Website SEO Alert: The One Thing Every Photographer Should Do Today

Google has drawn a line in the sand, go mobile-friendly or get penalized. According to Google’s Webmaster Blog, you have until April 21 to go mobile-friendly before their new search engine algorithm takes effect. The good news, mobile friendly sites should expect a slight boost in rankings.

Rarely does Google say much about the inner workings of their secret search engine algorithm before a change arrives. When Google tips its hand, I pay attention.

So I checked out my websites. My main photography site http://allebachphotography.com failed. Google failed it for:

Text too small to read



Links too close together



Mobile viewport not set

Even more worrisome than Google’s penalty for mobile unfriendly sites, my potential clients can’t navigate my website! I’m losing income by being mobile unfriendly.

Google analytics showed 83% of visitors from Facebook in the last 10 days were using a mobile device.

How to Check If Your Website Is Mobile-Friendly

The Solution: Go Responsive

Responsive websites resize themselves automatically and provide mobile specific navigation. I decided that my next website, which will launch before April 21, will be responsive. If you use wordpress, make sure your gallery is responsive.

Let us know in the comments how your website faired with Google’s Mobile Friendly Tools.

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About the Guest Contributor

Hailed by a Rock n Roll Bride as “the Original Tattooed Bride Photographer,” Mike Allebach started a movement to make Tattooed Brides acceptable back in 2008. Since then, he started Photographer’s Brandsmash and maintains a portrait and boudoir studio in the suburbs of Philadelphia.