I'm currently sat writing a blog post about Google and Mobile Usability and thought I'd highlight what has happened in this Forum as well.
Google is on a major drive to improve Mobile Usability - because traffic has tipped over to mobile. You may be aware that, according to Quantcast, HubPages now gets more traffic from mobile devices than desktop.
Very recently emails have been sent out to webmasters with sites which need to improve on this dimension. See commentary here from:
* Search Engine Roundtable - "Google Sending Mass Scale Warnings To Non-Mobile Friendly Web Sites" https://www.seroundtable.com/google-fix … 19732.html
* Search Engine Land - "Google Sending Mobile Usability Warnings To Huge Number Of Webmasters" http://searchengineland.com/google-send … ers-213113
Plus here's Google's new page on Web Fundamentals: Best practices for modern web development https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/
In my view, I think it highly unlikely to that Google will just have sent out letters. I think it very likely that Google may have also adjusted the search algorithm too with respect to whether or not a site is mobile friendly or not - and I guess within that there may well be scaling in relation to gradations of mobile friendly.
What this means for HubPages is anyone's guess right now. The site is certainly accessible via mobile devices - whether it meets Google's standards for mobile usability only the tech team will know - and/or our traffic might reflect in due course.
I'm pretty certain Google will be taking a very clear view on the size and placement of advertisements - as it already does via AdSense. This is their new guidance on monetisation
https://developers.google.com/web/funda … etization/ and
https://developers.google.com/web/funda … t-the-most
by Luis E Gonzalez 8 years ago
I found this site from Google that analyses your HP account and lets you know if it is mobile friendly. So far mine seems OK. Enter your profile's url address and click on "analyse"https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools … -friendly/
by Janis Leslie Evans 8 years ago
I'm researching for my latest hub article and noticed that the top articles on the subject (at the top of Google) don't have a lot of images at all. They typically have one pic at the top, several links throughout the text, lots of blocked text, and are fairly short but very well written by pros....
by Buildreps 8 years ago
Just checked it on Alexa.com, and realized which (alleged) effect the Panda updates of Google has on traffic. Although I'm still happy with the traffic my Hubs have, are the foundations increasingly eroding. Are there any ideas to change this trend? http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/hubpages.com
by Eric Dockett 4 years ago
My traffic appeared to be clawing its way back a couple of weeks ago. Now, it has dropped again. Two big accounts with significant content on 5 niche sites. All down. My main account is down to 2016 levels. Who can fix this? Maybe me. Maybe HubPages. Maybe Google.There is nothing I can do...
by Shasta Matova 9 years ago
My hubs don't get enough traffic to be in the HubPro program, but I think they could use some help. This hub gets Pinterest traffic but it does not get much search engine traffic. Please tell me what I can do to improve it.http://millionairetips.hubpages.com/hub … ing-BudgetI really...
by Katherine Tyrrell 9 years ago
Just spotted this on Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/googles- … n-nicholasIt explains why traffic is down for everybody including Google"Google's core business, search advertising, is looking shakier than it has in years. The problem is the rise of mobile. Search advertising is...
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