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Did you know there's a recent development from Google that could be affecting your website traffic? If it's been a long time since your website was built, you should know that things have changed in a major way over the years with Google search and the rapid increase of Mobile search. Not long ago, Google announced some things that has impacted the Web in a major way and because of this, I'm encouraging my clients to consider updating their websites to mobile friendly platforms for several reasons. Reasons For Making Your Site Mobile-Friendly First and most importantly is that many of your visitors are now using smart phones as their primary source of Internet browsing. Second and nearly equally important is that Google is no longer displaying websites that are not "Mobile Friendly" in their mobile search results. Internet Users Have Adapted And So Should You Test Your Website I've tested dozens of websites and many do not meet the req

A Mysterious Invitation From Google During a random search for a solution to a coding problem Max encountered a mysterious invitation from Google. Max blogged about his experience and recalls, "I Googled [python lambda function list comprehension.] The familiar blue links appeared, and I started to look for the most relevant one. But then something unusual happened." And what did happen next and over the course of the next three months seems to be something out of a Matrixesque science fiction story. The screen of his browser folded back and revealed a cryptic message "You're speaking our language. Up for a challenge?" was all it said. With three options to continue. "I want to play", "No Thanks" or "Don't show me this again". After clicking the option "I want to play" Max was taken to a UNIX UI simulation where he spent the next two weeks interacting with the program, and was finally asked to input h