Mobile Version SEO question
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Hi there,
Quick question on mobile SEO. Basically, I don't think I can effectively format my mobile website design unless I just build it as a collection of pictures. This way it'll be possible to format so it doesn't look a jumbled mess. My question - if my mobile version is just essentially HQ screenshots/pictures put together, how will that affect my SEO for mobile?
PS if anyone has suggestions on how I can design my mobile version without affecting desktop I'd appreciate it. I'm using shopify and across many of the themes I've tried whatever I design on desktop has to format on mobile as well. To my knowledge only wix allows you to independently edit the mobile and desktop versions.
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Thanks for sharing
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@terentyev
Thanks for sharing Your Thoughts. -
@markellw since Google has switched to mobile-first indexing, the mobile version of your site is now more important than your desktop one.
Regarding mobile UX, you can use CSS tabs that are expanded upon click, or accordions expandable upon click. When you do this, make sure that the texts are visible by crawlers. You can either check it with JavaScript turned off, or via Google Search Console. There are multiple mentions on Google Webmaster Hours by JohnMu and others, that Google now reads texts that are hidden by CSS.If you include only images on your mobile version, this will, most likely, decrease your ranks, because the content is still a ranking factor. Google needs to understand what your page is about.
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