The number of people using their smart phone to browse the web is growing every day, meaning it has become increasingly important for websites to be mobile friendly. Use the handy guide below to make improvements on your site’s mobile usability.
1. Ensure your text is big enough to read on mobile devices. Optimum sizes are anything above 14. Having text any smaller than this will usually result in mobile users having to “pinch” to view content on your site.
2. Make sure links are far enough apart. Remember, when someone visits your site on mobile, they’ll be clicking with their thumb. This means the “clickable” parts of your site need to be far enough apart that links can be clicked with ease.
3. Add contact details. It is worth keeping in mind that most people looking at your site on a mobile will be on-the-go and looking for opening times/email address/phone number. Make sure these details are on your home page!
4. Keep your layout simple. Over complicated layouts will appear cluttered when visitng on mobile and will increase load times. Slow web pages will turn customers away!
5. Finally, TEST! One of the best tools for testing mobile usability is Google’s Mobile Friendly Test. You can take this test here: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/.
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