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Why Responsive Design Matters
Published on March 31, 2014
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It is widely thought that responsive web design is all about having a website that fits different mobile devices and provides the user with a better experience. However, this is not a responsive website's only purpose. Responsive design also allows businesses to adjust the website's layout in such a way as to generate more conversions.
Today, a simple and clean design is extremely popular – and it is hardly surprising that Apple embraced this with its iOS 7. Easy website navigation is among the most important parts of a responsive web design. Many businesses have gone for heavy designs over the past few years by including animation and other flashy elements, but today more companies are switching to clean and simple lines.
Messy websites are usually hard to navigate and when they are visited by many users they load slowly. This can lead to people getting annoyed and eventually abandoning those websites. Simple design is designed to increase the number of conversions. If a user is happy with their experience, the more likely that user will return to the website in the future.
Many businesses adopt responsive web design not only for the enhanced functionality the technology provides, but also in an effort to stay relevant and on trend in this competitive market. Basically, every company can take advantage of responsive web design as it increases mobile traffic. Mobile traffic is very important these days, as it is expected that this year it will surpass the traffic coming from PCs. Also, a staggering 88% of users who search for a particular local company on a mobile device contact the company within 24 hours.
Over the past years, mobile traffic has not been generating conversions in the same way desktop has in the past. The reason for this is poor user experience. Responsive web design allows companies to provide their mobile users with a website which is easy to navigate and this will inevitably result in higher mobile conversions. With an increase in the number of people using mobile devices and mobile search, companies need to cater to user demand or risk losing customers and money.


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