Now that the world wide web and millions of Internet users have gone Mobile. Many of these have reduced the use of desktops and laptops, so trends have changed dramatically in website design. Multiple millions of mobile device users normally shop online with iPhones or Android phones or tablets. Regular web analytics indicate that increasingly more internet users each month begin to use e-Commerce on their mobiles. This fact fully validates the need for mobile responsive websites that are user-friendly on all types of internet-enabled devices… computers, tablets, and smart phones of all sizes. Recent studies by Google show that typical online shoppers begin their searches for products or services on their phones and then perhaps follow up with an iPad / tablet, laptop or a desktop computer to check out the websites and products that have caught their interest. It is elementary that increasingly more purchases decisions are being initiated from mobile phones. Even if you don’t implement E-commerce on your website, you must face, as a website owner, that the progressive internet-use habits of millions of people in Canada, the US, Europe, Asia and worldwide are important to your internet marketing.
That is why entrepreneurs, artists, musicians, businesses, clinics, non-profits and many online organizations are acquiring mobile-friendly websites. And, if you have such a correctly coded and well-designed website, you really only need that one site. The perceived need to maintain a second “mobile website” is outdated; all you really require is one fully-responsive website. So, speak with your web developer regarding the mobile-friendly essentials, and know that, whether “Responsive” or Responsive-Adaptive, your new website should be capable of serving user-friendly and relevant content in all screen sizes, all major operating systems and all essential browsers.
There are different types of Responsive websites. The Fluid Responsive design provides easy viewing of the same content in different screen sizes. The “Adaptive” design attributes deal with adapting to the detected devices, whether it uses Android, iOS or Windows in mobile phones / tablets. Some of the best web coding disciplines involve Fluid Responsive design plus a number of up-to-date Adaptive approaches to make websites cater to the inevitability of multi-device users.
To clarify our preference for “mobile responsive websites”: It is our mission to develop fully responsive, mobile-first websites that are fluid in response to any screen size, rather than just a preset selection of different screen widths. This is helpful to your site visitors; it increases conversion rates and is also a vital factor in search engine optimization. Mobile responsiveness is absolutely essential as an SEO practice, because the search engine robots (Google-bots, Bing and Yahoo robots and robot crawlers from other legitimate search engines) use algorithms that automatically detect whether your website is responsive and rank your search results much higher if your website is adaptable or responsive to various screen sizes and device types.
At Forward Web Solutions, we’re dedicated to multi-device oriented mobile-first web design as one of our keys to moving your enterprise forward,and with websites that engage and convert your audience. For more information, contact us now about this modality of design, and about our easy-to-use WordPress Content Management Systems which we build on WC3 standards supporting fluid response for multiple devices and screen sizes.