On April 21st, Google will be changing it's algorithms to favor websites which are mobile friendly. According to Google Webmaster Central...
"Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal."
So what does this mean for your website and company?
Lost Customers, Searches, and Sales....
Put plainly you need to be prepared to be ready for the Google change. If you do not have a website, but your considering one for your business...Jump Start Social Marketing Automatically creates you a mobile friendly website with our Website Design packages.
However, if you have an existing site you can check to see if it meets Google's Standards by visiting:
Google Mobile Friendly Test Page
"Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal."
So what does this mean for your website and company?
Lost Customers, Searches, and Sales....
Put plainly you need to be prepared to be ready for the Google change. If you do not have a website, but your considering one for your business...Jump Start Social Marketing Automatically creates you a mobile friendly website with our Website Design packages.
However, if you have an existing site you can check to see if it meets Google's Standards by visiting:
Google Mobile Friendly Test Page
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This will also be important in how your business is posted on Google search results on mobile devices:
If you can see the term "Mobile-friendly" is positioned beside Jump Start Social Marketing page description. A notable feature of the mobile algorithm is that it analyzes mobile compatibility on a page-by-page basis, rather than a website-wide basis. What does this mean to your site? Your entire site will not be penalized, just the pages not optimized will be dropped lower. If your site has some mobile-optimized pages, however some pages are not, Google will promote the pages with are optimized for mobile use. |
The good news is, that it will be maintained day-by-day.
Gary Illyes of Google explained "That the algorithm runs in real-time, so technically, you can do it any day, and as soon as Google picks up on the change, the site will start to benefit from the new mobile-friendly algorithm change."
This means the algorithm will operate in real-time.
So what you do to prepare?
1st check the mobility of your site, and if you do not have a website, consider a company which will be optimizing your site for the change. Google will also be deriving rankings based on APPs. If your company does not offer an APP consider doing so. 3rd comply with Google...someone may be searching for you!
-Jump Start Social Markeing
Gary Illyes of Google explained "That the algorithm runs in real-time, so technically, you can do it any day, and as soon as Google picks up on the change, the site will start to benefit from the new mobile-friendly algorithm change."
This means the algorithm will operate in real-time.
So what you do to prepare?
1st check the mobility of your site, and if you do not have a website, consider a company which will be optimizing your site for the change. Google will also be deriving rankings based on APPs. If your company does not offer an APP consider doing so. 3rd comply with Google...someone may be searching for you!
-Jump Start Social Markeing
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