Google Switching to Mobile First Index

[chris]

A few days ago at Pubcon, Google announced upcoming plans to switch to a mobile first index. This has caused a lot of chatter, it's yet another strong signal where mobile sits on their priorities.

Gary Illyes at Pubcon announced today that Google is switching to a mobile first index. This means that Google will be indexing the mobile versions of pages and not the desktop as its primary index.

This is a huge change. Google has always used the desktop version of a page for ranking, even when serving results to users on a mobile device.

Do note that this mobile first index is not live now. This is the pre-announcement so SEOs and site owners can be prepared for the upcoming change.

http://www.thesempost.com/google-switching-mobile-first-index-desktop/