We all know that Google is always one step ahead when it comes to the next trends and we can confirm they have done it again. Statistics are indicating a shift from internet usage on desktops to mobile devices being expected to reach 51% of all access. As expected Google is ahead of the curve again and beginning to implement mobile-first indexing.
Those businesses who keep a close eye on the major search engines will know the necessity of having a mobile-friendly version, this has been monitored by Google’s extensive algorithm for a while now. However, Google’s main focus has always been the desktop version of websites when indexing. A huge change to the way Google crawl and index sites is upon us, Google is now analysing mobile versions of websites instead. Google will only index the desktop site if it does not have a mobile version…now be honest, does this excite you or are you wishing you had jumped on the ‘mobile website’ bandwagon a while ago?
It is understood that Google’s updated algorithm has now been applied to
