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Example of hte page load speed on an AMP page vs non-AMP page

Paul Thornton - Friday 14th December 2018

AMP, PWAs and PWAMP – what do they mean for your SEO Strategy?

The web is changing, and we need to keep up. Acronyms are on the attack! But don’t worry, we’re here to help.

Google has stated that speed is of the essence – in 2016, Gary Illyes of Google stated: “Speed is the biggest factor driving engagement on the mobile web”. There are, what feels like, an infinite number of studies linking page speed with engagement and conversion metrics, many here on the Hubspot blog, so I won’t go into that now, but take it from me and the many industry professionals talking about it – it’s a big deal!

Google feels that it’s a big deal too. Starting earlier last month (July 2018), Google released the speed update which brings Page Speed as a ranking factor in mobile search. Currently, it only impacts a small number of queries and only affects the slowest pages, so unless your website…

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Gavin Hirst - Tuesday 26th September 2017

Is PWAMP the future of our mobile-first world?

With the mobile-first index fast approaching, we wanted to take a look at some of the options available to webmasters when it comes to readying yourself for the switch to the mobile-first index.

Announced way back in November 2016, the mobile-first index will see Google shift from ranking websites based on their desktop content, to their mobile content. Whilst no official date has been set by Google for the change, Google’s Gary Illyes announced at SMX Advanced in Seattle back in June 2017 that this is likely to start rolling out in early 2018.

TL;DR

If you don’t have time to read the whole article, feel free to skip to the bits that you are most interested in:

  1. What is the mobile-first index?
  2. Why is Google moving to a mobile-first index?
  3. How to prepare for the mobile-first index
  4. 3 ways to speed up your mobile website

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Tags: AMP Mobile First Index Mobile Speed PWA PWAMP

Image to represent Google's Mobile First Index

Paul Thornton - Tuesday 22nd November 2016

Google’s Mobile First Index – what it means for you

For only the second time in history, Google have announced that they will be conducting an update to their algorithm before the update goes live. The previous time was what SEO’s dubbed “Mobilegeddon”, and this time it’s also specific to mobile, however, the forthcoming change also affects desktop. Although the exact date has not been set, we expect the ‘mobile first index’ to launch early in the New Year. The fact that Google has made the announcement ahead of time, giving SEOs and Webmasters time to get their sites in order tells you all you need to know about the importance and impact the update is likely to have.

 

What is the planned update?

Google announced on Friday 4 November that they are going to split the index and will have a separate desktop and mobile index. Currently the index on both desktop and mobile is based on your desktop…

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Tags: Google Google Algorithm Mobile First Index SEO