How important is mobile-friendliness?

How important is mobile-friendliness?

Unless you have been hiding under a rock you will see the dominance of mobile usage today.  Everyone is on their phones (way too much).  But often website design agencies forget this and do a desktop top design approach.

Mobile first with desktop in parallel is the best approach for an effective design and it has an important factor for Google and SEO.  Since 202 Google has focused on mobile first indexing which means in layperson terms mobile is checked first by the search engine

Mobile-friendliness is crucial for SEO because more people are using mobile devices to access the internet.

In Search Console, you can easily check if your site uses mobile-first indexing. Look at the settings page for the status. You can also use the URL Inspection Tool to check a specific URL and see how it was last crawled.

Search engines like Google prioritise mobile-friendly websites in their rankings. A mobile-friendly site provides a better user experience by ensuring that the content is easily accessible and readable on smaller screens. Responsive web design, fast loading times, and easy navigation are key elements of mobile-friendliness. Ensuring your website is mobile-friendly can improve your search engine rankings, user experience, and overall site performance.