For the last several months we’ve been telling you Google is beginning to factor mobile friendliness into its mobile search rankings. Well, recently Google took the unprecedented step of announcing a major algorithm change well ahead of implementing it.
That tops our news in this month’s SEO update, but here’s the list of headlines we cover:
- Mark your calendar, April 21st, Google Will Make a Major Search Algorithm Update
- Net Neutrality Law Passed
- Google Tests Live Chat With Businesses Directly From Search Results
- Is Google Mobile Testing a “Slow” Label In Search Results?
- Google Now Offering One-On-One Support For Webmasters With Hacked Sites
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“Hi and welcome to OurChurch.Com’s monthly SEO Update for March 2015…”
For an outline of the video, click here.
Here are links to Google’s guide to mobile-friendly sites and Mobile-Friendly Test.
Discuss…
- Do you think mobile-friendliness should be a factor in search rankings? Why or why not?
- Is your website mobile-friendly?
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Wondering how they will measure mobile friendliness? Responsiveness?
Great question, Mika! Google explains it in the guide to mobile-friendly sites (link in the post). I also included a link to Google's Mobile-Friendly Test in the post.
always give important to mobile friendly and responsiveness