{"id":2785,"date":"2016-11-02T17:38:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T17:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2020-09-23T05:41:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T05:41:41","slug":"google-now-highlights-mobile-friendly-websites-in-search-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/google-now-highlights-mobile-friendly-websites-in-search-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Now Highlights Mobile-friendly Websites in Search Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It can be pretty annoying sometimes when you\u2019re browsing the websites on a mobile or smartphone devices, only to find out the site you\u2019re visiting has a terrible layout on your phone. Google wants to make your life a bit easier by highlighting sites that have been optimized for mobile devices in its search results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 21st, 2015 Google has applied new indexing rules that are aimed to change the search algorithm for mobile devices. Olga Karavan from Code Production\/EZ-BC has shared sa few thoughts on how these changes will affect existing Business Catalyst sites and the advantages of a new algorithm you can benefit from when creating new sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s Inside New Algorithm<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

On April 21, 2015, Google has released a significant new mobile-friendly ranking algorithm which means that Google use Mobile Friendliness as a ranking signal. The update doesn\u2019t apply to tablets or desktop, just smartphones, but everyone should make their site mobile friendly, because about 60% of search traffic now comes from mobile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A page is eligible for the \u201cMobile-friendly\u201d label if it meets the following criteria as detected by Googlebot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For Google, such a page does the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Avoids software that is not common on mobile devices, like Flash<\/li>
  2. Uses text that is readable without zooming<\/li>
  3. Sizes content to the screen so users don\u2019t have to scroll horizontally or zoom<\/li>
  4. Places links far enough apart so that the correct one can be easily tapped.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    If you want to make sure that your page meets the mobile-friendly criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Check your pages with the Mobile-Friendly Test <\/li>
    2. Read our updated documentation on our Webmasters Mobile Guide on how to create and improve your mobile site<\/li>
    3. See the Mobile usability report in Google Webmaster Tools, which highlights major mobile usability issues across your entire site, not just one page<\/li>
    4. Check our how-to guide for third-party software like WordPress or Joomla, in order to migrate your website hosted on a CMS (Content Management System) to use a mobile-friendly template.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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      It can be pretty annoying sometimes when you\u2019re browsing the websites on a mobile or smartphone devices, only to find out the site you\u2019re visiting has a terrible layout on your phone. Google wants to make your life a bit easier by highlighting sites that have been optimized for mobile devices in its search results. April […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-responsive-web-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2785"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2790,"href":"https:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions\/2790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.uitsbd.com\/wordpress\/uitsbd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}