{"id":9573,"date":"2015-04-27T07:59:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T12:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?p=9573"},"modified":"2015-04-27T16:07:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T21:07:22","slug":"will-googles-mobilegeddon-hurt-my-small-business-what-should-i-do-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/will-googles-mobilegeddon-hurt-my-small-business-what-should-i-do-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Google&#8217;s Mobilegeddon Hurt My Small Business? What Should I Do NOW?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.button {\n    display: block;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n    width: 370px;\n    height: 55px;\n    font: 700 24px\/50px \"Trebuchet MS\", Arial;\n    text-align: center;\n    color: #1f1f1f;\n    background: url(https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/button.png);\n}<\/p>\n<p>.button:hover {\n    background-position: 0 -55px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<p>Are you ready, friends? Mobilegeddon is upon us.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mobilegeddon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mobilegeddon.png\" alt=\"mobilegeddon\" width=\"220\" height=\"283\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry, your new smartphone hasn\u2019t finally become sentient (that we know of), but there are big changes ahead. Before you reach for your tinfoil hat, there are a few things you should know.<\/p>\n<p>Google tweaked its search algorithm on Tuesday. From now on, sites that aren\u2019t mobile-friendly &#8212; meaning ones that have text that&#8217;s too small, take a long time to load, or are generally hard to navigate &#8212; will see their search rankings plummet. 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