The Importance Of Mobile Website Optimization

How important is mobile website optimization? Consider how much time and money people are spending on mobile devices these days.
The numbers agree as well– 10% of the world’s total internet traffic is mobile-driven. In 2012 alone, $6.7 billion worth of goods were bought via mobile devices, just in the US.

Mobile device sale is expected to touch $31 billion by this year end. Read our infographic, “The importance of mobile website optimization” for a deep look at mobile traffic, mobile sales and the growing importance of mobile optimized websites.

Mobile Traffic Segmented by Device
DeviceTraffic %age


Android devices42%
iPhones36%
iPads and iPad Minis18%
BlackBerrys2%

Mobile commerce now accounts for 23% of online sales
Number of purchases made by Smartphone users in the last six months
Number Of mCommerce Purchases%Age Of Smartphone Owners


051%
1-326%
4-611%
7-95%
10-152%
More than 155%

Only 35% of businesses have mobile-optimized sites as of now.
Companies with mobile-optimized sites triple their chances of increasing mobile conversion rate to 5% or more.
97% of mobile carts are abandoned due to distraction from unnecessaryelements and multiple screens in mobile shopping carts.
How Businesses Optimize Website For Mobile Devices
 Method%age


Responsive design (client–side)46%
Mobile-specific development platform41%
Building in HTML533%
Adaptive design (server-side)22%
Other2%
None of the above9%

55% of purchase related conversions occur within 1 hour of initial mobile search.
43% of consumers are unlikely to return to a slow-loading mobile site.
40% of consumers are going to turn to a competitor’s site after a bad mobile experience.
73% of mobile search devices trigger additional action and conversion.
Action%age


Research36%
Visit to retail site25%
Sharing information18%
Visit a store17%
Make a purchase17%
Call a business7%

Tablet visitors are nearly three times more likely to purchase than smartphone visitors

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