Since almost everyone is currently stuck at home, more people are connecting to the internet via their laptops or PCs than ever before. In fact, many people are regularly accessing different websites on their computers and phones at the same time. However, once the current crisis is over, that is likely to change.
Over the past few years, mobile has steadily become the main medium through which people access the internet. Many companies have even used this fact to create apps for mobile rather than simply waiting for users to access the website.
If you are building a new website now, this should be top of mind. Your website needs to work intuitively on mobile devices. If it is not optimized for Android and other mobile devices, you will lose many visitors at the landing page.
To help you get on the right track, here is how to build a website optimized for Android devices and more.
Optimal hosting
The first thing you need to do when building any website is to find the right hosting. Without hosting, your website is practically useless. Good hosting is adaptable, affordable, and reliable.
You can see these FastComet reviews to see what hosting providers can get right and wrong. The hosting you use should come with excellent customer support, and should be optimized for your website to run well on mobile. This means that not only is it adept at managing varying bandwidth levels, but is also optimized for whatever CMS you are using.
Mobile-first CMS
Traditionally, content management systems (CMS) like WordPress were created with laptops and PCs in mind. They gave you the tools to create a website that looked great on your PC, before providing the ability to see how it worked on mobile. As the world has progressed, even the most traditional CMS now makes mobile optimization much easier.
However, it is ideal now that you use a CMS with a mobile-first approach. Instead of optimizing your website for Android or mobile, you start by creating a website for these platforms. You should put in the work to make it attractive and effective on a PC, but your starting point should be where most of your visitors will start.
Optimize forms
Nothing lays bare the deficiencies of a mobile version of a website more than a form. Forms which work seamlessly on a PC can be unworkable on a mobile device. This is a major problem when forms are the most effective way of getting subscribers, making sales, and engaging with your visitors.
Any forms that you have included on your website should work as easily on mobile as on your PC. You should try every form to make sure there are no issues with it. You have probably had a number of experiences with websites where you just had to give up filling out a form on your mobile and had to wait to get to your PC. This is an easy way to lose visitors and sales.
Optimizing a website for Android and other mobile devices should no longer be an afterthought. On the contrary, start thinking of mobile first and you will find your end product is effective and attractive no matter where it is being accessed.