How Can Marketers Prepare for Google’s Shifting to a Mobile-First Index

What is the mobile-first index

Google recently announced a major change in their indexing algorithms. While this update is still being tested and you may not notice it yet, it’s pretty sure that mobile-first index will become a reality very soon and that marketers need to be prepared for it. In fact, if you’ve done your homework, you already know that mobile searches have surpassed desktop ones, so this update shouldn’t be a complete surprise.

What Is the Mobile-First Index?

The update is most likely months away from implementation, so the details aren’t clear yet. However, there are few things we already know:

What can Marketers Do to Prepare for the Mobile-First Index?

There are a few changes that you can start making right now. Don’t worry; even if the mobile-first index will be rolled out later than expected, these changes will still benefit you, since we already know that most users favor mobile devices for surfing the Internet:

 

Adriana Tica is an expert marketer and copywriter, with 10 years in the field, most of which were spent marketing tech companies. She is the Owner and Founder of Idunn. In October 2019, she also launched Copywritech, a digital marketing agency that provides copywriting, SEO content writing, and strategy services to companies in the tech industry.

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