Tips to Make Your Website Mobile-Friendly
With almost 30% of traffic coming from mobile devices and over a billion people using the web on their phones, having a mobile-friendly website is worth your while. Think competitive advantage.
Media queries (CSS3 module allowing content to be rendered to various screen sizes) became a W3C recommended standard in June 2012, and has revolutionized web development . However, I still find myself opening webpages on my smartphone and having to scroll and zoom to find the information I need.
One of Google’s latest algorithm updates, ‘Mobilegeddon,’ introduced in February 2015, implied that Google had made it easier for users to find mobile-friendly webpages. And although we know that this was actually just a ‘scare-tactic’ released by Google to get website owners to start improving their mobile experience, we still CANNOT forget about mobile users.
As mentioned previously, users are increasingly turning to their mobile devices to browse the web on major search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. However, it is important to note that their actions and intent are very different than when browsing on a desktop, therefore, as I mention in my past post, ensuring that your website’s design is adaptive and responsive can give you a leg up and improve your user’s experience.
Here’s What we Know First, your website needs to be responsive to adjust to any viewport size. DON’T WASTE SPACE and cause users to have to zoom in and out to read the content that you have worked so hard on! Second, only display elements that work on all devices, failure to do so will result in unhappy visitors. Third, page load times are important, we begin to lose mobile users if the page takes more then one second to load. Simple content can help to optimize your page’s load time. Fourth, touch elements need to be spaced far enough apart to ensure that users get re-directed appropriately. And finally, every little thing counts, so here are some easy tips to make your website mobile-friendly.
One of Google’s latest algorithm updates, ‘Mobilegeddon,’ introduced in February 2015, implied that Google had made it easier for users to find mobile-friendly webpages. And although we know that this was actually just a ‘scare-tactic’ released by Google to get website owners to start improving their mobile experience, we still CANNOT forget about mobile users.
As mentioned previously, users are increasingly turning to their mobile devices to browse the web on major search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. However, it is important to note that their actions and intent are very different than when browsing on a desktop, therefore, as I mention in my past post, ensuring that your website’s design is adaptive and responsive can give you a leg up and improve your user’s experience.
Here’s What we Know First, your website needs to be responsive to adjust to any viewport size. DON’T WASTE SPACE and cause users to have to zoom in and out to read the content that you have worked so hard on! Second, only display elements that work on all devices, failure to do so will result in unhappy visitors. Third, page load times are important, we begin to lose mobile users if the page takes more then one second to load. Simple content can help to optimize your page’s load time. Fourth, touch elements need to be spaced far enough apart to ensure that users get re-directed appropriately. And finally, every little thing counts, so here are some easy tips to make your website mobile-friendly.
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