Throughout
recent years, responsive website design has dominated websites, changing the
way companies build their online presence. A responsive website is a portal
that can match the screen on which it is used regardless of the device. The web
site will reformat to provide the customer with a better experience that is
suitable for his device and can offer a range of advantages to your site and
agree with Google's guidelines.
Responsive
web design was introduced back in 2010, suggested since 2015, but there are
many more changes to the web design since this is of great importance.
THE NEED FOR
RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN
Smartphones
have increased rapidly in recent years. In 2015, just 20% turned to the
Internet and had a Smartphone. The way people have used mobile devices, since
then, has driven the roll-outs of 4G internet and other technologies, which
have risen in 2015.
By the end of
2016, mobile usage has first overtaken the desktop, showing the number of
people using smartphones and tablets rather than a desktop or laptop. The use
of mobile devices to shop online, conduct online banking and click via social
media was a drastic change in behaviour. Ofcom said that in urban areas 7-8
people in 10 adults have a Smartphone, and having a more technological
experience.
For these
factors alone, investing in responsive website design is extremely important;
due to the large numbers of people that can use your website from smartphones
or tablets; the business needs a platform that functions well on a Smartphone
or other mobile device screens.
GOOGLE’S
RECOMMENDATIONS
In 2015,
Google released guidelines on responsive web design and started promoting
mobile-enabling websites. Google started to use mobile-friendliness as a search
result ranking signal. After this announcement, companies began to recognize
its importance, but Google now has risen to even greater heights.
Google
recently took a step further and introduced mobile-first indexing techniques
for the first time. The mobile-first indexing bases ranking and indexing from
the mobile version of a site instead of the desktop version. You will not have
to modify your website if you already have a responsive web design. This is
Google's new effort to improve mobile web experience more.
Google
confirmed as of 2018 that it had migrating websites that meet best mobile-first
indexing technique. In the past, Google crawled and indexed a website's desktop
version, but it was noticed that mobile users found it difficult to do so.
Mobile-first indexing means that Google now firstly crawl index and rank the
website's mobile version. Because of that, it’s more important than not only
you have a responsive web design, it is also important more than ever that you
have a strong mobile web design.
RESPONSIVE
WEB DESIGN IMPORTANCE AND BENEFITS
All pages of
a website and content are flexible in all screen resolutions and devices with
responsive web design. Whether you saw a website on your mobile or a laptop,
with the different screen sizes it is seamless and easy to navigate. Giving the
customer an ideal experience, responsive web design guarantees that your user
views and navigates the page with a minimum of re-dimensioning and scrolling.
Responsive
web design can get better user experience and thus transform your brand and
company into a positive perception. If your client can easily access your
website on all channels, they will come to you in the future for more projects
and it will probably mean a better conversion rate for your website. It's
critical that you take this factor into account through your website in an
environment where so much traffic comes from mobile devices.
Mobile-first
indexing and Responsive website design are now, as mentioned earlier, also very
important as a ranking factor. Websites that are responsive are usually loaded
faster, which will increase and lower your bounce rate. Responsive web design
often encourages social media sharing, so that the company can reach a larger
audience.
Website
maintenance and SEO campaigns with a mobile-friendly website are also a much
smoother process. Responsive Website Design means that you only have 1 website
to care for, and it's also faster and cheaper than using your desktop website
as a standalone mobile application.
With the
industry standard of mobile-friendly website now, particularly with mobile
indexing, make sure your web design is at its finest design.
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more specific questions or need more details about our website design
and development services, social media and digital
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