Are you ready? Google plans to update the algorithm by this Month May, 2021
Are you ready? Google plans to update the algorithm by this Month May, 2021.
I hope everyone has heard this news and is preparing for the changes. As a SEO expert I’d like to explain here very shortly what we should do. It is not rocket science, these are simple steps you could check and fix. Google plans to update the algorithm to include a factor they’re calling page experience.
This includes Google Search signals such as mobile-friendliness, safe-browsing, HTTPS and intrusive interstitial guidelines. It also includes the metrics in Google’s web vitals, which have to do with site load times, interactivity and visual stability.
Here, I am explaining very simple, please check the following checklist:
Is your site mobile friendly?
Is you site HTTPS (If not purchase SSL for your domain)
Check website loading time on web and mobile devices
Having appropriate placement of your CTAs and using alt text for your image
So, above are important, now, data is great, but you have to know what to do with the data after you review it.
Understanding The Google Metrics
LCP (Largest Contentful Paint), which is fancy language for how long it takes the page to load
FID (First Input Delay), which is interactivity or how long before someone clicks on a link on the page
CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift), which is visual stability or how easy it is to get through the page
If you fix all the above preliminaries, then you are set to go, and ready for Google updates!
