Mobile-Friendly Websites
I wanted to give you the update that Google is making a change to their ranking algorithm starting April 21st 2015. They'll officially be considering the mobile friendliness of a website as a crucial part of their ranking formula.
You can easily check to see if your website meets the new requirements by using this link to test it:https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly
Besides Google making this update to their algorithm here are 7 additional benefits of a responsive website:
* Extremely flexible * Excellent user experience * Recommended (almost required) by Google * Responsive sites helps combat a high bounce rate * Increase of sales and conversion rate * Increase in search visibility * Quicker load time
We also often get asked about differences between mobile website and reponsive website. Here is the comparison:
Need a Mobile-Friendly Website?
But unsure about which solution to choose
Both a mobile site and responsive design will optimize your site to be more appropriate for smaller screens; both will offer simpler navigation and faster load times. However, there are differences, which is why we share the advantages and disadvantages of both solutions below.
A Mobile Site vs. Responsive Design
The good news is that we can do the programming for a responsive website upgrade within 5 days and this is only $885. A mobile website would depend on the size of the website and would range from $2300 upwards.
