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Estimates vary from one source to the other, but the general consensus is that mobile browsing will dominate sooner rather than later.

With the explosion of smart phones like iPhones, Droids and Blackberrys over the past few years, and the emerging technologies in tables like the iPad, its becoming an increasingly smaller and more mobile world. Making sure your business or organization can be found in that smaller and more mobile world is critical to your future success.

Most web sites designed over the last few years are not "mobile friendly" meaning that the words are very small and require a lot of scrolling and zooming, and because a set of standards have not been full agreed upon, some technologies used in your company's main web site may not work at all on a mobile device.

Having a version of your web site specifically made for mobile devices ensures that you are able to reach your customers, whether they are at home or on the go.

Some professions that would reap almost immediate benefits from a mobile web site:

• » Real Estate - Presenting basic information, photos and maps to your properties allows potential customers to hop in their car, pull up your listings, and go from property to property without having to plan out their whole day beforehand at home.  And with simple "click to dial" technology, they can call you from the property location for a meeting.
• » Restaurants - Having mobile web options like browsing the menu, making a reservation or placing a to go order makes your restaurant that much more accessible to customers, and that's what leads to repeat business.
• » Sports Teams - Less than a century ago, it was a little portable radio you'd take with you to listen to the big game or get the latest information on your favorite sports team.  Now all of that information is expanded, with stats, schedules, audio and video highlights and so much more.
• » Medical - Here's a scenario: A patient has just visited their family physician, and he has informed them to consult a specialist.  With our increasingly mobile world, that patient can step outside the doctor's office, and search the web for specialists in their area, get a phone and make an appointment, all before they get home.  Having a mobile web site for your medical practice allows useful information such as your address and phone number and what insurances you accept to be right at your patient's fingertips anywhere at anytime.

Those are just some of the possibilities for a mobile web site. Contact xclntDesign to find out how a mobile web site can benefit your company!