Mobile-First Web Design

A receent Google survey in late 2020 indicated that use of mobile has increased to about 50% of all users, and Google commented that it's only going to increase in the years ahead.

 

Mobile-First Design Process

  • Mobile Users First
  • Implementation of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) - If Needed
  • Focus on "Google Perfect" Page Speed
  • Focus On Speed Revenue Impact Improvements
  • Remove As Much JS Script As Possible On Mobile Site Version
  • Separate Mobile Design From Wide-Screen Design for Maximum Usability
We design your site for maximum performance for mobile users which is a directive that Google highly recommends and is indictating that somewhere in the future (beyond May, 2021) it will be used as a ranking factor. Your wide-screen site will be designed for maximum speed and usability and will simply contain more java based enhancements.

Real Life Example One

Benton Interiors Logo
To your right are speed optimization results for our shared high availability site Full Value Host. These reflect the overall speed ratings for the home page, which is the most important to get optimized. The other pages should also be optimized but it gets easier after the first page since many of the changes made on the home page can be employed site wide. These figures all measure mobile page speed.

 

The Results

  • Speed Index - 1.3 sec.
  • First Contentful Paint - 0.9 sec.
  • Largest Contentful Paint - 1.2 sec.
  • Time To Interactive - 1.9 sec.
  • Total Blocking Time 20 ms.
  • Cumlative Layout Shift - 0.001.
Google considers a page with a score of 90 or more to be very good. We would say 100 is even a touch better than very good. Below on this page you will find links to many articles about Google's new performance algorithms coming this May (2021).

Real Life Example Two

Benton Interiors Logo
To your right are speed optimization results for our customer Benton Interiors. These reflect the overall speed ratings for the home page, which is the most important to get optimized. The other pages should also be optimized but it gets easier after the first page since many of the changes made on the home page can be employed site wide. These figures all measure mobile page speed.

 

The Results

  • Speed Index - 1.5 sec.
  • First Contentful Paint - 1.5 sec.
  • Largest Contentful Paint - 2.1 sec.
  • Time To Interactive - 3.3 sec.
  • Total Blocking Time 0.0 ms.
  • Cumlative Layout Shift - 0.075.
Google considers a page with a score of 90 or more to be very good. I would say 98 is even a touch better than very good. Below on this page you will find links to many articles about Google's new performance algorithms coming this May (2021).

Real Life Example Three

Terra Renovations Logo
To your right are speed optimization results for our customer Terra Renovations. These reflect the overall speed ratings for the home page, which is the most important to get optimized. The other pages should also be optimized but it gets easier after the first page since many of the changes made on the home page can be employed site wide. These figures all measure mobile page speed.

 

The Results

  • Speed Index - 1.2 sec.
  • First Contentful Paint - 1.2 sec.
  • Largest Contentful Paint - 2.1 sec.
  • Time To Interactive - 2.6 sec.
  • Total Blocking Time 20 ms.
  • Cumlative Layout Shift - 0.438.
Google considers a page with a score of 90 or more to be very good. With this site we kept getting CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) numbers above .1 and we could not get it lowered. Google gave us false positives on items we optimized to their wishes.

Mobile-First Web Design

A recent Google survey in late 2020 indicated that use of mobile has increased to about 50% of all users, and Google commented that it's only going to increase in the years ahead.

Mobile-First Design Process

  • Mobile Users First
  • Implementation of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) - If Needed
  • Focus on "Google Perfect" Page Speed
  • Focus On Speed Revenue Impact Improvements
  • Remove As Much JS Script As Possible On Mobile Site Version
  • Separate Mobile Design From Wide-Screen Design for Maximum Usability
We design your site for maximum performance for mobile users which is a directive that Google highly recommends and is indictating that somewhere in the future (beyond May, 2021) it will be used as a ranking factor. Your wide-screen site will be designed for maximum speed and usability and will simply contain more java based enhancements.

Real Life Example Four

Technomax Logo
To your right are speed optimization results for our own site during a recent site update process. These reflect the overall speed ratings for the home page, which is the most important to get optimized. The other pages should also be optimized but it gets easier after the first page since many of the changes made on the home page can be employed site wide. These figures all measure mobile page speed. We should point out that we started at a rating of 68 and knew we had to get it into the 90's - mission accomplished!

 

The Results

  • Speed Index - 2.0 sec.
  • First Contentful Paint - 1.9 sec.
  • Largest Contentful Paint - 1.9 sec.
  • Time To Interactive - 1.9
  • Total Blocking Time 0 ms.
  • Cumlative Layout Shift - 0.0.
Google considers a page with a score of 90 or more to be very good. We managed a score of 100 for the desktop view and speed of our site. We'll have to work a little harder to get that mobile score to 100.

Optimization Process Example


The Results

  • Speed Index - 1.5 sec.
  • First Contentful Paint - 1.5 sec.
  • Largest Contentful Paint - 2.1 sec.
  • Time To Interactive - 3.3 sec.
  • Total Blocking Time 0.0 ms.
  • Cumlative Layout Shift - 0.075.
Google considers a page with a score of 90 or more to be very good. I would say 98 is even a touch better than very good. Below on this page you will find links to many articles about Google's new performance algorithms coming this May (2021).

We design your site for maximum performance for mobile users which is a directive that Google highly recommends and is indictating that somewhere in the future (beyond May, 2021) it will used as a ranking factor. Your wide-screen site will be designed for maximum speed and usability and will simply contain more java based enhancements. Benton Interiors. These reflect the overall speed ratings for the home page, which is the most important to get optimized. The other pages should also be optimized but it gets easier after the first page since many of the changes made on the home page can be employed site wide. These figures all measure mobile page speed.

Optimization Process - Performance Options


Google's Ever Changing Algorithms



Google's Page Experience Update May 2021

More Details on Google Update Speed is now a landing page factor for Google

More Page Speed Insights from Google Developers.

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