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Is your site mobile friendly?

More and more, your customers are going to be using their mobile phones to access your website, so how friendly is your website to a smartphone? Francoise Brougher is vice president, global SMB sales and operations for Google, and she recently wrote on American Express’ Open Forum website that it’s estimated that by 2013, more people will connect to the Internet through mobile devices than through their computers. With people trending toward smartphones, she also said that more than half of consumers say they’re likely to purchase from a good, mobile-friendly site than one that is difficult to use and navigate. So how mobile-friendly is your site?

Here are some tips she wrote on that site:

• Don’t just shrink it: A mobile-friendly site is made specifically for a small screen and isn’t just a shrunken-down version of your normal site.
• Keep it simple: A good mobile site should be easy to navigate, read and prioritize key information.
• Make it easy for customers to connect: A mobile-friendly site should take advantage of the natural capabilities of mobile phones with features such as click-to-call, maps and location information.

Want to know more?
To read more about Brougher’s thoughts on the topic, visit www.openforum.com/articles/go-mobile-how-to-make-your-website-mobile-friendly.
 

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