New Mobile Issues: Google and Twenty Seventeen Theme
Published on May 28, 2019
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This was originally going to be a question but there was too much in it so I decided to make it into a Post. Google has sent me a report: "Search Console has identified that your site is affected by 3 new issues of type Mobile Usability."
According to the Google Console repot the issues reported seem to be "new" .. I was considering if this means "Mobile Usability" requirements have been recently inceased by Google.
To put this in context I am using Twenty Seventeen Theme. I understood this Theme is Mobile Friendly ... ie "responsive".
Googles first point: "text to small". I am using the defaut text size and this cannot be customised in Twenty Seventeen without a level of technical skills ... which I do not have.
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Googles second point: "clickable elements". I am not sure what they mean .. if they are referring to menu spacing etc then that is under the control of the Theme. If it is "links" in my blog posts then I can space them out more.
Googles third point: "content wider than the theme". As far as I understand this is under the control of the Theme.
So the questions becomes:
- Has the "Mobile Usability" algorithm on Coogle changed recently?
- Are the Twenty Seventeen theme issues easily fixed or should I change themes?
- Perhaps some older themes including Twenty Seventeen are best no longer used by not so technical people?
If is seems that Twenty Seventeen is no longer the solution for my website I will most likely move to Twenty Nineteen which I am already familar with. I do not want a long learning curve with a new Theme and, from past (limited) experience, I have spent hours on new themes to then find that they do not work for my purpose and I then need to try another one.
And as a final point, this website is starting to have increased traffic. It backs up the marketing of a physical business which we are starting to expand around the country. 12 months ago the Google issues would not have been important but now they are.
Any constructive comments or discussion on this post is welcome.
Cheers, William B.
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