Mobile website improvements

Mobile website improvements for SEO and users.

There are a number of steps you can add to your mobile website to make it easier for search engines to properly index your website. This is important for your website ranking within search engines. There are 3 ways to work with a mobile website with MijnHostingPartner.nl web hosting

This consists of the following options:

- Responsive web design

Displays the same URL in the browser bar and uses the same HTML code regardless of the device being used (desktop, tablet and mobile). The site responds to the screen size and adapts accordingly. This way is the recommended way by Google and other search engines.

- Dynamic display

Uses the same URL regardless of the device used, but uses a different HTML version for the different device types that the server passes to the user's browser.

- Separate URLs

Specifies different code to the user with a different URL. For example, an m.domain.com website. This configuration attempts to recognize the device the user is working with and then redirects it via HTTP to the correct site.

Important points

Make sure your page resources are accessible to search engine crawlers. This includes your CSS and javascript. This ensures that search engines can determine if your website is suitable for mobile use. This can be set via your robots.txt file.

Avoid common mistakes that can irritate mobile users, such as videos that cannot be played due to the use of flash. Mobile websites with a poor search function is also a reason for a lower score within the search results.

Advertisements or pop-ups within your website are also considered very irritating, especially if this forces the user to click away before the information being searched for is displayed. A better way is to display a banner at the top of the page. This can be displayed without obstructing the content.

Slow mobile pages are also a reason why you are losing users. It is important to pay close attention to this so that your website loads as quickly as possible. As mentioned earlier by MijnHostingPartner.nl the tool pagespeeds of Google is a good way to discover the areas of improvement.

When you want to read more about the tips and tricks for your website then you can keep an eye on the knowledge base and blog posts of MijnHostingPartner.nl.

Inspiration for article:

https://developers.google.com/webmasters/mobile-sites/