It is hard to ignore – the world is more mobile than ever. A huge chunk of visits to major websites are from mobile phones. This isn’t a coincidence; this is mostly due also to the fact that many of the major websites also have a mobile-friendly version of their desktop site.
In return, this offers an enjoyable experience for the visitors. This is the reason why it’s more important than ever to look out for this community of visitors. They are a group that requires special considerations because websites can take longer to work and most of these devices don’t support flash.
1. Become Mobile Ready, Not Exclusive
There is a large difference to having your website mobile ready and having it exclusively for mobile phones. It’s not the fact that this would make you seem unprofessional or outdated, it will actually make you the opposite. You’ll be given off as being ahead of time.
While mobile phones are a big market in terms of website visitors, you are cutting out the majority at the moment. Remember to have an option to view in mobile as well as desktop version in either version. This is because, on the mobile side, the format may not be compatible (e.g. an iPhone layout on an Android device). On the desktop side of things, some people may choose the mobile site to see how it operates or to have the site load faster.
2. Look into QR
Those square swirly line figures you see are codes that allow cell phones to direct to a website. With QR codes, they decrease the effort of having to enter a URL. This is a great option to look into after you have created your mobile site.
Your visitors can search around your desktop site and when they want to visit the mobile site, all they have to do is scan the code. It’s so easy to implement and easier to use.
3. Don’t skimp on Design
The last and most important consideration to remember is to make sure that you don’t skimp on your design. You may feel that creating a mobile website is all that you need to do to cater to your mobile visitors. However, you shouldn’t forget to also remember that the design and layout of the mobile website is important as well. If you have a fun, enjoyable and attention catching website, you’ll have quality views that stick around.
is there any free sites to convert website to mobile site?
I see more and more QR codes everywhere, and I am not sure if they are most of the time unuseful. I would like to see some real stats (well, I know it is impossible to retrive this data) about people using QR. At least, they give a kind of “modern-looking” to your website 😉
It’s really informative Topic. I am thinking in other way that How does the mobile websites influences the Visitors to make Online Purchases. I don’t know it’s statistics but now a days Mobile Users have been increasing day by day. i think because of it’s Potentiality.
You’re absolutely right. I found myself using QR for the first time last week, it’s much easier than typing in urls on the go. I was considering integrating a quick mobile theme for our garden machinery website, though I’m now seconding your thoughts on design. Thanks for the timely post.
I couldn’t agree more! Everything is mobile these days. App are really popular and convenient. Its so easy to download an app and visit the website in no time. Apps are a must! Lately I have been seeing the QR codes around. But I never knew what they are used for, now I know. Pretty cool idea! Thanks for the info!
More and more people are using mobile devices to access the internet. Having a well designed site will help your business.
I think having your website mobile ready is somewhat important, the iphone has such an amazing browser that it doesnt really matter. You can zoom in and just go where you want to.
Some websites indeed are not mobile ready. This detail should never be ignored by website owners if they would want everyone to be able to access their sites through the mobile phones, it must be made sure that they are mobile-ready. 🙂
I agree, internet access from mobile phones drastically increased this 2010 and 2011, thanks to the invention of high-end smartphones, almost all websites can be accessed on phones now. Mobile version of a website should really be pursued as this will reduce the downloaded data and faster browsing than downloading the desktop version. Cheers.:-)
Great article, thanks for the hints!