Are you Mobile Compatible.
Google has set a date folks.
APRIL 21st 2015.
They have stated that if you site is not mobile compatible on this date, your rankings will be negatively impacted.
Pretty strong language, pretty good incentive.
Find a theme that is mobile compatible.
Do it NOW.
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Thanks! I did the test, and my page is not mobile friendly. So now I'm working on making it so ;)
Thank you, Marv ;) i'm trying to figure it out.. I am reading Google's guidance to word press, how to make my word press page mobile friendly. Then I log into my page, and it says I have one update, when I click on that it says:
"You have the latest version of WordPress. Future security updates will be applied automatically.
If you need to re-install version 4.1.1, you can do so here or download the package and re-install manually"
but the sign for update is still there.. I guess I'm to tired to understand anything right now. How do I change the theme on my page?
Woohoo! Thanks a million Marv!! I installed the plug in and now my page are mobile friendly!! A milestone is reached :)
Thank you :) I'll keep this for the future, right now I just installed the pluggin, and it seems to be working:)
Are WA's themes all compatible? If not, how can we tell which ones to use to be Google responsive?
You can test your site here. https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/
I just installed WPtouch plugin and it worked for my theme.
Inside the wordpress.org or when you search for a new theme look for the term responsive or responsive layout.
If you click Appearance>>themes and look at your installed themes, click on Theme details and check the description for responsive.
Saw that too. Fortunately I checked and both my sites are mobile user friendly. I would hate the idea of having to move, especially my niche site which has 66 pages, to another theme. Meh.
Mona, go to: http://tinyurl.com/plkjaz5
key your url into the test box and then click on "Analyze"
Google the matter, I would. Here's a good article on it I found right off the bat: https://www.imforza.com/blog/how-to-make-a-mobile-friendly-website/
thanks :) There should have been an overview where you choose the theme when you first start building your own website.. But I'll try to figure it out ;)
Sure wish you luck. I was just lucky, it seems, I didn't choose themes with any thought about mobile user friendliness.
Thanks! Well, I guess I'm lucky in one way, cause I just started, so I haven't built anything on my page yet, I just set it up:) So I guess I'll just have to make it mobile friendly before I start building content on it :)
Phew, I'm glad I bit the bullet earlier this year and changed themes. Not excited about the new theme but......it works.
Yes, I have already taken the action to conform to this new policy by Google.
Thank you for the post!
George
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Whew. Lucky mine is, at the moment.