Is your website mobile?

I recently got myself a Blackberry device.  I have only had it for a few days now but am falling in love with it.  I really enjoy the fact that I can look things up online without having to wait until I cam back in the office.  What I have noticed though is that some sites come in very well on the mobile browser.  Others do not.  So, this got me to thinking that I need to pay attention to sites that we build in the future.

Is your site mobile friendly?

Make sure that as you design your website or order it built by a design firm that you make sure it is mobile friendly.  Certainly this means keeping flash to a minimum and certainly don’t build the whole site in flash - mobile devices can’t render flash - at least not very well.  It wouldn’t hurt to put a browser detector in and separate code for the mobile browsers.  you have to remember what the purpose of your website is - likely it is for people to find out about you and make sales.  So keep in mind these mobile browsers and that  you want to cater to them.  There is no point in having a website that can’t be read, that doesn’t help your business grow.  It is one of those things that you might not think of if you haven’t had the experience.  I hadn’t thought of it until I tried surfing on my mobile device.  But more and more people will be using these in the future - so it does matter a lot.

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