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Google will apply penalties to sites not optimized for mobile devices

Google has announced changed in the search algorithm which will favor sites with a version for mobiles. This will apply as of 21 April 2015.

Google has announced in its official blog for Webmasters that for searches made from mobile devices, the algorithm will be changed, granting more relevance to sites with a version optimized for such devices.  

This article explains the issue in detail and this other article confirms that the change announced will be in effect as of 21 April 2015.
 
To find out if your site is “mobile-device-friendly” you may verify it using this tool

There are numerous publications on the impact that this will have on the position of search results of millions of sites.  
For those who use GXportal, the good news is that they will be able to have their site optimized for Smartphones in just a few steps, and benefit from these changes also in Google’s search algorithms.
 
We invite everyone to find out how this functionality works in detail, by accessing our Wiki, and later apply it to their sites. 
 

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