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Google said pages whose main content was not easily accessible after a mobile-search click because of intrusive interstitials might not rank as highly.
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- Helping users easily access content on mobile
Google Search Central Blog · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-22
“pages where content is not easily accessible to a user on the transition from the mobile search results may not rank as highly” — Section 'Helping users find the content they're looking for'
- Helping users easily access content on mobile
Google Search Central Blog · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-22
“pages where content is not easily accessible to a user on the transition from the mobile search results may not rank as highly.” — lines 2433-2435
- Google warns it will crack down on "intrusive interstitials" in January
Search Engine Land · retrieved 2026-08-22
“Google will be potentially penalizing - i.e., lowering the rankings - of these web pages.” — Article body
Related claims
- DERIVED_FROMGoogle announced that mobile-friendliness would become a ranking signal for mobile searches starting April 21, 2015.Under evaluation
- DERIVED_FROMGoogle announced in 2020 that page-experience signals would be incorporated into Search ranking.Under evaluation
Release: seo-geo-product-v0.3 · Phase Two freeze: P2-CORE300-FINAL-v1.0 · Generated: 2026-08-23T08:01:40Z