{"id":24139,"date":"2015-08-20T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/2015\/08\/20\/is-your-website-mobile-friendly-enough-for-google\/"},"modified":"2015-08-20T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T15:00:00","slug":"is-your-website-mobile-friendly-enough-for-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/is-your-website-mobile-friendly-enough-for-google\/","title":{"rendered":"Is YOUR Website Mobile-Friendly Enough for Google?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4689\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/is_your_website_mobile.jpg\" alt=\"is_your_website_mobile\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Not too long ago, \u201cMobilegeddon\u201d began, triggered by Google\u2019s new mobile-friendly ranking algorithm that gives a significant boost to websites that have taken the steps to be more mobile-friendly.<\/p>\n<p>The change took about a week to complete, and now that it\u2019s complete, small and large businesses alike need to make sure their web pages are friendly enough for Google.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Do I Know If My Website is Mobile-Friendly Enough?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Google has designed an excellent tool that you can go ahead and use, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/webmasters\/tools\/mobile-friendly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">located here<\/a>. It will tell you if your website meets some of the criteria, all of the criteria or none of the criteria. You only get a partial if some of the pages on your website are throwing errors, and Google can\u2019t tell if the page is mobile-friendly or not. Otherwise, the test is completely binary. And yes \u2013 it\u2019s mobile friendly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What If I Don\u2019t Meet All or Any of the Criteria?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of now, that means that you\u2019ve been reduced in ranking on Google\u2019s searches significantly. However, this change only affects your MOBILE SEARCH rankings, not your desktop rankings. So while you may continue to show on the first page when people look for something you rank for in your area if they\u2019re at a computer, the same user will get completely different results if they did the same search from their phone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So Does That Mean I Need an App Now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Strictly speaking, no. Of course not. Apps are expensive and painful to develop, and not every business is expected to have the resources to make one happen, especially if they don\u2019t really sell or do anything that would require an app online. Downloading an app to view a mobile-friendly website would be silly, so leave the app development to websites that service customers with a portal that could potentially benefit from an app. Otherwise, you\u2019ll just need to ensure that your website is made mobile-friendly, which most websites are these days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What If My Site Redirects to a Mobile Subdomain?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right now, the answer to this question isn\u2019t clear. At first, Google execs indicated that a \u201cresponsive design,\u201d one that automatically shifted to a mobile version when being accessed by a mobile device, was necessary. However, the company has backed off this idea, though it still says that it\u2019s easier to crawl and index when a responsive design is in place. Since the company acknowledges there are other mobile site architectures, it\u2019s likely that the algorithm has been adjusted for those sorts of situations. However, as times goes on, we\u2019ll hear more about this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the End Goal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s end goal is much the same as yours: to make a pleasant browsing experience for all users, regardless if they\u2019re mobile or not. The company is trying to envision the future and what\u2019s best for its users.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, it\u2019s important that you update your website or use the tool above to ensure it is mobile-friendly so that it will continue to be viewed by those who may bring you business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not too long ago, \u201cMobilegeddon\u201d began, triggered by Google\u2019s new mobile-friendly ranking algorithm that gives a significant boost to websites that have taken the steps to be more mobile-friendly. 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