Desktop Google searches could end up slightly out of date compared to those done via smartphones, as the company begins to push mobile search. Google is fully splitting its search index into two distinct versions: a rapidly updated mobile one, and a separate, secondary search index for the desktop web. The search engine already promotes sites that work well on mobile devices over ones that don’t, a change introduced in April 2015. Joost de Valk, who runs search optimisation firm Yoast.com, said that the change is “the logical next step” for the search engine. “I think in part it is about pushing people to change their sites to be responsive rather than having a separate desktop and mobile site.

Source: The Guardian October 14, 2016 11:37 UTC