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What Users Want From Mobile Sites

Marketing Campaign | 17 September, 2013 | 0
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Source: Marketing Land
Sep 25, 2012 at 9:36am ET by Greg Sterling

With its latest survey Google has affirmed that smartphone owners want sites to be optimized for their smaller screens and are inclined to abandon those that aren’t. There’s nothing especially revealing or controversial in these particular findings. What’s more interesting about the study Google is releasing this morning is the data about features and capabilities that people want from mobile sites, including some specific things by vertical.

Google used two independent research firms to survey more than 1,000 US adults, who also participated in focus group discussions and kept journals of their mobile activities. The interviews and survey took place in Q3 this year.

Bad Experiences Hurt the Brand

We know from considerable past research that mobile users don’t like to be frustrated by sites and user experiences that aren’t optimized for mobile. Google’s survey findings reinforce this:

  • 72 percent of users said that mobile-friendly sites were important to them; however 96 percent had encountered sites that were not
  • 74 percent of respondents said they’re more likely to revisit mobile-friendly sites
  • A majority of users (67 percent) are more likely to buy or convert after a visit to a mobile-friendly site, while the opposite is also true of a non-mobile-friendly site: 61 percent say they’ll “move on”
  • 55 percent said a frustrating experience on a (mobile) website would hurt the perception of the brand

What Users Want from Mobile Sites

Users expect mobile websites to load in under five seconds according to the survey findings. However even five seconds is a long time. The general proposition is: the faster the better.

Google Survey Reveals What Users Want From Mobile Sites

The survey also found that smartphone owners want the ability to take action when on a mobile website. The preceding chart shows the hierarchy of actions that mobile users consider to be important. It’s interesting that 53 percent said “download an app.” There are several things implied by this answer, but it suggests high demand for apps overall.

The following graphic drills down on specific design and usability elements that people want from mobile sites.

Google Survey Reveals What Users Want From Mobile Sites

Tasks Vary by Vertical

The survey explores several verticals and corresponding mobile user behaviors in Banking, Travel, Retail and Automotive. Below are the “most important tasks” users want to be able to perform or accomplish on mobile websites in each category according to the survey.

Banking & Finance:

  • Check account balances: 77 percent
  • Get directions or operating hours: 65 percent
  • Log into an account: 61 percent
  • Pay bills: 51 percent
  • Transfer money: 51 percent

Travel:

  • Check flight status: 78 percent
  • Get directions or operating hours: 74 percent
  • Check in for a flight or confirm a reservation: 69 percent
  • Find a business location: 65 percent
  • Log in to an account: 64 percent
  • Search for flight times, hotels, car rentals: 63 percent
  • Find a phone number or email address: 57 percent

Retail:

  • Get directions or operating hours: 74 percent
  • Contact the store: 64 percent
  • Find product information: 61 percent
  • Make a purchase or order a service: 50 percent

Automotive:

  • Get directions or operating hours: 66 percent
  • Contact a dealer: 62 percent
  • Make a service appointment: 55 percent

There were also a number of activities that users were less inclined to perform on mobile devices in each of these categories. However, what this study makes clear is that mobile user sophistication is growing quickly and expectations of mobile sites are also rising. As the survey indicates, marketers and brands that fail to keep pace with those expectations will suffer accordingly.

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