10 good ways to optimize mobile pages for developers

[51CTO.com original article] The rapid development of mobile devices has overturned users' Internet usage habits. Considering the user experience, website designers must adapt web pages to the size of mobile screens. As time goes by, users are becoming more and more dependent on mobile devices, which has prompted developers and designers to continuously optimize mobile web pages. Here we will introduce some practical methods for optimizing mobile web pages . If you are a web developer or designer, don't miss this article. I believe it will be helpful to your work.

1. Know your users

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First, you need to identify your target user group and find loyal users who are truly valuable to you, but don't dream of having all types of users. Once you have identified your target user group, you need to understand their online purposes, usage habits, and so on. Some people just browse the Internet, while others browse with a purpose. It depends on who your users are, and you should make sure you can provide what they are looking for.

2. Make your content more valuable and targeted

Due to the limitation of the display screen, some designers will hide some content on the mobile side, which is very common if the layout of the website is not so ideal. However, the reduction of content will inevitably bring about the limitation of user choices. It is unfair to give a simplified version of the page to the mobile phone, and you may even lose some users.

3. Improve page loading time

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Speeding up the loading time of web pages is a common goal of all web designers and is also a very important point to retain users. In many cases, mobile users open web pages slowly and cannot even find the content they need. You need to optimize your images, reduce code, clear cache, reduce redirects, etc. In this way, web users can quickly browse your website in a few seconds and learn more information.

4. Touch design

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Mobile devices often use finger touches instead of mouse clicks. Considering this, designers must ensure that your design can be applied on mobile devices of different sizes. To simplify the user's touch/click, you can design zoom in/out functions and do not let users fill in forms. This will be a huge challenge for small-screen mobile devices operated by fingers.

5. Create a fluid layout

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In order to adapt to various screen sizes, mobile pages mostly use fluid layout. This design can seamlessly adapt to screens of various sizes and avoid blocking some users. This has become the standard for many web developers today, and it ensures that more people can see your web pages on mobile devices.

6. Use compression tools

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Using some tools can make the designer's work easier, such as compressors with scripts that can remove any unnecessary comments, code and even white space. For example, HTMLCompressor and Gzip. Or CSSCompressor and CSSminifier, which can help you concatenate CSS code to improve the quality of the web page.

7. Don’t hide images, CSS, or JavaScript

A few years ago, many developers were limited by the fact that mobile devices could not support images, JavaScript, and CSS elements. The emergence of smartphones has broken through this bottleneck, allowing users to experience a similar experience to that of a PC. It can make search engines run faster or confirm whether your site is responsive.

8. Functional optimization

Functionality is the foundation of a website and the most intuitive thing that visitors get. To enhance the functionality of your website, you should make sure to provide all the tools that users need to perform the expected functions. Use this as a strategy to help users reach their goals faster. The search box is also very important on the website, which helps users search for any information they want. At the same time, the design of the page navigation is also very critical.

9. Optimize for local search

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This is especially useful if your business has a local element. Local search optimization makes it more accessible to people in the area. You can do this by standardizing your name, your address, and your phone number. You can also include your city and country in your site’s metadata.

10. Query Guides and Databases

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There are guides and databases you can always consult in order to determine the guidelines you should focus on to give your users a great experience. This always depends on the type of platform you are using. Some platforms are more flexible than others and can help you design the key components of a good website for your mobile users. Optimizing your pages for mobile is crucial for a website because you never know what device your users are using to access the web.

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http://codecondo.com/10-ways-to-make-sure-your-website-is-optimized-for-mobile-devices/
Translated by Liu Nina

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