15 free tools to mobilize your blog
Mobile web is growing at an extremely fast pace. Google says, that “50% of all new internet connections in 2009 will come from mobile phones”. According to the latest report by AdMob, data traffic created only by iPhone/iPod Touch has increased 19 times(!) from September 2008.
Can mobile users read your blog? There are several reasons why this is important. Make a quick check and open a blog on your cellphone (probably smartphone). If it loads fast and shows nice – you don’t have to read this post. Otherwise you might find tools listed below useful.
The tools are grouped into three categories: mobile friendly blogging platforms, plugins for self-hosted blogs and blog mobilizing services.
Mobile friendly blogging platforms
When collecting information for this article I discovered, that blogging platforms like Blogger or TypePad are one-way mobile friendly. They support writing posts from mobile phones, not reading them. There are tools to mail a post to a blog. There are special mobile apps for that. But when you’re done with writing, you will be surprised afterwards how hard is to read it. The exception is WordPress, proving one more time, that it’s the best blogging tool available.
If you plan to switch to another hosted blogging platform, think of WordPress, which makes your blog available both to you and your reader. »»»
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