Surfing the Web by Phone

Surfing the web by mobile phone is increasing daily. What does your website look like from a mobile phone?

More and more busy people are visiting websites using their mobile phone. People are busy, often looking for solutions like where they can buy what they’re after while they’re already in the car. Or they’ve just hit town and are looking for a good restaurant for lunch.

Industry experts expect a 1000+% increase over the next few years. Using mobiles for just calls and texting is a thing of the past, as a third of Australians now check emails on their handsets and more than 70 per cent access mobile entertainment and information websites.

Use of mobile phone services in Australia has continued to grow in the past year as more Australians buy internet-enabled smartphones, the 2009 Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index reveals.

The exhaustive survey found 36 per cent used email on their mobiles in the past 12 months, and, of those, almost half used email daily – a growth rate of 80 per cent over the previous year.

General web browsing is also on the rise, with 21 per cent of respondents visiting websites on their mobile phones at least once a day.

Websites built to be viewed on a computer screen invariably look bad on a mobile screen.

This simulator shows you what Guaranteed Webs website functions like when viewed by a mobile phone. You can see what your own website looks like by checking it out at http://iphonetester.com but don’t forget, that’s the BEST your site will look. On many mobile phones it will look completely scrambled — a real nightmare.