By Anthony Cicirello
Most of your visitors are on a phone
For most small businesses, the majority of website visits now happen on a phone, not a desktop. If your site was designed desktop-first and just squeezed to fit mobile, you’re optimizing for the minority of your traffic.
What actually breaks on mobile
Text too small to read without zooming. Buttons too close together to tap accurately. A phone number that’s just text instead of a tap-to-call link. Forms that are a pain to fill out with a thumb.
Design mobile-first, not mobile-fitted
The difference matters. Mobile-fitted just shrinks a desktop layout down. Mobile-first starts with the phone experience and builds up from there, which almost always produces a cleaner, faster, easier site.
Test it yourself
Open your own site on your own phone right now. Try to find your number, try to fill out your form. If it’s annoying for you, it’s costing you customers.
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