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By the year 2013, it is expected that there would be 1.7 billion mobile Internet users around the globe. As mobile browsing has turned into a common practice among end-users, it is in your best interest to take advantage of this mobile Internet trend and use it to generate traffic to your own website. There are many ways that you could use in order to make your landing page mobile-friendly without necessarily changing its overall set up. Some of these methods are briefly discussed and analyzed below.

Have you even tried checking how your webpage looks like on the screen of a hand-held device? If not, then this is the right time that you check your webpage's appearance on a mobile device. There are some websites that look better than others, and if your landing page makes a reader feel cramped when reading your content, chances are, they would leave your website immediately. To avoid this from happening, you have to make a website that would warrant a fluid width layout. Meaning, you have to remove the extra dead spaces around your website so that it can easily stretch or squish depending on the size of the browser that an end-user is using.

Make a website that has a centered content. Always bear in mind that most hand-held mobile devices have limited screen capture, meaning their screens can only fit a few things, and those things should be the contents of your site and not the advertisements in your landing page. As much as possible refrain from using too much imagery because these things don't work well especially if the user is accessing your website under slow connection. Similarly, make your website highly navigable, and make unique approaches on how your readers could access the contents on your page.

Make a website content that is comprehensible and would uphold the interest of your readers. You have to take into consideration that when your website is being viewed on a smaller screen, it always pays to have a catchy headline that would easily get a hold of your readers attention and would make them stop and think that your contents are worth their time and effort. Clear, cohesive and direct to the point contents would certainly assure your readers that your materials are valuable and would keep them entertained even while they are reading them on a busy avenue. It is also necessary that you keep your pages short and compact in order to make your website accessible across all platforms.

It is a fact that typing in hand-held devices can be difficult especially because the keypad and qwerty keyboard are not always effective and can be tiresome to use when it comes to typing long blocks of texts. With that said, you need to make sure that you maintain a simple domain name that your readers could easily remember and type on their mobile devices. Additionally, it would be better if you reduce or, if possible, totally eliminate the typing work on your site while users navigate it. Instead, you could make use of links, buttons and tabs that would redirect your users to other pages without requiring them to type on their keypads.

Your web presence should not be facilitated only with the aid of computer platforms alone; rather you should also take advantage of the power of mobile Internet in order to drive traffic on your landing page. You could instantly make your website accessible to all kinds of Internet platform, especially on mobile devices, by following the aforesaid tips. For sure, you would be able to stay ahead of your competition knowing that you are also catering to people who are using their mobile phones to link to the Internet.