{"id":1837,"date":"2018-06-07T12:40:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T12:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2021-06-04T10:29:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T10:29:26","slug":"google-mobile-first-index-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/google-mobile-first-index-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Unfolding Google\u2019s Mobile-first Index Update For Website Advancement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile First Indexing! Isn\u2019t it the term which has been heard so many times in today\u2019s web development<\/a> era? Absolutely correct. Basically, it is the modern trend where Google made a lot of efforts to push websites to achieve mobile-friendly content for users.<\/p>\n

Finally, it\u2019s official now. As per new achievement\/update, soon Google will give preference to the mobile-first websites and will be sending notifications to their webmasters. The update still in testing phase and will appear in action later. The rollout of mobile-first indexing is all about making web owners aware that their websites are enabled for mobile-first indexing<\/a>. This simply means that if your website is responsive and supports mobile-friendly content, you may soon get this type of notification from Google itself.<\/p>\n

Earlier, when mobile-first indexing news was unveiled, it seems that the project will take time to show its influence. But, now the Google\u2019s big news makes all of us amazed as it sounds like mobile-first indexing has already been in the trend. Google will throw indexing notifications to Google search console.<\/p>\n

See the image for better insights:<\/p>\n

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<\/span>According To Google, How Mobile-first Indexing Works For A Variety Of Websites:<\/span><\/h2>\n

Previously, Google focused on desktop content versions to index website pages for the evaluation of user\u2019s queries. With this recent update, the criteria has completely transformed as now, Google decided to predominantly index the mobile version of the web content for better user visibility and ranking. However, it doesn\u2019t directly affect the ranking of a website but yes, it definitely improves the search result ratio for the page.<\/p>\n

Google assigned this task to the Googlebot which indexes and crawls for mobile-first pages through smartphone agent. However, the news has just launched, so web owners may see this drastic transformation soon in their websites. Google will not stop here as it will continue to show the fervent URLs that seem most relevant to users\u2019 generated queries.<\/p>\n

A dedicated team at Google reviewed a variety of websites and prepared a chart to describe the impact that websites get after mobile-first indexing.<\/p>\n

Detailed chart to explore:<\/h4>\n

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<\/span>Let\u2019s us guide you how can you make your website optimized or prepared for mobile-first index:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

♦ Get Insights From Google\u2019s Webmaster Blog Post<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Besides Google, you may not have clear and exact details regarding any of its update. Thus go there and read the analysis regarding mobile-first index optimization. You will find two most important points:<\/p>\n

First, if you have responsive or a dynamic serving website where the content & markups are uniform in appeal, there is no need to change anything for further optimization.<\/p>\n

And, if your site configuration provides different appeal on different devices like desktops and mobiles. It is mandatory that you make some changes to your site.<\/p>\n

♦ Go Responsive<\/h4>\n

Transforming the website into responsive one is the smart move you should make for the betterment for your business. Having a single URL which adapts to all the devices and associated screens, proves the best strategy for users, search engines and also for those who are optimizing the website for further improvements. Additionally, it directly supports mobile-first indexing.<\/p>\n

♦ Put At Least Primary Website Content On Mobile Site<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Don\u2019t worry if you are not having a responsive website<\/a>. You can win the race of mobile-first optimization by placing the most important content for your website on mobile site. It will be appearing to your mobile site as your primary source of content. By not doing the same may bring negative impact as per Google\u2019s new update.<\/p>\n

♦ Tabs & Accordion Menus Content Will Not Be Discounted<\/h4>\n

You must have heard that Google penalizes websites for spam content and copied information. Google also makes web owners aware about the hidden content they have behind the tabs and accordion menus. Now, with this impending update of mobile-first indexing, Google is back in the form and backtracking the websites to disclose their hidden content.<\/p>\n

Ending Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mobile traffic can\u2019t be considered as the future wave. It\u2019s here only and going to stay for long. Google\u2019s update for mobile-first index signifies that Google will give preference to the mobile websites over desktops in the future. This change is being noticed on a large scale as business owners are rapidly transforming their websites into responsive ones.<\/p>\n

So, if you are still running a desktop website, change your thought process and make astute move for making your web presence an exceptional experience for the users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mobile First Indexing! Isn\u2019t it the term which has been heard so many times in today\u2019s web development era? Absolutely correct. Basically, it is the modern trend where Google made a lot of efforts to push websites to achieve mobile-friendly content for users. Finally, it\u2019s official now. As per new achievement\/update, soon Google will give […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1837"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2873,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions\/2873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sparxitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}