Ways To Make A Website Mobile Friendly

Mobile internet usage surpassed computer usage. It shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone paying attention.

Mobile device use has been on the rise ever since Apple released the first smartphone and mobile devices have become such a regular part of everyday life that we all expect to see people looking at their phones every time we leave the house.

1. Make Your Website Responsive.

A responsive website includes all the same content and information on any device you access it on, but it changes the way it’s displayed and arranged based on the size of the device screen. This is the best option for making your website mobile-friendly because you’re not limiting the information your mobile visitors can access – they still get all the same content the rest of your visitors do. And responsive design is also good for SEO. Google has said it’s their preferred format for mobile site

Building a responsive website isn’t for beginners though. You’ll either need to hire a professional to help or look for a website builder that includes a mobile-friendly template If the main thing that’s been keeping you from making your website mobile friendly is not knowing how to do it yourself, squash that excuse and get it done.

2. Compress Your Images And CSS.

Speaking of site loading time, you always want your site speed to be fast. But if anything, that speed is more important on mobile. That means another good step for making your website mobile friendly is to compress anything that takes up a lot of space now and slows loading time.

That probably includes your high-resolution images and your CSS. By compressing them you can ensure they load faster without negatively affecting the quality of what people see on the site.

3. Allow An Easy Way To Switch To Desktop View.

Some of your mobile visitors may actually prefer to see the desktop version of your website instead (especially if you go with a mobile version of your website rather than a responsive site).

Make sure you give them a way to do that if it’s their preference. You want your visitors to be able to interact with your website in the way that makes the most sense for them.

4. Regularly Perform Mobile Testing.

The best thing you can do to make sure your website’s mobile experience is a good one is to regularly test it out yourself on your mobile device. Every so often, pull up your website on your phone and tablet and spend some time browsing to see if anything’s hard to see or difficult to do. Ask your employees to do the same, and consider hiring users to do testing as well (since they’ll be seeing it all with fresh eyes).