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Mobile Website Enablement for a Data Integration Company. A Few Facts About The Mobile Internet. Mobile Website Challenges. Size matters. Text Expansion. Text expands when localized. Be Careful With Icons. This Couldn’t Possibly Have a Negative Meaning Icons. Perceived
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Source: http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/2011-mobile-statistics-stats-facts-marketing-infographic/
Text Expansion Text expands when localized
This Couldn’t Possibly Have a Negative Meaning Icons Perceived Existing Interpretation Planned Use Unexpected Answer Cyclone, hypnotism, voodoo, mental problems, dizziness, danger Calories None Danger, cyclones, Bad storms / omens Calories None Female genitalia / fertility symbol, gambling, road hazard Sugar None
Graphics So Obvious There Couldn’t Possibly Be an Issue Intended Interpretation Unexpected Answer Iron Heavy Calcium Dog Food
Where am I Going? How Do I Get There?
“Before anything else, preparationis the key to success.” -- Alexander Graham Bell
Things to Change in a Mobile Stylesheet • Reduce multi-column layouts to single columns • Reduce margins and padding • Reduce bandwidth • Use plain text for buttons or navigation
IncreaseFont Size
Testing • Cross-Browser / Cross-Platform • Use emulators or devices • Save your Test Scripts!
Mobile Testing cont’d Date/Time Format Text Graphics Icons Size Buttons
Buttons? Graphics? Email Function? Mobile Testing cont’d BrowserDisplay? PreferredEmailClient? Truncations? MobileHyperlinks? Menu Items?
Online Mobile Marketing Campaignscont’d http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut2g1ipZkcY&feature=plcp
Online Mobile Marketing Campaignscont’d Facebook to launch mobile ads http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/05/facebook-mobile-ads_n_1256267.html LinkedIn announced in February 2012 that they will be launching mobile ads http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/09/linkedin-will-introduce-ads-to-mobile-apps/
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