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What is Mobile Responsive Web Design and How Does it Help Your Website?

People use their phones to view your website

People use their phones more and more to surf the internet and it’s becoming more and more important that your site use responsive design. You never know whether your site is being views on a phone, a desktop, laptop, or tablet. The way designers address that is through responsive web design. With responsive design, what appears depends upon the device that is being used to view your website. You might have a full screen video that on a desktop, with two or three columns underneath. On mobile phone you might have a smaller still photo with all your page content in one column.

Mobile responsive web design makes for faster and better user experience.

With responsive design, you use the same content, but it’s versioned to perform better for the device that is used. It is also designed keep your site fast on mobile. Mobile internet speeds are not nearly as fast as desktop speeds, but people don’t want to wait for pages to load on their phones. Responsive design enables your site to be fast on desktop and mobile. It also makes use of the unique experience and features on each type of device.

If your site doesn’t work well on a phone, contact MILLER Design & Marketing about mobile responsive web design.