At present we are seeing more smart phones being sold than actual computers. This will the inclusion of iPads and other such mobile devices such as laptops and bluetooth headsets old technolgies such as pagers are a distance memory.

According to a recent Foresters Survey of nearly 10,000 small business owners, it seems that a huge 49% of small business owners are reported to own smartphones. The stats break down like this:

35% – BlackBerrys
33% – iPhones
25% – Androids
7% – Windows Mobile devices.

The survey also interestingly shows that even though 82% of Americans own a phone, 50% have internet on their phones but only 17% actually have smartphones.  It would seem at the moment most users are opting for a cheaper model.


Viewing A Mobile Phone Website Design Versus Viewing Website Designs On PC’s

Whichever way you look at it website design / Ecommerce Web Design needs to cater for this new wave of mobile digital experience. Viewing a website design on a computer is a completely different experience to viewing the same website on a mobile device, smartphone of no smartphone.

An average time spent viewing a website on a computer is between 3 – 4 minutes (depending on the website), whereas viewing a website design on a mobile phone is considerably shorter. If you are out and about, more mobile you have less time to browse, a good website designers job is to make the viewing experience work on which ever medium the users chooses.


Do you need a mobile phone version of your website design?

We understand the shift in mobile users and believe designing a mobile phone version of your website design is very important, but this all adds to the price tag.  We also understand that your business may not actually need it yet. We have implemented an after care service which is available for every website design and ecommerce web design solution we provide to our clients. The service is based on statistical analysis, meeting either once per month or every 3 months to review the behavior patterns of your visitors to understand how they interact and view your website. We look at many things including, where they come from, where they leave, keywords used, cost per keyword in relation to conversion, and the devices they view the website with.

If over 30% of your visitors are looking at your website design / Ecommerce Web Design on a phone we would suggest you invest in a mobile phone version of your website. We let the stats do the proposals for us and never sell our clienst anything based on the fact that it would be cool…ROI – return on investment is the only reason we would ever propose a solution – if it has a chance of improving the over all experience on the website then it is worth doing as it should in the long term result in more enquiries / sales.

If you need help with your website statistics please let us know.

Do you use a smartphone to view websites on, and do smartphone website designs make the experience easier?

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