Official Google Mobile SEO Guides

[Dustybones]

Not sure if this has been posted yet. Quick guides to help people with Mobile SEO and troubleshooting.

Mobile SEO

Choose your mobile configuration

There are 3 ways to go mobile: responsive web design, dynamic serving, and separate URLs. Learn the pros and cons of each configuration and choose the most fitting method.

Signal your configuration to search engines

Make sure search engines like Google can understand your mobile site setup.

Avoid common mistakes

Here are some common mistakes we see on mobile websites. Make sure your site doesn't have any!

Configure for other devices

We have focused on smartphones so far - but there are other devices out there. Make sure your site is friendly on both tablets and feature phones.

 

[Linda Buquet]

Thanks so much for sharing Justin!

 

[CodyBaird]

Nice find Dusty! I also recommend using pingdom speed test to find actual page load speeds.

Google Insights doesn't show actual page load time. It is possible to see a good score on Google Insights but have 10 sec page load.

I have found sub 2 second loads will really bump rankings even in the largest cities.

 

[CodyBaird]

Google Insights:
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

Pingdom Speed Test:
http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/

 

[Linda Buquet]

Thanks Cody!

Also check out the mobile tool in this Moz post that shows exactly what's wrong as far as mobile issues: http://moz.com/ugc/cracking-the-google-mobile-friendly-test-how-to-score-100