Reading Time: 4 minutes – are you loosing your Google ranking because of a non mobile website? Google sent out multiple warnings last week to websites that have “critical mobile usability errors”. Even though these were just warnings and won’t necessarily mean that you get penalised, it may be high time to refresh your awareness of what makes […]
Category: mobile website design
Responsive web design = Accessibility using all web channels!
Reading Time: < 1 minute Is your company website accessible via any web channel, or is it only those who sit in front of the computer that has the benefit of your web site pages? What about the smartphone and tablet users? The figures are clear. An increasing proportion of traffic on the Internet is through devices other than the […]
The Simple Difference Between Mobile And Responsive Web Design
Reading Time: 4 minutes To continue from my last blog this should be ‘Responsive Web Design Part 2 but is titled differently as I would like to talk about the two different approaches to mobile design and why responsive design could be an advantage instead of having a separate mobile site. In advance I want to apologise for the […]
Responsive Web Design Part 1
Reading Time: 2 minutes Responsive Web Design and a short background As cheap tablet devices flood the market designers and developers will have to embrace the smaller tablet form factors when it comes to web design. The days when the design comprised only of a standard 960px width site are well behind us. It is no secret that the […]
Speed matters for the mobile web
Reading Time: 2 minutes We all remember when it was accepted to wait a few seconds for a computer to respond to a click on a web site or a tap on a keyboard? These days, even half a second — literally the blink of an eye — is too long. That barely perceptible delay causes people to search […]
The 5 enduring mobile website design trends of 2011
Reading Time: 3 minutes A record number of users are now accessing the internet via a mobile phone or tablet device. Most of these users have previously been using desktop PCs, and have seen what they are capable of and what they can do. The consequence of this is that users are very demanding and expect the same sort […]
Mobile web access increases by over 150%
Reading Time: 3 minutes Unless you’ve been in hiding, you can’t have helped but notice that the mobile channel is growing. In fact it’s not just growing, more spiralling. Every small and medium sized business needs to recognise this and adjust their marketing strategy to accommodate mobile web access. We’ve all probably seem various sets of statistics that demonstrate […]
Why are web metrics and SEO important considerations in mobile website design?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Perhaps the biggest challenge facing any mobile website designer is to design a mobile website that gets its message across loud and clear to the target audience. It’s all well and good designing a mobile website that looks great, but if it doesn’t resonate with the audience it’s aimed at, then it’s not doing its […]
Businesses need to mobilise to capture extra market share
Reading Time: 3 minutes Is your business stuck in a rut? Are you still clinging on to the idea that your main website is what will bring in the business? Can you not see the point in having a specific mobile website, or tapping into the social media revolution? If the answer to these questions is affirmative, then you […]
Nearly 1 in 2 adults now use mobile internet
Reading Time: 2 minutes We’re all aware that mobile internet usage is on the increase. We can see evidence of this all around us every day. However, it’s not been possible to put a precise figure on the number of adults who own a mobile phone and use mobile internet. Well, not until now at least. The Office for […]
