{"id":738,"date":"2015-04-27T11:27:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T15:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kelseypro.com\/blog\/?p=738"},"modified":"2015-04-27T11:27:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T15:27:18","slug":"this-google-change-hits-small-businesses-are-you-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kelseypro.com\/blog\/this-google-change-hits-small-businesses-are-you-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"This Google Change Hits Small Businesses. Are You Ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of our clients have already taken care of having a mobile-ready website for their business. Just in case you or somebody you may know who is not aware that this has really happened. So stop what you&#8217;re doing, &#8217;cause we&#8217;re about to ruin the image and the style that you&#8217;re used to.<\/p>\n<p>No really. This is big. And it just happened last week.<\/p>\n<p>First thing&#8217;s first: <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Test your site&#8217;s mobile-friendliness <a href=\"http:\/\/click.e.hostingmessages.com\/?qs=40cf1950c21716e5f0a484c1ffc4b4cde3218d2cee95961241be8c8451da5195cdd84fdaf75fae20\">RIGHT NOW<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"full_width\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kelseypro.com\/img\/instagram1.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not long ago Google <span style=\"color: #1c75b6;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/click.e.hostingmessages.com\/?qs=40cf1950c21716e519437cde376cd9c0f04372cc2e8ecac1a4890e26022edfa336374cd164c42d64\">announced<\/a><\/strong><\/span> that as of April 21 <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal.&#8221;<\/span> That&#8217;s a major change.<\/p>\n<p>But what does that mean exactly?It means that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">preferential ranking treatment is now given to sites that are &#8220;optimized&#8221; for mobile. <\/span>It also means that having <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">a mobile-friendly website is no longer a nice option <\/span>to give your customer\u2014<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">it&#8217;s absolutely essential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">The good news is it&#8217;s pretty easy to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">see if your site makes the grade&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1c75b6; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/click.e.hostingmessages.com\/?qs=40cf1950c21716e5f0a484c1ffc4b4cde3218d2cee95961241be8c8451da5195cdd84fdaf75fae20\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> Take the Google Mobile Test Now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/finding-more-mobile-friendly-search.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read Article from Google<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If your business does not have a mobile website and will be affected by losing search presence on Google &#8211; Kelsey Media Productions can help!<\/p>\n<p>We have designed several mobile-friendly websites that can work seamlessly with your existing website design.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"mobile website services\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kelseypro.com\/index_sub_mobile.html\" target=\"_blank\">KELSEY MEDIA PRODUCTIONS MOBILE WEB DESIGN SERVICES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our web design services including mobile come with a One-Time cost with NO Monthly Fees!<\/p>\n<p>If you need more information then Get your burning questions answered by our experts at 781.365.4800.<\/p>\n<p>If you are also looking for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kelseypro.com\/index_sub_webdesign.html\" target=\"_blank\">new website<\/a> that works on desktop PC, Tablets, iPad and all smart phones&#8230; then look no further!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of our clients have already taken care of having a mobile-ready website for their business. 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