Making Your Blog Mobile-Friendly

[Shawn Gossman]

With more people accessing the internet via smartphones and tablets, optimizing your blog for mobile users is essential. A mobile-friendly design enhances user experience and can significantly impact your blog’s traffic and engagement. Key strategies include using responsive design, optimizing images for faster loading, and ensuring that your text and buttons are easily readable and clickable on smaller screens.

How have you optimized your blog for mobile users?

What tools or plugins have you found helpful in making your blog mobile-friendly?

 

[Elseb]

All blogs should be optimised for mobile these days otherwise you provably shouldn't even bother! You'll be alienating a massive percentage of people who will go elsewhere.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I agree.

Create for mobile first.

Mobile will look good on desktops, too.

 

[meetdilip]

Are there any plugins that are not? I stick with WordPress and it works for me. Almost all plugins I used respect the responsive nature of WordPress.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Are there any plugins that are not? I stick with WordPress and it works for me. Almost all plugins I used respect the responsive nature of WordPress.

AMP works well but I find it conflicts with AdSense.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/amp/

My theme (DIVI) is quite responsive. I just try to create the desktop version to be mobile-first, so it looks better on phones.

 

[meetdilip]

Does AMP help much these days? I do not see people using the same enthusiasm as before.

My theme (DIVI) is quite responsive. I just try to create the desktop version to be mobile-first, so it looks better on phones.

Can you tell a bit about it?

 

[Shawn Gossman]

DIVI is responsive. It's a paid theme, though. I have a lifetime license. I've used them for years.

https://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/

 

[Cedric]

I think people's mindset need to change.

Over 50% of online users browse through their phone or tablet. Desktop is no longer the ruler in traffic. So, when designing a website or blog, make sure you prioritize mobile view design, it should come first, not second. Once you have your mobile friendly website, then look into adding media queries to add enhancements for desktop.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I think people's mindset need to change.

Over 50% of online users browse through their phone or tablet. Desktop is no longer the ruler in traffic. So, when designing a website or blog, make sure you prioritize mobile view design, it should come first, not second. Once you have your mobile friendly website, then look into adding media queries to add enhancements for desktop.

Totally agree.

A lot of people are still stuck on making for desktop first.

Eventually desktops are going to be impossible to get. I dread that day because I'm a desktop kind of guy but it's the future.

 

[Ja sa bong]

Many people are having access to the internet using their smartphone and tablets. If a blog isn't optimised to be mobile friendly, there will be so much visitors who are likely to be cut off from accessing the blogs.

 

[Jennifer]

A lot of people use WordPress for blogging and a lot of WordPress themes have mobile responsiveness. Making your blog mobile friendly is not very difficult these days.

 

[JWeb]

I try to make it a habit to make sure the site works on mobile first before going on to desktop. Making sure images aren't taking too long to load and not using a lot of JavaScript are some of the things I focus on.

 

[Douye]

For me, it is the theme that is the most important tool in mobile optimization. I have been using Kadence as a theme on every WordPress blog I create. It makes the layout to shift and adapt to any screen size without another standalone plug in.

 

[Chris]

The reality is that a lot of people now make use of mobile devices when it comes to accessing their favourite sites and if you are building your blog, optimising it for mobiles should be the first thing to do assuming you are pushing for success. That is what can help you capture a bigger percentage of people who would want to visit the site via mobile. Not doing so might make you lose out on a lot of mobile users who would have wished to visit your new blog.

 

[Uzzy]

From my past experience, I’ve seen how important mobile optimization is. Most users browse from their phones so a responsive layout, lighter images and clear text make a huge difference. Many bloggers just use built-in theme tools or a few plugins to keep their site mobile friendly and it really helps with engagement.

 

[Henrywrites]

From my past experience, I’ve seen how important mobile optimization is. Most users browse from their phones so a responsive layout, lighter images and clear text make a huge difference. Many bloggers just use built-in theme tools or a few plugins to keep their site mobile friendly and it really helps with engagement.

That is true. Personally, I believe much time should be given to ensuring that the page is optimised for mobile interface. A lot of people going to websites such as forums, social media and blogs do it with their mobile phones and would need to get the best experience out of it.

 

[Uzzy]

That is true. Personally, I believe much time should be given to ensuring that the page is optimised for mobile interface. A lot of people going to websites such as forums, social media and blogs do it with their mobile phones and would need to get the best experience out of it.

That makes sense too. Optimizing for mobile is really important since most people access forums, blogs and social media on their phones, they might not do that with their laptop or PC.

A smooth mobile experience can make a big difference in keeping users engaged and returning.