{"id":16497,"date":"2020-07-13T09:03:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T09:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/?p=16497"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:58:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:58:12","slug":"mobile-friendly-testing-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Friendly Test Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Mobile Friendly Test [Data by Google].<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>This tool is no longer available, because API support is deprecated<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote\n<p>The Mobile Friendly Testing tool is powered by the official Google mobile friendly testing platform, to help you to test and make sure your website is technically optimized for mobile. <\/p>\n<h2>Why is a mobile friendly website important? <\/h2>\n<div class=\"info-block\">\n<p>Because most people are searching on Google with a mobile device. For this reason Google introduced their mobile-first indexing strategy. On September 2020 Google will switch from primarily desktop indexing to mobile-first indexing for all websites. This means Google uses the mobile version of a website to build their indexing and for ranking. Almost all crawling will be done with Google smartphone user agent (here you can have an overview of all <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/1061943\">Google user agents<\/a>). To summarize, having your website optimized for mobile is essential to perform well in the Google search results.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How to perform a Mobile friendly test?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter img-responsive size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mobile-Friendly-Test.png\" alt=\"Mobile Friendly Test\"><\/p>\n<ul class=\"explanation\">\n<li>Enter the URL you want to test for mobile accessibility.<\/li>\n<li>Hit the &#8220;Perform SEO scan&#8221; button.<\/li>\n<li>Get the results from the official Google Mobile friendly testing procedure. <br>There are 2 types of results returned by the tool:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li> The page is mobile friendly.<\/li>\n<li>The page is not mobile friendly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Use the outcome of the mobile testing report to optimize your website. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Additional SEO checks you probably like to perform..<\/h2>\n<p>The results from the Google SEO audit will help you to understand the on-page basics. To fully analyse how well a website is optimized for search, I recommend you to also have a look at these tools:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Backlink analysis &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/valuable-backlinks-checker\/\">https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/valuable-backlinks-checker\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Keyword research &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/keyword-research-tool\/\">https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/keyword-research-tool\/<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Google Rank checker: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/rank-checker\/\">https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/rank-checker\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Content analysis &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/seo-content-score-checker\/\">https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/seo-content-score-checker\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Mobile Friendly Test Report<\/h2>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter img-responsive size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mobile-friendly-analysis.png\" alt=\"Mobile Friendly analysis\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The automated mobile friendly analysis is performed based on 9 possible technical mobile accessibility factors. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"explanation\">\n<li>Unknown rule. Sorry, we don&#8217;t have any description for the rule that was broken.<\/li>\n<li>Plugins incompatible with mobile devices are being used.<\/li>\n<li>Viewport is not specified using the meta viewport tag.<\/li>\n<li>Viewport defined to a fixed width.<\/li>\n<li>Content not sized to viewport.<\/li>\n<li>Font size is too small for easy reading on a small screen.<\/li>\n<li>Touch elements are too close to each other.<\/li>\n<li>Font size is too small for easy reading on a small screen.<\/li>\n<li>Touch elements are too close to each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mobile friendly best practices. <\/h2>\n<p>Based on Google&#8217;s SEO starters guide, here are some examples and guidelines to help you create a Google-friendly website.<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<div class=\"info-block\">\n<ul class=\"positive\">\n<li>Make sure Google can access and <strong>is able to render your content<\/strong>. <\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Give Google access to <strong>all your resources<\/strong> it needs to visually render your website. <\/li>\n<li>Use the same <strong>robots directives<\/strong> for mobile and desktop. <\/li>\n<li>Make sure Google has <strong>access to video and images<\/strong> that are loaded using lazy loading technology. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Make sure that your website contains the <strong>same content<\/strong> on mobile and desktop.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure that your website contains the <strong>same structured data<\/strong> on mobile and desktop.<\/li>\n<li>Use<strong> identical metadata<\/strong> for mobile and desktop.<\/li>\n<li>Make use of <strong>Responsive Web Design<\/strong> to give both desktop and mobile visitors the best user experience. <strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>To Avoid<\/h3>\n<div class=\"info-block\">\n<ul class=\"negative\">\n<li>Blocking JavaScript, CSS and image files.<\/li>\n<li>Slow loading pages.<\/li>\n<li>Serving different content to mobile and desktop users. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Further reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/mobile-sites\/mobile-seo\/common-mistakes\">https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/mobile-sites\/mobile-seo\/common-mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Other useful SEO resources (by Google)<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/mobile-sites\">Website mobile-friendly best practices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webmasters.googleblog.com\/2020\/03\/announcing-mobile-first-indexing-for.html\">Full Mobile first indexing announcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/1061943\">Overview of Google crawlers (user agents)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/mobile-sites\/mobile-seo\">Mobile-friendly technical solutions.