Mobile-First Indexing: How Google Ranks Your Website and Why It Matters

Since 2011 designers and developers have been preaching the gospel of focusing on mobile design before desktop, and now more than ever, we are seeing just how important a mobile-first approach really is. Google has declared the mobile experience paramount in ranking, and with good reason, smartphones have consistently out-paced desktop traffic for years.
This shift means that if your website isn’t mobile-friendly, aside from mobile users running away screaming, you also risk losing visibility in search results. This is serious business!
