"We're thinking about how we can make sure we only include in the mobile-first index sites that won't be hurt by the mobile-first index. The longer time frame can be several years - maybe five years - before we reach an index that is only mobile-first." – Gary Illyes, Webmaster trends analyst at Google Back in November 2016, Google had webmasters the world over breaking into cold sweats over the news that it would begin to test its mobile-first indexing "experiment."
The news originally broke through the Webmaster Central blog. It detailed that the company sought to examine various mobile versions of Web destinations and rank them over the traditional desktop site, but gave no definitive timeline on when the rollout would begin.
While few were shocked by the announcement - because Google has been pushing hard for a mobile-first revolution for several years now (plus, Google Webmaster trends analyst Gary Illyes did allude to this occurrence in a 2015 tweet) - some did take solace in the idea that this new indexing scheme wouldn't take hold for quite a while. |
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