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Google to move more sites to mobile-first index in coming weeks

Google plans to roll more sites into the mobile-first index in the near future. Are you ready?

Barry Schwartz on February 21, 2018 at 9:41 am

Gary Illyes from Google just announced onstage at PubCon, a webmaster conference, that Google plans on rolling more sites into the mobile-first index over the next several weeks.

Marie Haynes, who is in the audience, posted on Twitter:

Announcement – In the next month and a half or so, Google is moving a LOT of sites to mobile first.@methode #Pubcon

— Marie Haynes (@Marie_Haynes) February 21, 2018

Jesse McDonald, also in the audience, posted on Twitter as well:

In the coming weeks, several sites should start seeing a switch to the mobile-first index. @methode #Pubcon

— Jesse McDonald (@jesseseogeek) February 21, 2018

The mobile-first index is Google’s attempt at looking at the web and indexing and ranking the web from a mobile-first perspective. This means that if you have a mobile-friendly version of your website, instead of indexing the desktop version, Google will first index that website’s mobile version.

We have a large FAQ for everything we know about the Google mobile-first index — so be sure to catch up there, because it should be expanding in the not-so-distant future.

About The Author

Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on SEM topics.