Introduction

Mobile phones have become an important part of our lives. According to a research, approximately 60% of internet data comes from mobile phones. That’s more than half of all the traffic on the internet. Having your website mobile friendly means that you are providing different versions to your users according to their devices. As we know mobile phone has a smaller screen than a desktop. So providing them with a better layout according to their needs can satisfy your users and allow them to use your website for a bit longer. So in this blog, we will discuss some strategies to make your website mobile friendly.

Responsive Layout

A responsive layout means that the website scales its size to fit the device of the user. This allows the website to adjust itself according to the device the visitor is using. Also, the fact that the website that are more mobile friendly ranks higher in SEO and other search engines ranking criterias. This responsive layout is the basic requirement in making a website mobile friendly.

Mobile Friendly Images

Add images that are smaller in size and if needed compress them to match the file limit. This helps in reducing the loading speed which has to be quicker on mobile phones than on desktops. So during the app development compressing your images if needed must be done to make your website load quicker.

Use large font

As we know mobile phones screen are smaller than the desktop. Maintaining a decent font size in mobile app development helps the user to easily read the content on their mobile devices. It is important to give users the opportunity to be on your website and scroll on it. Convincing visitors to keep using the website and explore things without any problem then there is a high chance that they may act what you want from them.

No Pop-ups

Mobile users hate pop-ups that keep recurring and they can’t find the icon to stop them. On the contrary desktop users can better face the pop-ups because of their big screens and ease of accessing the exit icon. In web app development make sure that you adjust your website’s font size according to the device size.

Website Design

Keep your website design minimalistic so that the users especially mobile users can explore it easily and find what they want on your website. A number of developers in web app development do the opposite and make complex designs with the intention that the website will look better. This is a common mistake that needs to be avoided if you want your website to be mobile friendly.

Conclusion

Making your website a mobile friendly is important to achieve many things like higher ranking in search engines, visitor retention etc. However, consider your website to be ideal for all devices which is important for a developer in web app development.