Is your website mobile-friendly?

Google began highlighting search results for websites that meet certain criteria with a "mobile-friendly" designation last November. To be eligible for this new tag, a website must follow certain rules:

• Avoids software that is not common on mobile devices, like Flash
• Uses text that is readable without zooming
• Sizes content to the screen so users don't have to scroll horizontally or zoom
• Places links far enough apart so that the correct one can be easily tapped

Today Google announced that beginning April 21st, they will be "expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal".

Translation: if your website is not mobile-friendly, be prepared to watch it get leapfrogged in the rankings by other websites that are.

Want to find out if your website is ready for Google's new "Mobile First" ranking methodology? Take the Google Developers Mobile-Friendly Test. If your site passes the test, that is great. Google will boost its ranking when the new algorithm kicks in. If your site fails the test, do not be discouraged. Moondog Web Design has years of experience designing responsive websites and updating existing websites with the latest technologies. Let us make your website mobile-friendly.

Call us at (615) 673-4292 today for a FREE consultation

New Logo, New Layout, and Responsive Design

For the past year and a half, I've been telling anyone who would listen about the importance of  responsive design. Google defines responsive design as "an approach to web page creation that makes use of flexible layouts, flexible images and cascading style sheet media queries. The goal of responsive design is to build web pages that detect the visitor's screen size and orientation and change the layout accordingly."  With 60 percent of all Internet access now coming from tablets and smart phones (source), the importance of a website that performs well on these devices cannot be overstated.

Now I have finally taken my own advice and completely redesigned the Moondog Web Design website. In addition to having a new logo, layout, and color scheme, the updated design is now responsive and passes the Google Developers Mobile-Friendly Test. Not only is the new design easy to browse on just about any device you can imagine, but thanks to the new “mobile-friendly” designation that Google is rolling out for responsive websites, I can expect a to see a boost in my search engine rankings as well.

If you are interested in a new responsive website for your business, or if you  have a website in need of a responsive conversion, give me a call at (615) 673-4292, and I will be happy to discuss your options.