{"id":6187,"date":"2023-08-10T11:38:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T11:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspiration.ie\/?p=6187"},"modified":"2023-11-09T16:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:26:33","slug":"6187-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiration.ie\/6187-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile-Friendly Web Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile Friendly Website Design \u2013 the Low Down.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s mad to think that there are 5.2 billion smartphone users in the world<\/a>, and that there are probably more phones than people! So, it\u2019s essential now to develop websites that work effectively in mobile devices.<\/p>\n

So, should it always be \u201cmobile-first\u201d?<\/p>\n

As Inspiration works with a lot of B2B businesses<\/a>, we do come across clients occasionally who consider mobile phone visits to their websites to be in the minority. And in certain sectors this is possible; take professional services businesses, for example, where prospective clients are likely to be in front of a PC for much of the day. However, Google\u2019s stats show an increase in mobile use for B2B websites<\/a>, and that is something that they predict will continue to grow as the younger generations enter the workspace.<\/p>\n

But it can vary considerably.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the stats from a local Irish SME that runs a consumer eCommerce website \u2013 you can see that about 88% of visitors are coming from mobile devices.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, here\u2019s stats on a sample month of visitors to the website of an Irish B2B client operating in a highly niche manufacturing sector, albeit with a radically higher turnover than the client above. Big diff in terms of the number of visitors but also the profile of devices used by site visitors \u2013 with 80% using desktops.<\/p>\n

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So, it shouldn\u2019t always be mobile first but here’s a few thoughts;<\/p>\n