Responsive Design

Don’t underestimate the importance of responsive design.

With mobile devices accounting for 57% of all web traffic, you need a website design that’s mobile first.

Mobile First

A mobile-first approach to web design prioritizes designing for mobile devices first before other devices and screen sizes.

This approach can be applied during various phases of a web design project from developing an initial wireframe to choosing a CSS framework with a mobile first breakpoint system.

Once the mobile design of the website is complete, styles can be conditionally modified at other common screen sizes for larger devices such as tablet and desktop.

Mobile-first indexing is another very good reason to consider a mobile-first approach to web design.

Google predominantly uses the mobile version of a page’s content for indexing and ranking.

Usability

When responsive design considerations are ignored, you’re likely to run into mobile usability issues.

Not only does this mean users could be having a poor experience when visiting your website on mobile, but it also could hurt your SEO. So it’s important to identify and fix mobile usability issues.

Mobile usability issues can range from the appropriate sizing and spacing of visual elements and layout to metadata or other considerations.

Is your site mobile-friendly?