Opera's new mobile statistics report

Top mobile sites in India

Mobile internet in India has been picking up fast and a recent report released by Opera reveals that page views have seen a 416.9 per cent increase during November this year, compared to last year.

Following are the Top ten mobile websites surfed in India:

1. Google
2. Facebook
3. Orkut
4. YouTube
5. Getjar
6. Zedge.net
7. yahoo
8. songs.plk
9. wikipedia.org
10.vuclip

Mobile Web - Best Practices

Standards

* Use XHTML Basic 1.0.

Images

* Minimize the use of images. If you must use them, make them relevant and supply meaningful ALT text so that mobile devices can use the text descriptions.

* Make images smaller than 100 pixels. Specify the image height and width in the source code.

* Don't use background images on your mobile pages.

User Interface

* Set margins and padding to 0. Widths and margins are detrimental to good handheld display.

* Use one column layouts and avoid floats. Horizontal overflow can be a problem on handhelds, so make sure wide elements fit the narrow screen.

* Add skip anchors. 'Skip to content' and 'Back to top' anchor links are vital when using a mobile device.

* Be consistent. Use similar alignment, color, and layout on pages.

* Align content to the left.

* Place non-essential links and other marginal content at the bottom of the page.


* Take advantage of ordered lists of links and accesskeys.

CSS

* Use external style sheets to control presentation.

* Ensure that contents are readable without style sheets.

* Use the link element to link to an external style sheet. Some handhelds don't recognize @import or @media.

Some of the Top Mobile Sites in South Africa

1. SuperSport Mobi
2. News24 Mobi
3. M.iol.co.za
4. The Grid Mobile
5. Soccer Laduma Mobile
6. Junk Mail Mobile
7. DStv Mobile
8. JobMail Mobile
9. Webmail Mobi
10. Zoopy Mobile