It's important to remember that one - third of all mobile searches are related to location and 78 percent of
local mobile searches result in offline purchases.
On April 21, 2015, Google made an algorithm update in which any website that does not have responsive website design enabled, will be negatively impacted in
Google mobile search results.
-LSB-...] news that Google has increased the widths of title tags and descriptions, is a new report by Jennifer Slegg who says Google has now increased the title tags
on mobile search results as well.
If a customer is looking for a product or answer to a query, and you have your site structured for SEO exposure, it will likely show up at the top
of mobile search results.
Google Switches to Infinite Scrolling
Mobile Search Results Mobile Google search users will see infinitely - scrolling SERP entries in a test the Internet giant recently began rolling out, replacing multi-page results with a seemingly endless number of clickable «more results» offerings.
«We don't know the degree to which the mobile ranking factor will
impact mobile search results, but based on how transparent Google has been with this update, I believe we...
Google Images update: Captions added to images, pulled from the page title tag — Google Images has moved to show captions
alongside mobile search results, and Michelle Robbins of Search Engine Land takes a look here.
For example, it began to boost the rank of mobile - friendly webpages on
mobile search results back in 2015, and more recently said it was adding a signal that uses page speed to help determine a page's mobile search ranking.
The bottom line is this — your website will have a better chance of being discovered and clicked on in
mobile search results if it meets Google's mobile standards.
The update skews heavily towards mobile - friendly websites, displaying them above their non-mobile counterparts
for mobile search results.
In a week where much of the Internet was all atwitter about Mobilegeddon, Google's pre-announced algorithm change that will favor mobile - friendly sites
in mobile search results, a potentially far more impactful announcement was much more of a surprise: Facebook is tweaking the News Feed algorithm.
Google has always said that it feels responsive websites provide the best user experience, and recently starting including a «mobile - friendly» notation next to websites in
mobile search results that are indeed mobile friendly.
It's important to remember that one - third of all mobile searches are related to location and 78 % of local -
mobile searches result in offline purchases.
In the summer of 2015, we saw two major developments in mobile marketing: First, Google announced a major algorithm update that rewards mobile - friendly websites, and penalizes those that aren't fully optimized for mobile in
mobile search results.
«Starting today, pages where content is not easily accessible to a user on the transition from
the mobile search results may not rank as high.»
Starting in July 2018, Google will finally use mobile page speed as a ranking in
their mobile search results.
In order to make life a little bit easier for Android and iPhone users, Google
Mobile Search results will now include relevant Android App Market and iTunes App Store links.
Google said this algorithmic change will have a «significant impact» on
mobile search results.
In fact, 70 % of of
all mobile searches result in action within one hour.
Google recently changed its algorithm to exclude non-mobile websites from
its mobile search results.
Not only do you risk losing customers, Google takes loading speeds into account, so slow load times can lower your ranking on local and
mobile search results.
(This notation only appears in
mobile search results; you won't see it during a desktop or tablet search.)
If it does, Google may not be as likely to display your site in
mobile search results.
In January 2017, Google announced on its Webmaster Central Blog that «pages where content is not easily accessible to a user on the transition from
the mobile search results may not rank as high.»
Google has also expanded the increased title tags to
the mobile search results as well, and they have been expanded significantly more than in desktop.
Here is an example in
the mobile search results of longer title tags.
Google's clone of Snapchat Discover, called AMP Stories, officially launched today, allowing news outlets to create photo / video slideshows that appear in
mobile search results and on their site.
While Google today claims the mobile - friendly indexing won't directly impact how content is ranked, it does note that having a site's mobile - friendly content indexed in this new fashion will likely help the site «perform better» in
mobile search results.
This penalty only impacts intrusive interstitials that happen directly after going from a Google
mobile search result to a specific page.
The mobile speed update affects only ranking in
mobile search results; it's independent of the indexing.
No, this change is about
the mobile search results.
Google's Page Speed Update won't impact how Google indexes your mobile or desktop content; it will only affect how the mobile pages are ranked in the Google
mobile search results.
Right below, you'll find Google's mobile friendly test - passing it is the prerequisite for ranking in Google's
mobile search results, so do make sure that all factors in this section have a Correct status as well.
On April 21, 2015, Google released a significant new mobile - friendly ranking algorithm that's designed to give a boost to mobile - friendly pages in Google's
mobile search results.
Google removed the label because they wanted to declutter
the mobile search results and because «85 % of all pages in the mobile search results» now are mobile - friendly by Google's criteria.
Via Android Police, Google has started including direct download links for Android apps in
its mobile search results, which should make finding and installing new apps on your Android device more convenient than ever before.
I'm sure you've heard by now that if your website isn't mobile friendly by today, April 21, 2015, Google will remove your site from
its Mobile Search Results.
This month Google announced that it would no longer list web pages that are not optimized for mobile in
its mobile search results.
Google started adding the «mobile - friendly» label to
its mobile search results last week.