3-Minute Mobile Website Fix

OHIO LOCAL BUSINESS DIGEST
Your Weekly Pulse on Ohio Business
Wednesday, April 10, 2026

 

Quick Win: 60% of Your Visitors Are on Mobile

 

If your website looks terrible on phones, you are losing customers.

 

Here is how to check (takes 3 minutes):

 

Step 1: Pull out your phone

 

Right now. Open your website on your phone.

 

Ask yourself:

 

• Can you read the text without zooming?

• Do the buttons work?

• Does the menu make sense?

• Does it load fast?

 

If you answered NO to any of these, you have a problem.

 

Step 2: Use Google's Free Tool

 

Go to: pagespeed.web.dev

 

Enter your website URL. Click Analyze.

 

Google will tell you:

• Mobile performance score

• What is broken

• How to fix it

 

Step 3: Fix the Top 3 Issues

 

Most common problems:

 

Problem 1: Text too small

Fix: Increase font size to 16px minimum

 

Problem 2: Buttons too close together

Fix: Add more spacing (48px minimum)

 

Problem 3: Images too large

Fix: Compress images (use tinypng.com)

 

Why This Matters

 

Google ranks mobile-friendly sites higher.

 

Customers stay longer on mobile-friendly sites.

 

You convert more visitors when they can actually USE your site.

 

3 minutes. Better rankings. More customers.

 

Worth it.

 

See you Friday!

 

Shawn Miller
Ohio Local Business Digest