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Local Business Needs Mobile Websites
Is your website mobile friendly?
According to Comscore, over 60 million people in the U.S. own Smart Phones. All the major Smart Phone platforms, especially Android, continue to gain subscribers at a rapid rate. If current sales trends continue at their 2010 pace, it’s possible that 50% of mobile phone customers will own a Smart Phone by the end of 2011. Yes, you read that correctly, 50%.
Right now, statistics show that only 1% of all .com, .net and .org website domains currently have a mobile optimized version. Research has also shown that by the year 2013, more people will be visiting websites on mobile devices than a normal PC.
Still not convinced? Morgan Stanley research estimates that by 2015, mobile web will be bigger than desktop.
That’s a lot of people accessing the Internet via their mobile phone. In fact, daily Internet usage via handheld device jumped from 29% in 2009 to 43% by the end of 2010. As more and more Smart Phone users are added each day, it’s easy to see the value of having a mobile friendly website.
So yes, you need a mobile website. Fortunately they are easy, and inexpensive, to create.