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Not Likely to See Impact of Google’s Mobile First Indexing Test Yet

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google-impact-mobile-firstWhen Google announced the mobile first indexing change, and revealed that they are now beginning to test it, many site owners began over analyzing their stats to see if they could see any changes with Googlebot crawl activity or search referrals from Google.

Some thought they are see a lot of desktop crawl throttling, but that is unrelated, according to Paul Haahr.  And normally an increase or drop in crawl rate isn’t a sign of a manual action or algorithmic issue impacting the site.

Of course, if a site has a large enough data set, they may be able to notice minor changes that could possibly be attributed to mobile first.

Google first revealed the move to mobile first last month, but released many more details on Friday.  You can find all the important information on mobile first indexing in our guide.

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Jennifer Slegg is a longtime speaker and expert in search engine marketing, working in the industry for almost 20 years. When she isn't sitting at her desk writing and working, she can be found grabbing a latte at her local Starbucks or planning her next trip to Disneyland. She regularly speaks at Pubcon, SMX, State of Search, Brighton SEO and more, and has been presenting at conferences for over a decade.

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