Opera Mini - 300+% Increase in Mobile Web Traffic
Opera Software’s report, “State of the Mobile Web, November 2008″ is a fascinating, quick read.
A couple of key points I think the report makes:
1. 2008 isn’t the year that mobile web went mainstream, but instead the year that we realize that we utilize “one web” on a multitude of devices.
2. The US moved from 7th position to 3rd position in the top ten list of Opera Mini using countries.
3. Page views increased 303% year over year, with 5.7 billion pages viewed in November 2008.
4. Portals, social networking sites and informational sites dominate the top 10 sites for most geographic areas.
I’m glad to hear that the major mobile players are in agreement that mobile web should not be seen as a “different web” but instead just a way that users are accessing existing websites from mobile devices.