GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO HAVE A MOBILE FRIENDLY SITE, DO IT!
Google has been preaching mobile for a long time and they want YOU to make sure your site is mobile friendly. Looks like they are already making a big change here in the mobile search results. They are putting a big obvious tag as you can see below saying MOBILE FRIENDLY, so most people might just skip a site that doesnt have that mobile friendly tag on it. SO its REALLY important now to have some kind of mobile friendly site.
IS YOUR LAWYER SITE MOBILE FRIENDLY?
According to Google…….. A page is eligible for the “mobile-friendly” label if it meets the following criteria as detected by Googlebot:
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Avoids software that is not common on mobile devices, like Flash
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Uses text that is readable without zooming
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Sizes content to the screen so users don’t have to scroll horizontally or zoom
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Places links far enough apart so that the correct one can be easily tapped
If you want to make sure that your page meets the mobile-friendly criteria:
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Check your pages with the Mobile-Friendly Test
Many sites today are “responsive” and that means they are mobile friendly and adjust to look good on any device. YET Most sites are not setup to be responsive, so that means you need to then have another solution to get your site mobile friendly.
FROM GOOGLE Blog – 11/18/14
Have you ever tapped on a Google Search result on your mobile phone, only to find yourself looking at a page where the text was too small, the links were tiny, and you had to scroll sideways to see all the content? This usually happens when the website has not been optimized to be viewed on a mobile phone.
This can be a frustrating experience for our mobile searchers. Starting today, to make it easier for people to find the information that they’re looking for, we’re adding a “mobile-friendly” label to our mobile search results.
This change will be rolling out globally over the next few weeks. A page is eligible for the “mobile-friendly” label if it meets the following criteria as detected by Googlebot:
- Avoids software that is not common on mobile devices, like Flash
- Uses text that is readable without zooming
- Sizes content to the screen so users don’t have to scroll horizontally or zoom
- Places links far enough apart so that the correct one can be easily tapped
If you want to make sure that your page meets the mobile-friendly criteria:
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Check your pages with the Mobile-Friendly Test
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Read our updated documentation on our Webmasters Mobile Guide on how to create and improve your mobile site
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See the Mobile usability report in Google Webmaster Tools, which highlights major mobile usability issues across your entire site, not just one page
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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
The tools and documentation above are currently available in English. They will be available in additional languages within the next few weeks.
We see these labels as a first step in helping mobile users to have a better mobile web experience. We are also experimenting with using the mobile-friendly criteria as a ranking signal.