Web Development & Hosting

How Web Hosting Can Make Your Website More Mobile-friendly

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Today, many people browse the Internet using a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet. Mobile users make up a significant portion of every website’s visitors. Therefore, how mobile-friendly your website is can be essential to its success. One of the key factors for mobile-friendly websites is speed.

According to a Google study on mobile users’ habits, the likelihood of mobile users clicking out of a website increases exponentially if it takes more than 3 seconds to load. As page loading time goes from 1 second to 3 seconds, the probability of bounce lies at 32%, but if page loading time goes from 1 second to 5 seconds, the probability of bounce skyrockets to 90%. In light of these facts, every website owner should be making an effort to improve their mobile sites’ loading speed.

One practical way to increase mobile loading speeds is to make sure you have high-performance web hosting. Slow loading speeds can be the result of using a shared hosting server or a low-quality web hosting provider. Shared servers have to split server resources between clients, which means that high-traffic websites may not have enough bandwidth and RAM to support all of the users clicking on their site. This results in poor performance and slow loading speeds, so make sure you have the right kind of web hosting to support your mobile users.

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The most important rules of web design

Keep it simple – Simplicity and minimalism are making serious inroads in modern design in everything from houses to furniture. Web design is no difference. A simple and uncluttered website is easier to navigate, and keeps viewers for longer. An easier to use website can also mean more sales.

Consistency is key – Every part of your site should follow the same look-and-feel. You do not want your visitors to see different concepts when they visit a different part of your site unless the change is intentional, like a landing page, or mini-site.

Easy navigation – Getting navigation right on a multi-category multi-page website is not easy, but is one of the more important parts of the design. The navigation also determines how you categorize pages for SEO and SEM, and how you interlink between content. A lot depends on your structure, so experiment with different models and you arrive with what feels right.

Responsiveness – Most web traffic is now on mobile or non-pc screens, so design your website so that it renders correctly on screens of all sizes. It should look good on mobiles, large mobiles, tablets, laptops, desktops, and high dpi displays.

Quality content – The phrase content is king rings true for a reason. If you get all the points above correct, have the best product, but have horrible content, you will not sell anything. Content is the most important component of your website, and should get the most attention.

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