Is Your Website Mobile Friendly? Here’s Some Tips To Help
Lyn Nielsen of web development company Desktop Solutions sent me these great tips in how and why to consider making your web site “mobile friendly” so that it more easily displays on web sites of cell phone browsers and I’d thought to share them with you.
As more and more users, use their smartphones to communicate on the road, having your web site fully or partially accessible through a cell phone browser is crucial. Lyn writes:
Picture this. A Vice President of a manufacturing company is sitting on an airplane, explaining his company’s product line to his seat mate. He takes out his new Blackberry Storm, pulls up his site, and discovers that many of the pictures are missing or broken. Sound familiar?
Discovering that your site is not automatically viewable on the newest mobile devices is a disappointing fact of life. But as the quality and speed of mobile devices improves, companies are discovering that having a mobile-friendly version of their site is a necessity. We’ve put together some tips to help you develop your mobile web strategy. We hope you find them useful
Review your competition. Take a look at what your competitor’s sites look like on various devices. This may be an opportunity for you to create a competitive edge!
Think about how users will be using your site while on a mobile device. What features will they most need to use while sitting on a train, eating in a restaurant or walking down the street? Do they need to see the ‘News’ section, the ‘About Us’ page? Will users need to see photos of every product in your line? While it might be nice to have a complete version of your site visible on every cell phone imaginable, it might not be necessary.
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