{"id":7569,"date":"2020-09-07T17:31:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T17:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/advantages-of-a-responsive-website\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T16:26:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T16:26:27","slug":"advantages-of-a-responsive-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/en\/advantages-of-a-responsive-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Advantages of a responsive website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Despite knowing the impressive statistics on the use of smartphones\/tablets and other gadgets these days, many companies still don’t present visitors with a responsive website adaptable to various types of screens\/viewports, overlooking the advantages of a responsive website.<\/p>\n\n

Making a special website just for smartphones\/tablets has long since ceased to be a solution to this kind of problem of lack of responsiveness, not to mention that it would entail additional maintenance costs.<\/p>\n\n

I believe that after reading this article, you will have a solid understanding of the importance of this subject.<\/p>\n\n

1 – Better user experience (UX)<\/h2>\n\n
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A positive user experience (UX) is fundamental to your success on the internet.<\/strong> For this to occur both on computers and on other screens of different sizes, it will be essential for the website tobe responsive and functional on all types of devices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

Responsive web design consists of making websites adapt to the visitors’ viewport. The viewport corresponds to the screen area that users have available on their devices to display the website.<\/p>\n\n

The aim here is for the site to load quickly and smoothly. The user should not feel the need to zoom in on the mobile\/tablet screen to use the website.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

If a user is viewing your website for the first time on a small screen and is frustrated by the experience, there is a very high probability that they will leave immediately and go to another website, probably the competition.<\/p>\n\n

On the other hand, if the user has a positive experience with the website, this same user will be much more likely to stay and perhaps, if everything is well aligned with your company’s strategy, become your customer.<\/p>\n\n

In addition to smartphones and tablets, there are other devices capable of displaying websites, such as televisions, digital tables, watches, etc?<\/p>\n\n

2 – Better SEO ranking<\/h2>\n\n
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Responsive web design is an essential factor if your website is to appear in a good position in search engine results.<\/p>\n\n

Having a responsive website is no longer a bonus. On the contrary, it is clearly a necessity, which can have a decisive impact on the growth of your business.<\/p>\n\n

In short: a responsive website is a website whose architecture is designed to adapt to the screen dimensions of the visitor’s device.<\/p>\n\n

3 – Easier and cheaper to maintain<\/h2>\n\n
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A website with a responsive layout often makes it unnecessary to create mobile applications, which would increase costs.<\/p>\n\n

This is another of the advantages of creating a responsive website today.<\/p>\n\n

A responsive website makes your web presence faster and cheaper, allowing any changes to take effect on any type of device<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

It’s easier to maintain a responsive website than to try to have several versions for all the devices on the market.<\/p>\n\n

It therefore adds more time, and money, that you can invest in other important areas of your business<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

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Despite knowing the impressive statistics on the use of smartphones\/tablets and other gadgets these days, many companies still don’t present visitors with a responsive website adaptable to various types of screens\/viewports, overlooking the advantages of a responsive website. Making a special website just for smartphones\/tablets has long since ceased to be a solution to this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seo-en","category-web-design-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7570,"href":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7569\/revisions\/7570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gabrielreis.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}