July 6, 2015
Dear OmegaNet Clients:
Google’s Plan to Penalize Non-Mobile-Friendly Sites
Recently Google.com, the search engine two thirds of web users prefer, started penalizing websites that are not mobile-phone friendly in its organic searches (You can read more about it here and here).
This means, unless we have already made the public pages of your site mobile friendly, your ranking will be hurt in Google searches.
A website is not automatically mobile-phone-friendly. In fact, it requires a complete restructuring of your site. Because of the vast differences in screen sizes and orientation between desktop, laptop, tablet and cellphone, it can be akin to designing two-to-four different sites.
The Solution:
OmegaNet has built a number of mobile-friendly sites recently and can convert the public pages of your site. Because the transition to mobile-friendly requires restructuring, this will likely require that a redesign be done at the same time. The good new is your site will have a fresh design as well as being mobile-friendly.
OmegaNet may not be hosting your public area, if you are an “attached” site, where you just link from your retail site to the CAMEO EZ© login page. If so you may have to work with your website host to comply with Google’s new rules.
You should be aware that a mobile version of a website is VERY different from a desktop version. Besides just screen orientation, the small size of a phone dictates that not as many pictures can be used and navigation has to collapse or slide off the side of the screen. If you want to dictate the design, you will need to design at least two versions, one for mobile and one for desktop.
Redesigns including mobile-phone compatibility start as low as $1,500. The final cost will depend on a lot of factors. Ask OmegaNet for a quote to make sure the features you want are included.
This is not mandatory of course, but we want you to be aware of the ramifications. Contact OmegaNet for first-come-first-served scheduling of your mobile-friendly redesign at sales@omeganetinc.net. If you are at the Atlanta Show and would like to discuss the process, you can call Toni’s cell at 404-909-1895.
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