Here’s What You Should Know about Mobile-First Indexing
With mobile-first indexing, Google is shifting how the content of your desktop and mobile version of sites is indexed.
Ahrefs’ Patrick Stox has published an in-depth article on mobile-first indexing.
He says, “According to the most recent information we have from Google in March 2020, 70% of sites have already switched to mobile-first indexing.
You can check if you’re in that 70% with Google Search Console. Just go to “Settings” where they identify the crawler in the “About” section and tell you if and when your website switched to mobile indexing.
If you’re still on the desktop index, it might be because you have a separate mobile (m‑dot) website or a complex website. Either way, you’re likely in for some troubles ahead and need to prepare accordingly.
How to prepare
Let’s be doubly clear: Google doesn’t have a separate mobile and desktop index. There’s one index, and Google is slowly switching to indexing the mobile versions of sites instead of desktop versions. This can be an issue because content that isn’t seen on your mobile version will not be counted after Google switches you to mobile-first indexing”.
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