What Can Your Dealership Learn from the Digital Trends of 2014?, from Dealer.com.
Compared to desktop and tablet traffic, mobile traffic experienced the largest jump, a 41 percent page visits increase since 2013. The mobile usage increase didn’t stop there; since 2013, mobile sites received 132 percent more page views per visits, and users spent 87 percent more time on dealerships’ sites. To better understand where consumers are spending their time on mobile sites, we looked at mobile traffic trends. In 2014, more users were interested in used makes and models, as mobile site views on used cars outpaced new make and model views by almost 5 percent.
More specifically, we looked at mobile traffic by brand. For used cars, Dodge is the most highly viewed on mobile devices, followed by Ram. Ferrari received the most mobile views for new make-model vehicles, followed closely by the Lamborghini. Although views of new makes on mobile devices start off with luxury brands, they are immediately followed by economy brands.
Dealerships should utilize this data to ensure their mobile strategy is aligned with consumer viewing patterns. Today’s automotive shoppers want to do more of the critical shopping steps online, with a year-over-year increase from site visits and site visitors across mobile, tablet and desktop platforms. The steady increase over the course of 2014 paves the way for a continued increase of mobile, tablet and desktop page traffic throughout the new year. Dealers should also be aware that while user time on desktops declined, it soared by 86 percent on mobile devices since 2013.