{"id":2214,"date":"2015-04-30T17:46:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T14:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\/blog\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2024-02-12T15:31:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T12:31:24","slug":"taming-10-horses-mobile-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\/blog\/taming-10-horses-mobile-apocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"Taming the 10 Horses of the Mobile Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a week since the Google Mobile-Friendly Algorithm Update rolled out. It is a long-running update and it continues to affect websites that are compliant or non-compliant with the Google mobile search guidelines.\u00a0 Most webmasters claim the update seems to be insignificant and only a few major websites like Reddit suffered from <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/winners-losers-google-mobilegeddon-219786\">being hit<\/a><\/span> by Google Mobilegeddon. However the list of losers and winners is not final. Google reports that the update may take weeks to roll out.<\/p>\n<p>If you noticed that your website saw a significant mobile traffic drop you are likely to make it into the Google Mobile-friendly post-apocalyptic zone. It should be no big deal, because Google updates its mobile-friendly data on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that you can regain your lost visibility score and earn Google\u2019s <strong><em>mobile<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>&#8211;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>friendly<\/em><\/strong> label reward. In our <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Mobile-Seo-Issues-Checklist.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Mobile SEO Issues Checklist<\/a><\/span> you will learn about the 10 Horsemen of the Google Mobile Apocalypse and the ways to sweep them away.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to check how well your website is optimized for mobiles with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\/website-audit.htm?&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_mediu=blog-post&amp;utm_campaign=blog-apr-2015-taming-10-horses-mobile-apocalypse\">WebCEO&#8217;s Website Audit Tool.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a week since the Google Mobile-Friendly Algorithm Update rolled out. It is a long-running update and it continues to affect websites that are compliant or non-compliant with the Google mobile search guidelines.\u00a0 Most webmasters claim the update seems&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[41,53,11],"class_list":["post-2214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seo-tips-tricks","tag-google-updates","tag-mobile-website-optimization","tag-seo-audit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mobile SEO Checklist for the Google Mobile-Friendly Update<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Download the Mobile SEO Issues Checklist to learn about the 10 Horsemen of the Google Mobile Apocalypse and the ways to sweep them away.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\/blog\/taming-10-horses-mobile-apocalypse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mobile SEO Checklist for the Google Mobile-Friendly Update\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Download the Mobile SEO Issues Checklist to learn about the 10 Horsemen of the Google Mobile Apocalypse and the ways to sweep them away.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.webceo.com\/blog\/taming-10-horses-mobile-apocalypse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SEO tools &amp; 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