Responsive Design

responsive websitesThe amount of internet searches from mobile devices has increased by a huge rate over the last few years. Did you know that 35% of shoppers will view your website on a mobile device?  Have you checked to see if your website is responsive and display correctly on all mobile devices including cell phones, tablets, and iPads? If not, then you may be in trouble.

On April 21st, Google started using website responsive design or mobile-friendliness as a ranking tool. When a buyer is searching for homes from their mobile device, Google will give your website a boost in ranking as long as it is responsive and displays correctly on mobile devices.

How do you know if your website is responsive? Keep the following in mind when you view your website from a mobile or tablet device:

  • Your website pages display correctly on your mobile or tablet screen without having to resize
  • Text is readable
  • Links are not too close together
  • Images are displaying correctly

If you want to be sure that your website is ranking higher in search results, Google has offered a Mobile-Friendly Test. You can enter your website URL and the test will report if the page has a mobile-friendly design.

Need help getting a responsive website that is mobile and tablet friendly? BDX can help! Click here to learn more about our responsive builder websites or email us at Info@thebdx.com.

 

 

Want to get off to a great start for 2014? Each day for the next two weeks, we will be posting a marketing resolution for the New Year.

Here’s #1 To Kick Things Off: Audit How Your Website Looks Across All Mobile Platforms and Devices

More than 20% of your prospects likely view your site using a tablet or mobile device. What kind of experience are you giving them? How many potential buyers are you losing because they can’t find what they want online?

This is something that we’ve probably all THOUGHT about doing — but maybe it seems too time consuming or complicated?

In fact, it only takes a few minutes to audit your site to see how it appears on different browsers and on various devices. Several browsers (including Chrome and Firefox) have plugins that make this easy, and for testing on different devices, there are free online tools that help with this as well. Here are a few that we have tried and like:

Mobile Emulator
ScreenFly
HubSpot’s Device Lab

So what if you’ve done the audit and don’t like what you see? Our Digital Marketing Consultants would love to talk to you about responsive design. This means that your website is designed to work across platforms and devices — it responds to the type of device the site visitor is using and displays accordingly. For more insight, just email us a info (at) thebdx.com — Happy New Year!