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How often would you say that you check out websites on your mobile phone?  If you are like me I am on my phone a lot more than I am sitting in front of my desktop computer.  If I’m not on my phone then I’m likely to be on my Ipad.  On April 21, 2015 Google is changing the way it ranks pages on mobile devices.  They will be boosting the ranking of mobile friendly pages on mobile search results.  I have not been worrying about page rankings as I am a small blog but I am trying to learn and grow the blog so I know I will have to pay more attention to this.  I am more concerned presently of how my page opens and looks on mobile devices.  I know that when I go to a site and I only get a desktop view I am highly annoyed and will leave the site and by the time I return to my desktop I have probably forgotten which site I wanted to view.  Even though I am not a big time blogger with oodles of page views I still want my readers to access my content on their mobile devices with ease.

Google has created a quick and easy way for you to test whether or not your site is mobile friendly.  Just go to this link and insert your url and click.

Mobile Friendly Test by Google

I am on blogger and there is an easy way to check and change the settings so that way your site is mobile friendly as well.

Step 1:  Go to your blogger Template Page

template page
Step 2: Click on the gear on the mobile section and this page will pop up.  Make sure you have selected ‘Yes’ show mobile template on mobile devices and don’t forget to click save.  
mobile friendly
That is it!  You are done and mobile friendly if you are with blogger.  I am not familiar with WordPress or any other web platforms other than blogger so I can not help you other then to direct you to check out the support sections of those web platforms.  
Of particular interest also maybe to check out how you have embedded any Youtube videos on your site.  If you visit Google Web Master Central Blog you can get even more information on making your page mobile friendly.  FAQ #11 answers the Youtube question.  
mobile friendly
So have you made sure your page is mobile friendly?  I hope this helps anyone who might be new at blogging on blogger.  And hey, why not tell me if you are viewing from a mobile device to read this post?  How did it look?  
Cheers and Happy Blogging, 
Bonnie

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