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Google announced that mobile-friendliness would become a ranking signal for mobile searches starting April 21, 2015.

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REPEATSGoogle’s 2015 mobile-friendly ranking update increased the ranking of mobile-friendly pages in mobile search results.Supported
DERIVED_FROMGoogle said mobile pages showing app-install interstitials that hid significant content would no longer be considered mobile-friendly after November 1, 2015.Under evaluation
DERIVED_FROMGoogle said pages whose main content was not easily accessible after a mobile-search click because of intrusive interstitials might not rank as highly.Supported

Release: seo-geo-product-v0.3 · Phase Two freeze: P2-CORE300-FINAL-v1.0 · Generated: 2026-08-23T08:01:40Z