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Mobile-friendly test

Having a website that supports mobile devices is requirement for a modern website to reach its widest audience.  The best way to have a mobile-friendly website in WordPress is to have a website built on a responsive theme.  These themes automatically adjust the website to be user friendly and readable without adjusting the screen size, and offer touch driven menus and interfaces.

 

Example of responsive theme — reformats for both laptop and smartphone. Infinity Pro Theme from StudioPress – available through GrayOrbit)

Test your website

Try using this useful test with any website to test if it is mobile-friendly – Enter the URL website address to begin (by Google)

 

Mobile-friendly is best with Google Search Engine

Google recently adjusted its own search engine formula to rank websites that are mobile-friendly higher in their listings.  Google’s mobile-first index makes it crucial for your business to have a website that is mobile-friendly to help bring customers to you when searching the internet.  Test your website, and please contact us if you have any questions about upgrading your site to be mobile friendly at GrayOrbit or any help with Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

 

RELATED LINKS

A simple checklist to prep for the Google mobile-first index (Search Engine Land)

Google’s New Mobile-First Index and the Death of Desktop SEO (Entrepreneur)


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