In the modern digital world we live in, responsive design is one of the most important elements of a website. Users need to have a premium user experience across all devices, be it desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone. Responsive design, in addition to improving UX, significantly improves the ranking of a website in search engines, such as Google. The increased use of mobile devices has made responsive design necessary and we are now talking about mobile-first design, meaning that the greater burden of design falls on mobile phones.
The Google algorithm, which is responsible for the position of a website in the search engine, could not fail to take responsive design seriously. So, a page that has paid a lot of attention to this area will definitely be more favored in terms of SEO. Next, we’ll see exactly how responsive design can boost your Google rankings and increase traffic to your site.
Page Loading Speed
In the fast pace of everyday life, the fast loading speed of a page is one of the main issues for internet users. Subsequently, the speed greatly affects the ranking of a website. Responsive design will ensure that pages load faster on a multitude of different screens.
Google, stated that if the speed required for a page to load exceeds 5 seconds, it can result in 80% of users giving up before finding what they were looking for. A good load time is around 1 to 2 seconds, with three considered acceptable. Speed is one of the most important pieces of the Core Web Vitals, which provide some of the most basic clues for evaluating UX. Some of the measurements of CWV are:
- Responsive design
- The loading speed
- Optical stability
To reduce the loading speed, you must take it seriously and take the necessary actions from the very first stages of building a Website. A company that specializes in building websites surely has the necessary experience, knowledge and tools to reduce load times to ideal levels. Some actions that can be taken are:
- Minimize programming code
- JavaScript loading delay
- Reduction of redirects
More Users from Mobile Devices
A key advantage of responsive design is that it can attract, but also make new users stay on your website for longer. It is now known that about 90% of the world’s population browses the internet from mobile devices. The technological revolution of these devices has changed and continues to shape the way people now use the internet. A website with a bad responsive design automatically reduces the experience of the user, who will probably have a negative experience. That will make users to leave your site and as a result your traffic will decrease.
In one of its recent algorithm updates, Google made clear that it prioritizes mobile devices and greatly favors websites that respond perfectly to them. Responsive and mobile-friendly websites therefore have a higher chance of ranking higher when someone searches from mobile devices. The increased time spent on your website, the low bounce rate, increased interaction and organic traffic are among the main results of a professional responsive design.
Single website SEO Efforts
Before responsive design, many companies that wanted to get new users using SEO techniques decided to create two different websites. One version was for desktop and the other for mobile devices, so that independent SEO strategies were also followed. This fact, of course, was demanding and required a lot of time due to the management of two separate sites.
Responsive design greatly simplified the process, since we can have one website with a single SEO strategy. In this way, we ensure that our website will have very good positions in Google and will require less time for the optimization. Responsive design ensures that your website will be competitive and flexible over the years and will remain a leader in this changing digital environment.
Reduced Bounce Rate
The measurement of your website visitors, which shows us how many of them left after reading a single page, is called bounce rate. A poor user experience and facing difficulties while browsing will definitely increase the chances of abandonment. A high percentage indicates to Google’s algorithm that it is possible that the user did not find what they were looking for, or that the content was of poor quality.
Thus, your search engine ranking will start to decline gradually. Responsive design improves the visitor experience and users stay longer and visit more pages of the site. This improved experience makes users interact with great ease and thus reduces bounce rates.
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