Google rolls outs new mobile-first index that ranks pages based on mobile version of website

Briefing

Google rolls outs new mobile-first index that ranks pages based on mobile version of website

December 16, 2016

Briefing

  • Mobile-first index – Google has started rolling out new search engine index, which ranks pages based on mobile versions of websites and prioritizes mobile-friendly sites, though implementation still months away
  • Important details – Will continue to crawl page if website is desktop only, however, in case of both mobile and desktop sites, search engine will primarily consume content from mobile site so web owners need to focus on putting relevant content on mobile to maintain web ranking
  • Minimal change to rankings – Google executives Gary Illyes and Paul Haahr say overall rankings will not change too much and effect will not be detected but this is yet to be seen

Accelerator

Business Model and Practices

Business Model
and Practices

Sector

Information Technology

Organization

Google Inc.

Source

Original Publication Date

November 9, 2016

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