A lot of WordPress blog owners think that by simply slapping in a plugin that mobilizes their website really does the trick when wanting to satisfy the mobile crowd, but they haven’t bothered to test that mobile site with any emulators so they can actually see or experience what their mobile visitors’ experience. If they did, they’d immediately remove the plugin after seeing that the conversion neither looks good, nor does it download well on a mobile device unless the user is 4G. I’ve built a couple regular WordPress websites that I’ve later made mobile from using plugins, and both times I noticed the bounce rate (how long a visitor stays before leaving) was unusually high on both. I decided to test the sites using various phones around the office so I could gauge the experience on each, and when I did I realized I immediately needed to make those sites more mobile friendly. A mobile website should have graphics that not only fit easily in the device window, but should weigh less than 7K each so they load quickly on phones with slower bandwidth. There’s also the consideration of whether you’ve laid out your site using tables or DIVs
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