Mobile Web Design Issues & How to Solve Them
Mobile web design is in demand these days – ever since Google introduced its mobile friendliness factor into its search engine rankings. As mobile users surpassed the desktops, if your site is designed to be displayed on desktop only, it might not be viewable or accessible on mobile devices. Or it will affect your ranking as well. So it is essential to have a website that is both web and mobile friendly: In order to achieve quality mobile design, here are some issues you will want to avoid: Too many promosIt is not the best idea to stuff you landing page with too many promos. Especially with smaller screens, you don’t have much space to work with. Make sure you provide easy navigation to visitors, so that they can easily find the information they are looking for. It is better to
analyze your visitor’s response if they are interested in something then only display a relevant promo. Not displaying the call to actionWe hate splash screens in website design that is why they are no longer in use today. In addition to navigation elements, there should be a call to action button on every landing page , whether you want them to sign-up, call you , share the webpage via social networking sites. A Problematic redirectThis problem may occur when you try to direct mobile users to the desktop version of homepage. Ask your designer to create a responsive design so that the same content is displayed to both mobile and desktop users. You can use webmaster detection tools for redirect errors or faulty redirects. Slow-running pagesPage speed plays a most important role in search engine rankings. A visitor shouldn’t have to wait for more than a couple of seconds for a page to load. Especially mobile users don’t have the time to sit there and wait since they are on the go. To boost your website speed, Reduce server response time Minimize HTTP Requests Enable browser caching Optimize images Reduce the number of plugins Irrelevant graphics, excess content, and flash etc.
Unadapted click-spots and textIt’s really annoying for mobile users to predict where to click at – especially if there are multiple small buttons displayed on the page. Text and click-spots need to be adjusted in order to adapt properly to smaller screens. Not creating a site responsive or mobile-friendly. To get maximum conversions or leads you must create your web design friendlier to mobile users. It’s always a good idea to make your site responsive to as many people as you possibly can.