Recent studies have shown that more people use mobile phones than PCs to browse the web. Unfortunately, websites are not designed for the small screen and touch controls of a mobile device. They are slow loading, hard to read, and if you have flash on your site it can’t be seen at all on an iPad or iPhone.
Did you know?
- 1 in 7 searches on Google are performed on a mobile device?
- 59% of Smartphone users report using the mobile Internet while waiting in line
- 48% report using it while eating
- 44% report using it while shopping.
- 90% of mobile users in the U.S. and Western Europe have a web-enabled phone
- Google gives preference to mobile websites in their search results!
How to Reach This Growing Market
If your website is slow, over-sized, and difficult to read on a phone, you’re literally driving visitors to the competition and wasting an opportunity. However, if your site presents them exactly what they want in a fast loading, easy to read, and touch optimized interface, you immediately grab their attention.
Here are a few tips to keep in mind when you are ready to take your website mobile.
- Make sure the buttons on your site are BIG.
- Make sure the font size is large enough to read on the small screen.
- Make sure that your site is fairly easy to navigate – highlighting the sections of your website that are most important to the audience you hope to reach.
At WideNet we optimize our mobile sites for devices and smart phones such as iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and more to capture the growing mobile market. We begin by planning your mobile site to be consistent with your website, but developed with navigation, photos, and content sized perfectly for smaller screens.
We approach mobile sites from all aspects – design, content structure, search, readability, layout, functionality, and easy-to-update content. Your mobile website content is pulled directly out of the WideNet Control Panel that powers your full website. It is then restructured and optimized on the fly for touch screens. This means never having to put out double the effort just for your mobile site.
So what are you waiting for? Give us a call today at 866-645-9235 and let us help your business capture more leads and profits through this rapidly growing mobile market.
