{"id":3854,"date":"2011-02-02T10:20:47","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T00:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=3854"},"modified":"2011-04-27T17:44:17","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T07:44:17","slug":"is-your-website-mobile-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=3854","title":{"rendered":"Is your website mobile friendly?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Having a mobile friendly website in\u00a02011 is no longer an option &#8212; it&#8217;s a must!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Google&#8217;s current CEO recently mentioned in the Harvard Business Review that the Big G will be committing all its resources to MOBILE devices.&#8221; (<em>Source: Jim Morris, President\/CEO at Full Throttle Enterprises, Inc<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>The number of people accessing mobile Internet is growing fast and is expected to overtake the PC as the most popular way to get on the Web by\u00a04 mobile users to\u00a01 pc user.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">What\u00a0are consumers using their mobiles for?<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">In order of importance, the key drivers are;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">money transfer<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">;<\/span> looking for maps\/directions\/people;\u00a0searching the internet; mobile website browsing; mobile health monitoring; mobile payment; business communication\u00a0in the field (such as our Bonza Mobile techs); creating\/viewing advertising specifically for mobiles; instant messaging; mobile music<em>. <\/em><em>Source:<\/em> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/tiny.cc\/f6ai1\" target=\"_self\">mobithinking.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>With so many people Googling directly from their mobile phones\u00a0you need a\u00a0mobile specific version of your website.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\" target=\"_self\"> Bonza&#8217;s Mobile Computer Repairs <\/a>website on a mobile.<a href=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/i-phone1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3884 alignleft\" title=\"i-phone1\" src=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/i-phone1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To find vital information like our phone number, a user has to scroll sideways. To get to see prices, they need to scroll both sideways and down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our website is not user friendly on a mobile device!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, readers will\u00a0feel cramped and will have to work hard to navigate our site and our content. They&#8217;ll leave. We&#8217;ll be The Biggest Loser!<\/p>\n<p>Have you seen your website on a mobile device? Are you confident your customers can find the information they\u2019re looking for? Are you tapping into this handheld device market?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">CHECK HOW YOUR WEBSITE LOOKS ON A MOBILE HERE <a href=\"http:\/\/mtld.mobi\/emulator.php\">http:\/\/mtld.mobi\/emulator.php<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do Mobile Websites work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Basic website design principals are still the\u00a0same yet there is a lot to consider when creating a mobile friendly website.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Screensize<\/strong>: your website needs to run on a screen as small as 2 inches!\u00a0The standard computer monitor is now around 19 inches or more!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Load time<\/strong>: a mobile phone generally will have a slower Internet connection than a computer, therefore a mobile website should have minimal graphics and be saved in a\u00a0mobile\u00a0friendly format.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simplicity<\/strong>: it is a lot harder to read long lines of text on a phone, therefore everything must be kept to a minimum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0What\u2019s Involved:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Optimized for viewing on a mobile phone.<br \/>\n&#8211; Correct dimensions and page layout.<br \/>\n&#8211; Less images and smaller file sizes.<br \/>\n&#8211; Reduced navigation is required for mobiles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you don&#8217;t have a mobile friendly website, right now could be the perfect time to invest.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a mobile friendly website in\u00a02011 is no longer an option &#8212; it&#8217;s a must! &#8220;Google&#8217;s current CEO recently mentioned in the Harvard Business Review that the Big G will be committing all its resources to MOBILE devices.&#8221; (Source: Jim Morris, President\/CEO at Full Throttle Enterprises, Inc) The number of people accessing mobile Internet is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[193],"tags":[471,472,469],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3854"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3854"}],"version-history":[{"count":117,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4655,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3854\/revisions\/4655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}