Google Rewards Mobile Friendly Websites
Today, April 21st 2015 Google released big changes to its search algorithm by giving mobile-friendly websites an increased ranking. This isn’t breaking news as Google announced back in February that this change would be taking affect with more and more users going mobile it only makes sense to give the users a more user friendly mobile experience.
- Launches April 21st, but may take weeks for complete roll-out.
- Update will only impact mobile searches (not desktop or tablets).
- Is your website mobile friendly? Discover by using this tool: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/
- If you’re updating or creating a mobile-friendly site, avoid these common mistakes: https://developers.google.com/webmasters/mobile-sites/mobile-seo/common-mistakes/