If you have a Website or Blog it is extremely important that your page is mobile-friendly. People are already using mobile devices more than desktop computers to access the web, and the data shows that’s unlikely to change. See our How to Start guide if you haven’t started a blog/website. In the future, mobile users are likely to continue to become more prevalent than desktop users.
For example, China is currently home to more internet users than any other country in the world – 802 million users in total – and 98 percent of them access the internet via a mobile device. India is close behind with 500 million internet users, with around 80 percent of them online via mobile devices.
How to Check if your page is Mobile-Friendly?
There is a handy free tool that you can access here, that will absolutely tell you if your page is mobile-friendly or not.
About This Tool:
Test how easily a visitor can use your page on a mobile device. Just enter a page URL to see how your page scores.
Why Mobile:
The web is being accessed more and more on mobile devices. Designing your websites to be mobile friendly ensures that your pages perform well on all devices.
If not mobile-friendly, a site can be difficult to view and use on a mobile device. A non-mobile-friendly site requires users to pinch or zoom and are likely to abandon the site. Alternatively, the mobile-friendly version is readable and immediately usable.
In the USA, 94% of people with smartphones search for local information on their phones. Interestingly, 77% of mobile searches occur at home or at work, places where desktop computers are likely to be present.
Mobile is critical to your business – whether you’re blogging about your favorite sports team or selling products to potential clients. Make sure that visitors can have a good experience on your site when they’re visiting from their mobile devices.
Using This Tool:
The Mobile-Friendly test tool is easy to use; simply type in the full URL of the web page that you want to test. Any redirects implemented by the page will be followed by the test. The test typically takes less than a minute to run.
Test results include a screenshot of how the page looks to Google on a mobile device. It will also list any mobile usability problems that it finds. Mobile usability problems are issues that can affect a user that visits the page on a mobile (small screen) device, including small font sizes and the use of Flash (which isn’t supported by most mobile devices).
Conclusion:
As more and more individuals use mobile devices in comparison to desktops. The chances are that your page needs to be optimized for both mobile and desktop, however, with the increasing usage of mobile you should get your mobile page optimized for a better user experience.
To Your Success
Juan Villar
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