7 Mobile SEO Best Practices | EP 164

7 Mobile SEO Best Practices

1. Page speed/loading time 02:12
   • You want your pages to load as quickly as possible because mobile users are on the go.
2. Consider Google AMP 02:47
   • AMP stands for Accelerated Mobile Pages.
   • This framework helps to optimize your website for mobile.
3. Optimize images 04:49
   • You want your images to be as small as possible without losing image quality.
   • For more information on this topic, check out episode 64.
4. Tone down pop-ups 05:27
   • On mobile, screen space is very valuable. Users don’t want to see pop-ups on mobile.
5. Minify JS and CSS 07:21
   • This will help your website load so much faster.
   • Two plugins that can help you do this are WP Rocket and WP Super Cache
6. Make touchable elements touchable 09:10
   • Seems like it would be common sense, but designing for desktop is very different than designing on mobile.
   • Some desktop features will need to be turned off for mobile.
7. Use responsive design 10:08
   • The days of a separate mobile website are over. Use responsive design for your website.

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