Mobile Website Design Technology for User Experience & Digital Presence

Mobile devices represent more than 60% of traffic and more than 50% of searches today for most industries. Having a great mobile UX design backed by technical SEO and a user-intent approach is essential to your site performance. Milestone mobile-first website designs go beyond a "responsive" site that reformats your desktop content. We create an app-like experience that prioritizes user-interactions and presents content in app-like experiences to boost conversions.
 

Mobile-first design, search, responsive technology and speed

  • Always HTTPS-enabled for secure access
  • PWA-powered for offline access & notifications
  • User-intent based design
  • Device-specific rendering for fastest mobile performance
  • Easy to edit in CMS
  • Entity search, schema, and meta tags enabled
  • AMP for faster download speed and SEO
  • Simple, gesture-based UI that prioritizes actions
  • Small, easy-to-navigate images and mobile galleries
  • Maintain main domain relevancy
  • Designs and layouts optimized based on device type
  • Tracking and analytics

Beyond mobile-first to an app-like experience

Mobile-first is the artful blending of design and user experience. Our designs take into consideration the intent of the user, what they will do on your mobile site, and how they will do it. We use buttons in the right places with the right size and colors, images that are fast to load and scroll, engaging call to actions, and fast and easy forms.
Milestone's mobile-first deign drives higher engagement, conversions, and revenue. And we can prove it. (link to case study here.
  • Designs based on user intent
  • Simple, easy interactions based on touch gestures
  • Clear, easy-to-use CTAs and forms

The perfect architecture for the perfect experience

Milestone mobile websites are powered by HTTPS, which is a secure architecture that provides peace of mind to consumers and boosts rankings.
  • HTTPS for secure connections & higher rankings

Stay in front of your customers with an app-like experience Progressive Web App (PWA)

Milestone mobile sites feature a Progressive Web App (PWA) framework to give an app-like experience to users with offline access and speedy notifications. PWAs help you stay in front of your customers with engaging content, in-the-moment specials, and messaging that inspires traffic.
  • App-like experience with fast notifications
  • PWA architecture enables offline access & messaging

Mobile websites that load near instantaneously accelerated mobile pages (AMP) for speed and engagement

Milestone was the first vendor in the hospitality space to adopt the Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) standard, resulting in insane performance gains of 10X+ for our clients across industries. AMP pages load in a fraction of the time of traditional mobile pages and result in higher engagement, conversion rates and ROI.
  • AMP sites that are blazing fast
  • Faster engagement for consumers
  • Leverage the latest in mobile
Ask our experts

What is mobile web design?

Web design for mobile devices is centered around optimizing the web experience for the user. Web design uses responsive layout that changes based on the user’s device by starting with a mobile-first approach. The bigger the screen, the more content the user can see. Mobile web design also empowers a search engine-friendly design.

What are mobile web design best practices?

First and foremost, the best practice for any mobile web design is to give your user the best information and an excellent user experience. Here are a few mobile web design best practices to follow: 1. Use simple page layouts 2. Select the most important content to display 3. Showcase call-to-actions 4. Keep navigation separate from content to help users 5. Use white space to separate sections 6. Optimize page speed with AMP 7. Keep your user in a single browser window 8. Don’t use pinch to zoom 9. Optimize the whole website for mobile 10. Use SEO best practices

How to design for mobile websites?

A few quick tips for designing a mobile website include: 1. Start with a mobile friendly platform 2. Use larger buttons and text for better visibility 3. Create eye-catching calls-to-action 4. Create simple contact forms 5. Use lists 6. Make sure website speed is a priority – the faster the better 7. Use accelerated mobile pages (AMP) 8. Compress images to increase speed 9. Create compelling content that answers the user's question and is easy to find 10. Make sure your website is SEO compliantmo

What is different about designing for mobile?

The main difference between designing for mobile vs. designing for desktop is for mobile design the focus is on interactive design capabilities. For websites, the focus is on information architecture. Either way, structured, well written, and visually appealing content is needed.

What is a mobile site?

A mobile website is designed for small screen devices typically with narrow columns of the regular website. The purpose of a mobile site is to give users the same information from desktop to mobile without compromising the content and user experience

Why is mobile web design important?

Mobile design is important because it enhances how your website will look on smaller devices. From cell phones to tablets, a responsive design that is mobile-friendly can improve the user experience and keep them on your website for longer periods. Mobile-friendly design is also a great ranking signal to search engines.

What is mobile web design?

Web design for mobile devices is centered around optimizing the web experience for the user. Web design uses responsive layout that changes based on the user’s device by starting with a mobile-first approach. The bigger the screen, the more content the user can see. Mobile web design also empowers a search engine-friendly design.