Thursday, June 13, 2013

Why Your Law Firm needs a Mobile version of its firm website


In the next few years, traffic to your website from mobiles devices will EXCEED regular browser traffic for the first time EVER. Your firm needs to be ready, right now. Without a mobile version of your firm's website, your site will not be easily readable for hundreds of millions of Internet users - in fact, if you use Flash technology on your law firm's website, they may not be seeing your site at all! Did you know that when people search for companies from their iPhones, a website that is mobile-compatible is placed higher in search results than ones that are not? Your firm will enjoy improved search engine results when mobile users are searching for companies like yours. But the most important advantage is ease-of-use for your clients and potential new clients.

Make sure your mobile site has a centralized content source
One potential hassle for a mobile website is the need to maintain the content for two sites, the main site and the new mobile site. If your website content is all stored within a content management system, every content page will utilize the same source. So in this case there is NO NEED to maintain additional content for your new mobile website. One change to an attorney bio, for instance, will update both the mobile and the main site.

Great Mobile Site Design still important
Too many designs in this early stage of mobile website development are boring and/or too cluttered.  A simple yet elegant design is just as important to your mobile site as it is to your main website.

About Us
Business Edge has been designing websites since for over 17 years, and we were one of the first website design companies to offer our clients customized mobile websites, so our experience in this area is first-rate.