The document discusses how the mobile web is growing rapidly but many web developers are not optimizing their sites for mobile. It provides statistics on the growth of mobile phones and their usage. It then details tests the author conducted on various mobile browsers to analyze support for technologies like gzip compression and parallel HTTP requests. The author provides recommendations for optimizing sites for mobile like using gzip, minimizing files, caching aggressively, and limiting cookies. The document advocates for testing sites across mobile browsers due to variations in support.