If you’re a business with a current website and you’re asking yourself if you should make your website mobile friendly the answer is YES…

As of 2018 the percentage of mobile users vs desktop users is about 60/40.

There are more mobile users now, google even now indexes your mobile website version for their rankings. If you still have one of the desktop only websites, you should upgrade immediately.

Websites designed for the desktop only will load slower and they are difficult to navigate on mobile devices. Also if you’re have a website on places like wix or other sites where you can create a page really fast, we recommend you check if your theme has the capabilities of a mobile website version.

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How do you know if your site is mobile friendly? It’s very easy to check if you have a mobile friendly website. Check it on a cell phone and if your website changes design to accommodate the small screen then your site is mobile friendly, if the design does not change and the menus and words are hard to read then you need to update your design.

Will changing my design affect my rankings?

If your website is doing pretty good at bringing traffic but it’s not mobile friendly then make sure you tell the new web developer to keep most of the page structure and urls the same. We have seen many cases where the old website was bringing thousands of visitors per month and then after the upgrade the traffic went down. This was to do with the lost of so many old links generated during the years. Check your analytics and see how many broken links you have and create those links again.

There you have it, get that website to be mobile friendly, you’re losing traffic if your site is only designed for the desktop and your rankings will improve if you have a mobile friendly site.