April 21, 2015 - mobile sites and SEO

[jensen]

On April 21, 2015, something important is going to happen with SEO.

1) Starting April 21, we (google) will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. This change will affect mobile searches in all languages worldwide and will have a significant impact in our search results.

Consequently, users will find it easier to get relevant, high quality search results that are optimized for their devices.

2) Starting today (26 February 2015), we (google) will begin to use information from indexed apps as a factor in ranking for signed-in users who have the app installed. As a result, we may now surface content from indexed apps more prominently in search.

Read the full announcement here - http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2015/02/finding-more-mobile-friendly-search.html


Also check if your site is mobile friendly in preparation for April 21, 2015.
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/

One thing's for sure, Corey and gang have ensured this forum is mobile friendly.

 

[jensen]

https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=https://x10hosting.com/community

The page result says "Awesome! This page is mobile friendly"

 

[ken.gervais89]

Great info "and links". Thanks for sharing the news and the links. I for one forgot to bookmark the link to the Mobile Friendly Test the first time I came across it.