{"id":252,"date":"2011-11-14T09:55:30","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T17:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gordonbenzie.com\/blog\/?p=252"},"modified":"2025-04-11T08:52:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:52:46","slug":"5-ways-to-improve-website-usability-on-a-mobile-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gordonbenzie.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-improve-website-usability-on-a-mobile-device\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Improve Website Usability on a Mobile Device"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a seasoned marketer that has written many pages of copy for websites, it is refreshing to now see a new trend now underway. There was a time not too long ago when a website\u2019s content layout could simply be maximized for viewing by ensuring it worked on Internet Explorer, or \u201cIE\u201d. The early days of Firefox were sometimes challenging when image displays or text wrapping would not work quite right \u2026 but, it didn\u2019t really matter too much if only 2-3 percent of your audience were using that browser. Website usability on multiple browsers is now a reality that marketers must embrace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today\u2019s web browsing market is highly fragmented, a condition further exasperated with the proliferation of mobile \u201csmart\u201d devices. The dominance of IE is now gone (see: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmonkey.com\/2011\/11\/the-end-of-an-era-internet-explorer-drops-below-50-percent-of-web-usage\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher\">The End of an Era: Internet Explorer Drops Below 50 Percent of Web Usage<\/a>). While desktop browsing is still the dominant format, mobile browsing has grown significantly, from virtually nothing three years ago to nearly six percent today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, what does this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gordonbenzie.com\/blog\/evolving-social-behaviors-necessitate-a-change-in-marketing-communications\/\" title=\"\">new evolving social behavior<\/a> have to do with your business? Here are five considerations to evaluate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>How important is your website for lead generation?<\/strong> If this attribute is key, then how \u201cuser friendly\u201d is your site? For example, how well can you actually read the content? How many images to you have on each page, which thereby forces the phone to auto size your text to be way too small? Is your competitor\u2019s site more \u201cmobile-friendly\u201d?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How well does your website display on Safari, Android or Opera?<\/strong> These three operating systems comprise 94 percent of all mobile browsing activity. Given Apple\u2019s current market share leadership for this segment (62 percent), it might be a problem if your site has issues with how it is displayed in this browser\u2019s application. For example, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessknowhow.com\/internet\/flash.htm\">Flash on your site<\/a>? Flash doesn\u2019t work on an iPhone or iPad, so forget about a user being able to read or engage with this content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How fast does your website load on a mobile device?<\/strong> This is critical for mobile viewers, as they might be trying to multi-task with another activity while searching your site, such as waiting in line to see a movie, pumping gas, etc. This type of \u201cburst\u201d web viewing has a low threshold for delays when accessing web pages; they will simply turn off the browser or move on to another activity that can be completed quickly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If your \u201ccall to action\u201d necessitates providing info, how streamlined is it?<\/strong> For example, if you are promoting registration for webinar or event, how many fields do you require to be completed? Anything more than 2 or 3 will start to push the limits of what can be accomplished on a mobile device, despite how well skilled your prospect is at typing on their smart phone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How quickly can information be found on your site?<\/strong> What extent do menu hierarchies play as part of your website\u2019s navigation structure? Whereas a desktop-based viewer has a mouse that can be easily used to track through several tiers of menu choices with a single click, this type of navigation simply isn\u2019t possible from a mobile device.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a general comment, how often do you check how your website appears on an iPhone, iPad or an Android OS device? If you only own a Blackberry, how informed a decision can you really make, given Blackberry\u2019s meager 2 percent market share within the mobile web viewing market?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortunately, options exist to address these challenges. First, it is possible to build a mobile website without destroying your existing site. The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/.mobi\">use of a .mobi extension<\/a> can make this possible; viewers can then see a version of your website that has been optimized for mobile viewing. And, if you are really serious, then an App for mobile devices might start to make sense, as it really does offer a much better interactivity experience than trying to simply find information on the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What other suggestions do you have on how to better design website for mobile usage? I would be interested to hear your feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a seasoned marketer that has written many pages of copy for websites, it is refreshing to now see a new trend now underway. There was a time not too long ago when a website\u2019s content layout could simply be maximized for viewing by ensuring it worked on Internet Explorer, or \u201cIE\u201d. The early days &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gordonbenzie.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-improve-website-usability-on-a-mobile-device\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">5 Ways to Improve Website Usability on a Mobile Device<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4,7],"tags":[67,65,9],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-communications","category-marketing-communications","category-technology-marketing","tag-business-communications","tag-marketing-communications","tag-technology-marketing-communications"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 Ways to Improve Website Usability on a Mobile Device - Making Every Word Count<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Website usability on multiple browsers is now a reality that marketers must embrace. 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