Google is anxious to get more websites to also looking good on Mobile Devices, namely cellphones.

Cellphone, having much smaller screens require some changes to sites that were designed to be viewed on large screen monitors of desktop computers.

Tablets that are becoming very popular have 7-inch or 10-inch screens which are usually large enough to display those websites.

Google is offering a way for anyone to create a mobile site for free even if you don’t have a hosting account.

Look here: http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/mobile-landing-pages/mlpb.html

Here is one that I created quickly: https://sites.google.com/site/getquickmobilesites/

Smartphone usage in the U.S. is on the rise and it looks like half of all mobile users in the States will be using smartphones by the end of 2011. As a matter of fact, about a third of mobile users in the U.S. currently own a smartphone whether it’s an iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian or Windows device.

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So, I am thinking…

With smartphones, mobile users will be looking for sites that:
display properly on mobile devices and

• if they reach a site that is not optimized for mobile so that the text is immediately large enough to read,
• images are small and do not take all the screen,
• videos are rare and short and to the point when they are presented and
• the site has navigation that allows the user to quickly find the information that they are looking for.

It is becoming easier to get a mobile optimized site setup whether you have the skill to do it yourself or have it done for you.

The $199 Sale price is still in effect from us. If you want to have us create the mobile site for you, just email:

john@internet-local.com

A couple of weeks ago, JQuery Mobile moved to Release Candidate 1.

You can see it at: http://jquerymobile.com/test/

Depending on your level of experience with websites, you can look at their presentation there and get a decent looking website setup that looks good on a mobile phone.

Here is one demo that I did: http://xsqr.com/mobile6/

Once that page loads on a regular computer, just drag the side of your browser to narrow the display down to the approximate size of a cellphone and you will get a better idea. If you have a smartphone it will display fine from the link above.

Adobe and Dreamweaver is very involved with JQuery Mobile and have tied it into their CS5.5 version of Dreamweaver.

To get a better idea of the designs that are possible, you should look at this site:

http://www.jqmgallery.com/

I am very impressed with the power and relative ease of use and I am following their continued development.

John