Make your website mobile-friendly

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Approximately 900 million people currently use mobile devices to access the web, compared to 1.4 billion desktop Internet users. In 2014, the division will look like this: approximately 1.7 billion mobile users to approximately 1.65 billion desktop users. By 2015, the number of mobile web users is expected to increase to 2 billion. (Source: '''[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Annual_Report/2010-2011/Mobilization Wikimedia]''')
 
Approximately 900 million people currently use mobile devices to access the web, compared to 1.4 billion desktop Internet users. In 2014, the division will look like this: approximately 1.7 billion mobile users to approximately 1.65 billion desktop users. By 2015, the number of mobile web users is expected to increase to 2 billion. (Source: '''[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Annual_Report/2010-2011/Mobilization Wikimedia]''')
 
  
 
* '''''Is Your Website Ready?'''''
 
* '''''Is Your Website Ready?'''''
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However, this site is not the sole source to test your site with.  In fact, there are '''[http://sixrevisions.com/tools/10-excellent-tools-for-testing-your-site-on-mobile-devices/ 10 Excellent Tools for Testing Your Site on Mobile Devices]'''.
 
However, this site is not the sole source to test your site with.  In fact, there are '''[http://sixrevisions.com/tools/10-excellent-tools-for-testing-your-site-on-mobile-devices/ 10 Excellent Tools for Testing Your Site on Mobile Devices]'''.
 
Nonetheless these testing tools are a useful resource, the true test is what users of mobile devices are seeing.
 
Nonetheless these testing tools are a useful resource, the true test is what users of mobile devices are seeing.
 
  
 
There is an number of things you can do to mobile-optimize your website. Just follow the below tips to make your website mobile compatible:
 
There is an number of things you can do to mobile-optimize your website. Just follow the below tips to make your website mobile compatible:
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'''5.''' Images. With slow Internet connection, images of big size can take forever to load. To avoid this, reduce the number of images on your website. and make sure to compress them to avoid zooming.
 
'''5.''' Images. With slow Internet connection, images of big size can take forever to load. To avoid this, reduce the number of images on your website. and make sure to compress them to avoid zooming.
 
  
 
* '''''Indexing of mobile sites'''''
 
* '''''Indexing of mobile sites'''''
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• Your site should have a link for the standard view of each page. This helps Google to categorize mobile pages and its corresponding standard pages.  
 
• Your site should have a link for the standard view of each page. This helps Google to categorize mobile pages and its corresponding standard pages.  
 
  
 
* '''''Making Blogger & WordPress Mobile Compatible'''''
 
* '''''Making Blogger & WordPress Mobile Compatible'''''

Latest revision as of 13:38, 5 January 2012

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