SEO and non mobile friendly sites

Proper keywords is the key to success

According to Statcounter, in the last 12 months mobile devices accounted for more than 50% of traffic. (source:https://gs.statcounter.com/platform-...-mobile-tablet)

Do you think you can rank well with a site that is awful for half the people?

Maybe for a brief period. Then, as soon as Google picks up on those back buttons mobile users so rapidly press, your website will return to obscurity.

Hi Max. Mobile search has gone through the roof lately. So Google now places a great importance on a site being mobile-friendly. The search results vary for users on desktops vs mobile devices so you really want to appear well in both in order to compete.

If your site isn't mobile-friendly it won't affect directly in google rank but indirectly it will affect your rank

Ya, I know Keyword is the main factor for getting traffic but If your site isn't in mobile-friendly more chances for getting the Bounce rate. If your bounce rate high automatically your site rank will down in google for the same keyword.

Since 2010, mobile traffic has increased by over ~200%. 10 out of 9 users prefer smartphones to shop. 75% of mobile searches lead to online action within an hour.

If your site isn't mobile-friendly hard to Get rank in google as well the lead.

#Karthik B

Yes. There are plenty of examples in the SERPs.

There are kinda sorta ( some think ) 4 different device based algorithms running in Google.

So there is Desktop, Tablet, Phone, and then true Mobile. I don't think at this point will you find a true "Mobile" site anywhere within "Desktop" results. "Responsive" obviously fills a few shoes here, so Desk, Tablet and Phone sites that are responsive in nature will appear crossed over from one to the next to the other.

So technically there will only be 3 types there would be Desktop fixed, Responsive, and then mobile specific. desktop fixed and Mobile specific will never be seen on the other, and responsive will be seen on all of them.

Even on platforms such as eBay 70% of converting traffic ( of my account traffic anyways ) is STILL desktop. I personally could care less how much traffic overall there is.. I am only concerned with the traffic that converts. So the argument that 50% of searches are made from mobile is a bit subjective.

The better argument would be to have the discussion why there are not more Mobile specific sites to convert the 50% mobile traffic?

It depends on which device your target audience use. For example, if the vast majority of people come to your site from desktop, then I don't think it's a big problem.

However, generally, I'd say try your best to optimize your website for mobile since it's getting more and more popular nowadays.

Good luck!

"Mobile-first indexing means Google predominantly uses the mobile version of the content for indexing and ranking".
You can rank well for a non-mobile friendly page if there is no competition for the selected keyword ;-)

It is possible but then you will just factoring out the traffic of mobile users. Anyhow, if your site doesnt cater mobile users then I guess it is okay to be user-specific. Besides that doing SEO the right way + making sure you are producing good content will rank you in no time.

Google has switched it's main indexed to be the mobile index, so in the long term you are doomed if you do not make it responsive or mobile friendly.

Less chances of ranking better, since most of the on line activities through mobile only.

Nowadays in the era of mobiles, it is very important to have a mobile-friendly website. In addition, Google has introduced a Mobile-First update which gives the mobile-friendly (websites made specifically for mobile) an edge over the website without mobile-friendly features.

If you don't have a mobile site, Google will just use your desktop version to rank your site. Google already has a bias against sites that aren't mobile-friendly. So it means that if your site isn't mobile-friendly now, it's already taking a hit

If not mobile-friendly, then you can rank better on Desktops. AMP websites rank faster as compared to normal websites. If you are using WP, then some simple plugins can easily turn you website into mobile-friendly.

Why are you not mobile friendly? Most site builder tools have the ability to make your site mobile friendly. As a previous poster noted you can use a responsive template that adapts your content for each platform. And it's usually not too difficult to switch your site to a responsive template.

If you are concerned about conversions then do A/B testing.

If you have a challenge with the technical aspects of making your site mobile friendly you can hire
someone to convert it for you.

If you are not sure about SEO for mobile I am sure there is a tutorial for that.

Yeah, you may get succeeded in the desktop version rankings. But for the mobile rankings, Mobile-friendliness plays a big role. Why don't you give try to AMP Version recommended by Google. But if all is not possible try to focus on content and links. They may help you at last.

It should be optimized to some extent for the mobile devices to enhance and improve your ranking. If all the other strategies are in place then this might not leave as big of a negative impact as one without a proper SEO strategy. Nonetheless, it is important and should not be ignored.

no because is you know about seo statics that yu should know that mobile friendly and user friendly site is the major factor of SEO.
why it is important because most peoples are use phone and if you see moist of traffic come from mobile device and user friendly is must if you want that user spend most of time on your website.
and also google does not consider that kind of website who is not mobile and user friendly.

Yes, you can rank your non-mobile-friendly website on Google with different SEo techniques. But Don't rank that website well on the search engine. Your rank will be in 100 or 200 but not in top searches. So my suggestion is first to make the website mobile friendly then go forward because it's also a part of search engine optimization.

Google uses plenty of metrics to determine where to rank a site. The visitors it receives is obviously one of the main consideration. Unfortunately, currently, most traffic is coming from smart phones. So if a site is not mobile phone friendly, you will miss out.

If your site is not mobile-friendly you will not get the leads and it will affect your rankings too. Mobile searches have increased over the years and you need to keep your site up to date to rank high.