consumers is by consistently creating valuable content through a variety of channels. This typically involves relevant industry information that provides insight or entertainment to an audience. Doing so allows a company to steadily build rapport with its demographic and develop a loyal following. According to the Content Marketing Institute, the top B2B content marketing strategies are social media, articles on a business’s website, eNewsletters, case studies, videos and articles on other websites.

It is time for web designers to join the cause.

The principles of good website design remain the same, whether it is a large website or a landing page. For website design to improve conversions, consider and optimize the following:

SEO website design is not like painting a house, which can be done once every 10 years. Instead, it is like vacuuming or laundry; it must be done on a regular basis to prevent problems.

Guest blogging was probably the biggest buzzword throughout 2013. SEO professionals and online marketers preached the value of this tactic for building links, brand authority, credibility, and myriad other benefits. For many marketers, that was all turned upside down when, in his January webmaster video and blog post, Matt Cutts made the startling and controversial pronouncement: “Stick a fork in it: guest blogging is done.”

Specialist search marketing agency SEO Consult has reacted to Google’s head of web spam outlining his employer’s policy on the penalisation of websites that sell and buy links.

In the next five years, we’ll likely need to design for a number of additional inventions. When will the madness stop? It won’t, of course.