Re: [Wikimedia-l] Google rankings and mobile phone support`
Hoi Pine, Thanks for the link to the test tool. grin I find that the one project dearest to my heart is doing poorly /grin. It seems that our projects themselves are fairing much better than what the news led me to believe.. The point of it all is that mobile phones need to be well supported. It is good that we are working strongly on improving our mobile presence and the software and the group of readers they represent are becoming main-stream as time progresses. Thanks, GerardM On 27 April 2015 at 08:41, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Gerard, Yes, I saw this news as well. Check out these results: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=www.wikipedia.org https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=en.wikipedia.org https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=commons.wikimedia.org https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=www.wikimediafoundation.org https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=www.wikimedia.org https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=blog.wikimedia.org It looks like most but not all Wikimedia sites pass Google's test. Personally I hope we invest heavily in Mobile Web in the next annual plan. I would like to see growth in mobile readership and growth in mobile contributions, and year-over-year growth in combined desktop and mobile readership and contributions. Thanks, Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* https://www.wikipedia.org/ *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro* On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Hoi, It is all over the news. Google will push mobile phone support by changing its ranking algorithm. A website that does not support mobiles well will suffer the consequences. Several sources like /. indicate that Wikipedia has a problem. I am anxious to learn what we are going to do. From my perspective this is not a time of endless deliberations; we have done that, we have been there. Mobile is where we grow. It seems to me a no brainer that we will move lock stock and barrel to a more mobile friendly environment. Thanks. GerardM http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/04/google-thank-you-for-pushing-mobile.html ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Google rankings and mobile phone support`
Hoi, It is all over the news. Google will push mobile phone support by changing its ranking algorithm. A website that does not support mobiles well will suffer the consequences. Several sources like /. indicate that Wikipedia has a problem. I am anxious to learn what we are going to do. From my perspective this is not a time of endless deliberations; we have done that, we have been there. Mobile is where we grow. It seems to me a no brainer that we will move lock stock and barrel to a more mobile friendly environment. Thanks. GerardM http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/04/google-thank-you-for-pushing-mobile.html ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Google rankings and mobile phone support`
Hi Gerard, Yes, I saw this news as well. Check out these results: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=www.wikipedia.org https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=en.wikipedia.org https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=commons.wikimedia.org https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=www.wikimediafoundation.org https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=www.wikimedia.org https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=blog.wikimedia.org It looks like most but not all Wikimedia sites pass Google's test. Personally I hope we invest heavily in Mobile Web in the next annual plan. I would like to see growth in mobile readership and growth in mobile contributions, and year-over-year growth in combined desktop and mobile readership and contributions. Thanks, Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* https://www.wikipedia.org/ *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro* On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Hoi, It is all over the news. Google will push mobile phone support by changing its ranking algorithm. A website that does not support mobiles well will suffer the consequences. Several sources like /. indicate that Wikipedia has a problem. I am anxious to learn what we are going to do. From my perspective this is not a time of endless deliberations; we have done that, we have been there. Mobile is where we grow. It seems to me a no brainer that we will move lock stock and barrel to a more mobile friendly environment. Thanks. GerardM http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/04/google-thank-you-for-pushing-mobile.html ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
