If you own a business, you are probably quite aware of how
important it is to have a website for your company. Google
alone handles 3.8 billion searches a day. When Google pulls information for its
users, its primary goal is to provide the user with the best experience
possible. That means that if your website doesn’t provide a GREAT “user experience”,
Google does not want to offer it to users searching on its search engine. There
are a lot of factors that play into Google’s algorithm and how Google decides
when to show your website in a search and where to rank your website. One of
the main factors that will determine this is how responsive your website is.
But what does that mean and how do you know if your website is responsive.
Let’s talk about that!
What Is A “Responsive Website”?
Without getting into the technical programming side of
responsive web design, a responsive website should provide the best experience
for any and all users. For a website to create a great user experience it will
need to load fast, automatically adjust to any screen size making the website
usable on desktops and mobile devices, be easy to navigate, simple and readable
text, and quality images that also load quickly. Without these elements, your
website could drag and stall when users try to browse or enter information and
that creates a poor user experience.
“85% of adults think that a company’s website, when viewed
on a mobile device, should be as good or better than its desktop website.” –
Forbes
How Do I Know If My Website Is Responsive?
If your website isn’t fairly new, the chances of it being
very responsive are low. Even many newer websites were not created with the
right design elements to ensure responsiveness to be user-friendly. Websites
that seem to load quickly and are easy to navigate may have additional
programming elements that are not considered to be very responsive and can
hinder your ranking on Google. The best way to check the responsiveness of your
website is to have it tested by a website design company that knows exactly
what to look for and what your website might be missing. Idaho has a premier company for website design in Blackfoot called
Perfect Point Marketing that only produces high-quality responsive websites for
its clients.
The Age Of Mobile Devices
In 2018, Google released an algorithm changed based on
search trends on the search engine. Google found that the majority of searches
that were once performed on home computers/desktops was now being searched
through mobile devices. Previous to this discovery, Google did not technically
favor mobile devices, but now they do. Websites that are not friendly for
mobile devices and do not create a good user experience are less likely to rank
high in organic search and in paid advertising results.
Perfect Point Marketing Expert Web Design
Perfect Point Marketing in
Blackfoot has extensive experience working with Google’s best practices. If you
are worried about your competitors out-ranking you in organic search or paid
advertising, do not hesitate to call our professional team so that we can make
sure you are dominating your competition on Google Search!

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