FAQ - Mobile Websites

What are mobile websites?

Mobile websites include websites and portals developed specifically for the mobile phone and may include content elements like video, sound clips and ringtones.  Altaine delivers websites that can be accessed, viewed and have been optomised to run on a mobile phone.  A mobile website can be a brochure, a fully fledged application or a repository of a wide range of information.

What is difficult about creating a mobile website?

Unlike the personal computer world, there are few browsing standards with mobile phones. Delivering an application that runs on a wide range of phones requires a high level of expertise and experience.

What is the advantage of mobile websites over regular websites?

Many people do not have access to the internet for large parts of the day. Most people have a mobile phone in their pocket all day (and generally even at night). Mobile websites are far more accessible and consumers can access them whenever or whereever they may be. This provides a number of benefits for marketing programs.

How do I advertise a mobile website?

The great thing about mobile websites is that they can be advertised in the same manner as a traditional website AS WELL AS being triggered by SMS. All a consumer need do to gain access to a mobile website is send a keyword to a short code via SMS!

Typically how large are mobile websites to download?

Well constructed mobile websites range in size from 50kb to 500Kb