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# Google search goes mobile first - desktop database relegated
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2016/10/google-search-goes-mobile-first-desktop-database-relegated/
- Published: 2016-10-20T12:20:23.000Z
- Updated: 2016-10-20T12:20:23.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Google, mobile, mobile strategy, search, search engines, SEO

Google is going to make its forthcoming [mobile search index its primary dataset](http://searchengineland.com/google-divide-index-giving-mobile-users-better-fresher-content-261037?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> Google is going to create a separate mobile index within months, one that will be the main or “primary” index that the search engine uses to respond to queries. A separate desktop index will be maintained, one that will not be as up-to-date as the mobile index.

While it’s not yet clear *exactly* what this means, we can infer that mobile-friendliness – already critical – is now *de rigeur* if you want to be found in search at all.