This weekend, as I was searching for a cool article to write for MakeUseOf, I came across a very cool free service that you can use to quickly offer a mobile version of your blog for absolutely free.

The trend of the Internet is quickly going mobile - everyone is checking Facebook, email and their blogs from mobile phones. The best way to access this growing audience is by offering your blog content in mobile format.

The solution I found is called WINKsite. I’ll be covering the setup and doing a review of this service on MakeUseOf in a few weeks from now, but suffice to say the service only took me about 20 minutes to set up the way that I wanted.

The cool thing about this service is that there are so many freebies. You an create all sorts of channels on your mobile site where you can offer content like surveys, forums, and even a chat room. Enable or disable advertising if you like - it’s completely up to you!

The only catch is that the free service limits you to having 5 mobile blogs. However, if you only have one blog or website that you want to “mobilize” - then this really isn’t a limited service at all. As you can see in the image here, the layout is perfect for a mobile phone. All topics are listed top to bottom as clickable links. The layout was created with every mobile user in mind - anyone from the most advanced PDA owners to mobile users who own cheapo phones with web access. Everyone can see your content when you use this service.

I highly recommend WINKsite, especially if you don’t have the skills and/or the time to code your own mobile feed. Just sign up for this service, enable it to publish the feed from your regular blog, and then you never have to think about it again - you’re automatically submitting content to your mobile site every time you click “submit” on your regular blog. Simple - just the way it should be.

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Ryan is a technology writer and investigative blogger. He has been working as an online writer for numerous clients for over 5 years, and now consults webmasters and blog owners about effective SEO optimization. Ryan has 53 post(s) at Free Writing Center