Why Does Your Mobile Restaurant Website Matter?

  • Mobile website traffic is skyrocketing across the world. In this year, odds are that more than half of your restaurant's website visitors are doing so from a mobile device.
  • The Digital in this year Global Overview report from We Are Social and Hootsuite found that more than half of the world's population now uses the internet, and that number will continue to grow. Of those connected individuals, 50% access the internet from a mobile device - another figure that will keep rising. It's already up 30% from 2016.
  • On the flip side, the share of desktop internet traffic decreased 20% from 2016. And that's not because desktop internet usage is dwindling, it's just a consequence of the rise of ever-advanced handheld devices.
  • Blanket statements about what's happening across the world are good to know, but drilling down to your country's mobile usage paints the clearest picture. Take a look at the share of mobile web traffic in specific countries for 2017 below.
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Search Engines Really Care About Your Mobile Website Experience.

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If your restaurant website is not friendly to mobile visitors, search engines are going to penalize it. Your website will not appear early in search results if it provides a bad experience to mobile visitors. Simply put: less visibility in search means fewer people finding your website, and fewer people through the front door of your restaurant.

Just run it through Google's Mobile-Friendly Test page - and voila!

Potential Customers Really Care About Your Mobile Website Experience, Too.

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Google's study on local search behavior highlighted the importance of presenting a mobile-friendly website specifically for people looking to find local restaurants and businesses.

Your mobile website is not just a necessity for functional business reasons - it's a reflection of your brand. Increasingly, it is a measure of social proof. 57% of users say they won't recommend a business with a poorly designed mobile site.

The Checklist: Everything Your Mobile Restaurant Website Needs.

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PAM - Phone, Address, Menu

Regardless of whether or not pam cooking spray gets used in your restaurant's kitchen, this simple acronym is the essential ingredient for your mobile restaurant website. These are the 3 things any visitor is going to want at least 1 piece of: your menu, phone number, or address.

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Reservation Booking

With the rise of mobile internet usage comes the rise in customer expecta¬tions for what they should be able to accomplish from their mobile phones. To this, your restaurant needs to accept reservations on its mobile website. choosing the right reservation or booking system for your restaurant must be done with mobile at the top of your mind.

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Current Specials

When you choose the right website builder, updating your mobile restaurant website should be easy and fast. Carve out a section where you can highlight current specials, cocktails, or promotions - and then swap them out whenever they're done with ease.

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Photos

Whether it's beautiful shots of your restaurant's interior or close ups of your signature dish, don't leave a potential visitor wondering. Help them to visualize their experience and get their mouths watering before they've even walked through your door.

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Customer Reviews

Attract customers by pulling a selection of your favorite customer reviews to showcase on your mobile site. You can also choose to embed a link to social profiles like TripAdvisor, so potential visitors can get an even better idea of what to expect. These reviews and testimonials should clearly paint a picture of why your restaurant is the best choice for breakfast, lunch or dinner or all three!).

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Search Engine Optimization

You can have the best looking restaurant website around, but it won't be able to send a single new customer your way if you don't optimize for search engines. SEO is a deep topic, but you can start diving in with some simple hacks that will make a valuable impact.

Summary

  • Mobile usage will continue it's growth to dominate the lion's share of internet access into this year and beyond. At the end of the day, your mobile restaurant website design is just as important as it's desktop counterpart - if not more.
  • You need to make sure that you choose a website builder that can allow you to serve up a website that can be customized for both desktop and mobile. Find out how PageCloud can help you to create the restaurant website you've been craving today.

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Save The Apps For Your Menu,
Not Your Mobile Presence.

  • With a properly designed mobile restaurant website, people don't need to go through the additional hurdles of downloading an app - which might not even be compatible with their device - to get the information they're seeking. This also means there's no extra time or financial investment on your end to build and manage an app.
  • Customizing your mobile restaurant website allows you to provide a tai-lored, seamless experience across all devices - even ones that don't exist yet - for your visitors.
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