How to Optimize Your Blog for the Mobile Shift

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Is YOUR BLOG

OPTIMIZED for mobile devices

Chances are…



Chances are…

THEY AREN’T



And, that’s a PROBLEM.



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In 2014:



In 2014: the number of mobile device users surpassed desktop users



Guess what happened in October of 2016...




MORE users accessed the internet from mobile devices and tablets THAN desktops.




But there’s a problem…


The mobile web experience is















• The average U.S. retail site takes



• The average U.S. retail site takes 6.9 seconds to load.




• The average link clicked in the Facebook mobile app takes




• The average link clicked in the Facebook mobile app takes 8 seconds.



And, guess what?


40% of users will leave your site if it takes



40% of users will leave your site if it takes more than 3

seconds




Sucks, doesn’t it?



In steps…


Google AMP



Google AMP Facebook Instant Articles



Google AMP Facebook Instant Articles

Apple News



These companies want to solve the problem.



Keep reading…


Using these technologies…


… will SPEED UP the mobile experience for your audience.


It will also get your content to them



It will also get your content to them

WHERE THEY ARE




Absolutely.


Here are a few:


With Instant Articles…



With Instant Articles…

…your content is housed in the Facebook mobile app.


This means…


people won’t leave Facebook and come to your blog.



These platforms



These platforms



These platforms

your design and branding elements.


• There is no sidebar


• They remove some code to your site...


• But that can cause certain features of your sites to not work (i.e. some WordPress plugins).


And when it comes down to it…


Do you TRUST…


Do you TRUST…


Do you TRUST…


Do you TRUST…

to look out for your blog?


IF


IF you decide to use

these technologies,


please keep the following in mind…


Have a


Have a



Take your content to your audience



BUT…


Make sure to bring them back to your





If you do that…


you take FULL advantage of these new technologies,


FACEBOOK ARTICLES


GOOGLE AMP


APPLE NEWS


BUT…


You’re also building





And that’s…





Social Media

How to Optimize Your Blog for the Mobile Shift