Are publishers ready for Google’s ‘mobile-friendly’ rankings?

For its next algorithm change, Google is setting its sites on mobile. As the site's share of mobile searches approaches 50 percent, Google wants to crack down on sites with designs that are hostile to mobile screens. Google's fear is that if it links out to sites that don't work on mobile screens, users are are less likely to use it for mobile searching. That's potentially bad news for publishers, some of which haven't been as deliberate about staying on the right side of Google's new mobile guidelines. They could get burned. “It would foolhardy for someone who is responsible for mobile optimization or SEO within an unprepared brand to not expect to take a hit,” said Shahzad Abbas, digital media vp at Define Media Group. The post Are publishers ready for Google’s ‘mobile-friendly’ rankings? appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'

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