Why you need a Mobile-First Web Design
The Boostly Podcast
Mark Simpson
5.0 • 302 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2021
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I recently spoke about the importance of having Google Analytics on your website. |
| 0:06.1 | Why is it important? |
| 0:07.1 | Because it gives you all the indicators how people are interacting with your website |
| 0:11.2 | right now. |
| 0:12.2 | One of the key indicators that you need to look at is the ratio of people that go onto your |
| 0:18.1 | website on a desktop or a laptop computer to the ones that are going on a phone. |
| 0:23.9 | Now what we've noticed over the last five years is that the use to tip very heavily in laptops |
| 0:33.1 | and computers. |
| 0:34.1 | But now over time, it's time to be this. |
| 0:39.0 | Your website has to be built mobile first, which is why every boosted website is always |
| 0:46.0 | built mobile first. |
| 0:47.0 | What does that mean? |
| 0:48.0 | They are designed with these things in mind. |
| 0:50.8 | Because we know that the majority of your future potential guests are going to be accessing |
| 0:55.6 | your website via a mobile phone first. |
| 1:00.7 | Now even though a lot of stays are completed and are actually booked via a laptop, the majority |
| 1:08.0 | of the search is a start on one of the phones. |
| 1:10.0 | So if you dig behind the stats, what does that mean? |
| 1:12.2 | If you look at the reason behind it, well, somebody may be at work or they may be in transport |
| 1:17.6 | or they may be in a bar or a cafe or whatever and they are looking for a place to stay. |
| 1:21.9 | And again, if they're coming onto your website, it will be a recommendation, state of you |
| 1:25.6 | in the past, or maybe found you through some clever social media or paydads, okay? |
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