Top 10 Tips for Designing a Great Mobile Website

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  1. techg New Member

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    Mobile website design is very different to designing a desktop website. Mobile web design faces many challenges, not least the fact that there is no uniform browser for mobile devices. Mobile website design also has to take account of different screen sizes. Here are our top 10 tips for a great mobile web design.

    1) Consider the mobile device - Mobile devices have limitations when compared to PC's, such as small screens and no mouse, but they also have capabilities such as phone, camera and SMS which need to be recognized when designing your mobile site.

    2) Think about the mobile user - Mobile users are impatient as a breed, they browse differently to desktop users, as a general rule, mobile users want fast access to bite size content.

    3) Keeping it simple - Try and avoid large volumes of text, as a guide 75 words per page is a good maximum. Keep the navigation of your site as simple as possible, the fewer clicks it takes a user to find the information they want the better. Don't expect people to fill out time-consuming forms.

    4) Speed is king - Large images, flash animation and video will slow your site down - avoid them if you can, functionality is more important than style for mobile websites.

    5) Make it useful - Think about what is most important to your audience, especially what they need when they're on the move.

    6) Make it compatible - Mobile devices are incredibly diverse. If your site is not coded correctly it may look good on one phone, awful on another and may not even work on another! Make sure your site works on all phones.


    7) Choosing your domain name - Using a .mobi domain will improve your search engine rankings and make your site easier to find.

    8) Market your site - Make sure potential customers can find your site. There's no point having a site if no-one knows it's there, invest time on SEO, paid search listings, operator portal and directory submissions.

    9) Analysis - Analysis tools such as Google Analytics are invaluable, test your mobile website and keep working to improve it.

    10) Don't overspend! - Start simply and your ROI will come more quickly.

    The One Key Benefit From a Mobile Website:-

    If your business has a website already, why bother upgrading it for mobile? What's the benefit of making sure your website can be read and used on the iPhone, Blackberry, and Android phones?

    It's simple: To reach the outrageously growing crowd of consumers going online with mobile devices.

    Your company's website is a business asset that serves a business purpose - usually lead generation, sales and order taking, or customer service. If 25% of your website's visitors are coming via mobile that means your website is only 75% effective.
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  2. shery New Member

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    These are really a great tips which you have shared here with us
    I Found it very useful for myself

    Keep sharing
  3. Jehona Blerta y New Member

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    Tips for Designing;

    Websites are designed with different objectives. People use them to disseminate information through textual content or videos and also as e-commerce stores that allow the customers to move around and pick up the merchandize just as they do in brick-and-mortar stores
    A website built to disseminate information should be simple and straightforward. On the other hand, if it is a commercial website, it should contains, pictures, graphics, videos and other audio-visual elements.


    Read more:.articlesbase.com/web-design-articles/tips-for-designing-a-website-
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    Very informative post. I will keep track of this for my future reference.
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    I have been checking out mobile analytics to incorporate those into my internet marketing. Thanks for the additional information.
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    These are really great suggestions. I have been thinking about doing a mobile site for our church. This really helps.
  7. Harry123 New Member

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    nice tips dude...keep it up
  8. johndavis New Member

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    Thanks for sharing these wonderful tips.. They are really very useful for me....Keep sharing and thanks again... :)
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  10. mintdesignnz New Member

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    good mobile website design is important for marketing. you have to customize your design accordingly.
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    Thank you! I am planning to build a mobile website and I found the answers here. Thank you so much. I'll keep in touch here maybe there will be another posting regarding mobile websites. :)
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    for making a good website you need to show affected qualities.
  13. BGE123 New Member

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    Note: Designing website on mobile is very different from desktop website design. Mobile web design faces many challenges, not least the fact that there is no uniform browser for mobile devices. Mobile website design also has to take account of different screen sizes.

    So good luck to you bro!
  14. karlpalmer33 New Member

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    Create a mobile website with the help of these tips. Thanks a lot for sharing your ideas.

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