Is Your Website Google Friendly?

Drumroll please. The Google mobile update you’ve been hearing so much about is now live. How much do you really know about it? For the first time ever, Google gave website owners 2 months to prepare for this update. Hopefully, you listened.

Below are a list of answers to questions many of you may have.

1. How do I know if my website is mobile friendly? There are a number of ways to find out. For purposes of this blog, I will list the 2 easiest ways.

• Mobile friendly test - This is a free test which allows you to check your website to see if it is mobile friendly. Take test here.
• Mobile search - Search your company using a mobile device. If it says mobile friendly next to results, your site is mobile friendly.

2. All this talk of Mobile Readiness sounds complicated, should I just create a mobile site with the bare minimums? If by bare minimums you mean just making the homepage mobile friendly, the answer is no. your entire website should be mobile friendly.

3. Will ranking on my desktop be affected? No. This update only affects searches from mobile devices.

For more tips on how to make sure your website is mobile friendly, come on over to the Omaginarium blog