The Impact of Mobile-first Indexing Explained

As the world continues to go mobile-first, Google has also taken the step to re-index websites based on their mobile version. In the past, Google would only consider the desktop versions of pages when analyzing and ranking them for search engine results. However, now the majority of Google searches are done on smartphones. Therefore, it makes sense to consider the mobile versions of pages when deciding which ones to rank for particular keyword searches. This is how mobile-first indexing came to be.