This week saw webmasters across the world receiving notifications through their Google Search Console linked emails that their website is now part of the mobile-first index.

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www.reflectdigital.co.uk/

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Reflect Digital is a multi-award winning online marketing agency with a proven track record for delivering high performing digital campaigns and website solutions. We understand there is not one strategy we can box and sell to all businesses so we take a strategic, tailored ‘pick & mix’ approach to deliver the right solutions that are unique to your goals. We’ll create the right combination of online strategy, website conversion rate optimisation and marketing services such as SEO and PPC to ensure maximum ROI is delivered.

www.reflectdigital.co.uk/

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Mobile devices are taking over, and Google is ready for the shift. The question is, are you? The King of Search is shifting their focus to a mobile-first index. So what do you need to do to get your site ready for the new mobile-first index? In this episode, I take a look at 5 things you can do to make sure your site is ready for the mobile-first world of search.

Here’s the cliff notes version in case you’re interested:
#1. Speed

Optimize images:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/

Minify code:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bwp-minify/

Leverage browser caching:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/

Reduce redirects:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/changelog/

#2. Don’t block CSS, JavaScript or images
https://yoast.com/dont-block-your-css-and-js-files/

#3. Mobile design

Never use Flash.
Get rid of pop-ups.
Design for “the finger.”

#4. On-page optimization
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-meta-seo/

#5. Local optimization
http://tools.smamarketing.net/local-listings-scanner/
http://whitespark.go2cloud.org/SH3H

Read the full transcript here: http://blog.smamarketing.net/how-to-prepare-your-website-for-googles-mobile-first-index

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Google enabled Mobile First indexing by default for all websites! Scott Winterroth shares information on how you can test to make sure your website is mobile friendly and how you can view performance data with Google Search Console.

Tags: #ScottWinterroth #Mobile_First_Indexing #Google

Having a mobile responsive website is a big deal.
That’s not really news to anyone.But what if I told you that Google now ONLY looks at the mobile version of your site….even when people search from a desktop.

So if your site isn’t mobile-optimized, your SEO rankings could be in deep trouble. And that’s what we’re diving into in today’s video!

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