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mobile Friendly Test [Data by Google]. This tool is no longer available, because API support is deprecated","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-16497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deprecated","tag-google-tools"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mobile Friendly Test Tool \u2192 SEO Review Tools<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mobile Friendly Test Tool \u2192 SEO Review Tools\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mobile Friendly Test [Data by Google]. This tool is no longer available, because API support is deprecated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SEO Review Tools\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-13T09:03:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-15T12:58:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mobile-Friendly-Test.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1388\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"598\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jasja ter Horst (admin)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SEOReviewTools\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SEOReviewTools\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jasja ter Horst (admin)\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jasja ter Horst (admin)\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39703415fe4bc4ab775e9c3a88e485cb\"},\"headline\":\"Mobile Friendly Test Tool\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-13T09:03:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-15T12:58:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/\"},\"wordCount\":21,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mobile-Friendly-Test.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Google tools\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Deprecated\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/\",\"name\":\"Mobile Friendly Test Tool \u2192 SEO Review Tools\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mobile-Friendly-Test.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-13T09:03:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-15T12:58:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39703415fe4bc4ab775e9c3a88e485cb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mobile-Friendly-Test.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mobile-Friendly-Test.png\",\"width\":1388,\"height\":598},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mobile Friendly Test Tool\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/\",\"name\":\"SEO Review Tools\",\"description\":\"Making SEO accessible\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39703415fe4bc4ab775e9c3a88e485cb\",\"name\":\"Jasja ter Horst (admin)\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb6e62e3720214b4311a1dd8d0927f75e8ecf14da0f7a8f96fc4a3174ac0dd25?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb6e62e3720214b4311a1dd8d0927f75e8ecf14da0f7a8f96fc4a3174ac0dd25?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jasja ter Horst (admin)\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mobile Friendly Test Tool \u2192 SEO Review Tools","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mobile Friendly Test Tool \u2192 SEO Review Tools","og_description":"Mobile Friendly Test [Data by Google]. This tool is no longer available, because API support is deprecated","og_url":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/","og_site_name":"SEO Review Tools","article_published_time":"2020-07-13T09:03:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-15T12:58:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1388,"height":598,"url":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mobile-Friendly-Test.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jasja ter Horst (admin)","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SEOReviewTools","twitter_site":"@SEOReviewTools","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jasja ter Horst (admin)","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/"},"author":{"name":"Jasja ter Horst (admin)","@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39703415fe4bc4ab775e9c3a88e485cb"},"headline":"Mobile Friendly Test Tool","datePublished":"2020-07-13T09:03:41+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-15T12:58:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/"},"wordCount":21,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mobile-Friendly-Test.png","keywords":["Google tools"],"articleSection":["Deprecated"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/","url":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/","name":"Mobile Friendly Test Tool \u2192 SEO Review Tools","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mobile-Friendly-Test.png","datePublished":"2020-07-13T09:03:41+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-15T12:58:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39703415fe4bc4ab775e9c3a88e485cb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mobile-Friendly-Test.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mobile-Friendly-Test.png","width":1388,"height":598},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/mobile-friendly-testing-tool\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mobile Friendly Test Tool"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/","name":"SEO Review Tools","description":"Making SEO accessible","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/#\/schema\/person\/39703415fe4bc4ab775e9c3a88e485cb","name":"Jasja ter Horst (admin)","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb6e62e3720214b4311a1dd8d0927f75e8ecf14da0f7a8f96fc4a3174ac0dd25?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb6e62e3720214b4311a1dd8d0927f75e8ecf14da0f7a8f96fc4a3174ac0dd25?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Jasja ter Horst (admin)"}}]}},"views":28990,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16497"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73937,"href":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16497\/revisions\/73937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seoreviewtools.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}