{"id":2291,"date":"2018-05-14T11:06:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T15:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/targetmarket.flywheelsites.com\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2018-05-14T11:06:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T15:06:50","slug":"website-not-responsive-google-wont-sending-traffic-mobile-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/targetmarket.com\/website-not-responsive-google-wont-sending-traffic-mobile-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Website Not Responsive? Google Won\u2019t Be You Sending Traffic From Mobile Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
At the end of March, Google announced<\/span><\/a> that after a year and a half of testing they were making the switch to mobile-first indexing. Mobile-first indexing means Google will use the mobile version of a web page \u201cfor indexing and ranking, to better help our \u2013 primarily mobile \u2013 users find what they\u2019re looking for.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n What does this mean for your business? Without a responsive website, Google will no longer be sending you traffic from mobile devices. And with people spending an average of 69%<\/span><\/a> of their media time on smartphones, not having a mobile-responsive website can be highly detrimental to the success of your business. Optimizing for mobile should be your number one priority for 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is best marketing practice to align with the buyer\u2019s behavior for any form of marketing that you do, but when it comes to mobile, you will want to make sure you are offering the best user experience possible. If not, more than half<\/span><\/a> of users say they won\u2019t recommend a business with a poorly-designed mobile site, and we all know that word of mouth is king.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Websites designed for desktop viewing are difficult to view and navigate from mobile devices. Not only does a poor mobile presence\u2014or worse, no mobile presence at all\u2014come across as unprofessional, it also comes across as out of touch.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy Mobile Matters<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n