If you’re like most webmasters, you likely saw something troubling last month. Search engine rankings in your industry were all over the place.
Some websites completely tanked, others rose straight to the top; worse still, it all happened seemingly without rhyme or reason. Not surprisingly, SEOs quickly went wild with speculation.
What was Google doing?
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If you’re a regular here, you will have noticed that a lot of our monthly roundups have a focus on recent news in the SEO industry, such as recent actions Google has taken. However, May was a fairly calm month in the world of SEO.
So for that reason, you’ll see a lot of informational and tutorial types articles in this roundup. From performing your first SEO audit to building a social media strategy that works, these are the best articles that we found in May.
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It’s official: as of April 21, 2015, “mobile friendliness” is now a ranking factor. That means if your site isn’t optimized for mobile browsing, it won’t just leave you with dissatisfied users. It will also result in a ranking penalty.
Even if it’s a small penalty, there’s no point in getting hit with it if it’s easily avoided.
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