Google taking action against websites not properly optimized for mobile
Google has issued a fix
for a mobile search bug that would redirect people to a website’s
homepage instead of the results displayed.This would occur if a website
wasn’t properly optimized to handle requests from smartphones and as a
result a user would be redirected to mobile version of a site’s
homepage instead.
Starting today, Google will provide users with a
warning that their search “may open the site’s homepage,” but will still
offer a chance to try to visit the results displayed.
For now this feature is only works with English search results in the
US and if a website redirects a smartphone user to its homepage, Google
will send the site’s admin a message in Webmaster Tools’ Smartphone
Crawl Errors section. So, if you operate a website that has this issue,
prepare to have your inbox slammed.
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