Preparing for “Mobilegeddon” on April 21 – Google Mobile Search Changes
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Brock Murray, Director of Web Marketingwww.seoplus.ca | @SEOBrock | [email protected]
PREPARING FOR “MOBILEGEDDON” ON APRIL 21 –
GOOGLE MOBILE SEARCH CHANGES
PREPARING FOR “MOBILEGEDDON” ON APRIL 21 –
GOOGLE MOBILE SEARCH CHANGES
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• USE THE QUESTION PANE IN GOTOWEBINAR TO ASK US QUESTIONS!
• BEST QUESTION WINS A MOBILE-FRIENDLY WEBSITE
FREE MOBILE WEBSITE
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ABOUT BROCK MURRAY• Started as a web designer in 2002• Designed hundreds of websites for
local businesses• Established seoplus+ in 2012• Trainer - Herzing College, Camp
Tech• Contributor – SEMRush, TechSoup
Canada
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• What is Mobilegeddon?• How to Prepare for Mobilegeddon• Is Your Site Mobile-Friendly?• Quick Fix• Q & A• One attendee will win a FREE mobile-website!!
AGENDA
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MOBILEGEDDON – WHAT IS ALL THE HYPE ABOUT?
MOBILE-FRIENDLINESS WILL BE A RANKING FACTOR
IN MOBILE SEARCH RESULTS AS OF APRIL 21
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RECENT GOOGLE ALGORITHM UPDATES
PANDA, PENGUIN, HUMMINGBIRD, PIGEON, MOBILEPAGE QUALITY, LINK QUALITY, SEARCH CONTEXT, LOCAL SEARCH, ACCESSIBILITY
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WHY SHOULD I CARE?
ACCORDING TO COMSCORE THERE ARE
24,318,000 MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS AS OF
Q4 2014
MOBILE DEVICE USAGE STATS
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TOTAL DIGITAL POPULATION - 2014
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MOBILE-ONLY UNIQUE VISITORS INCREASE
PERSONS ACCESSING
DIGITAL CONTENT EXCLUSIVELY ON
MOBILE HAS INCREASED BY
16%
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TOTAL MINUTES SPLIT EQUALLY BETWEEN MOBILE & DESKTOP
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LOCAL BUSINESS WEB TRAFFIC
20-35% TRAFFIC IS FROM MOBILE
OVER 1 YEAR, WE WOULD LOSE MORE
THAN 50 LEADS
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HOW TO PREPARE FOR MOBILEGEDDON
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MOBILE WEBSITEOPTION 1:
SEPARATE URLS
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Two separate websites. When someone is on desktop they see one site, when they are mobile
they see a different website.
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MOBILE WEBSITEOPTION 2:
DYNAMIC SERVING
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Website serves a different version of the sitedepending on the browser being used.
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MOBILE WEBSITEOPTION 3:
RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN
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Website automatically changes layoutdepending on the screen size.
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IS YOUR SITE MOBILE-FRIENDLY?
http://seopl.us/MBT15
TAKE THE TEST!
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MOBILE-FRIENDLY TEST
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TEMPORARY SOLUTION:WORDPRESS
MOBILE-FRIENDLY FIX
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MOBILE-FRIENDLY TEST: WORDPRESS FIX
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MOBILE-FRIENDLY TEST: WORDPRESS FIX
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MOBILE-FRIENDLY TEST: WORDPRESS FIX
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•What is Mobilegeddon?•How to Prepare for Mobilegeddon• Is Your Site Mobile-Friendly? http://seopl.us/MBT15•Quick Fix
RECAP
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Q & A
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MOBILE-WEBSITEGIVEAWAY
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