Google announced that mobile-friendliness is about to become a serious ranking factor for mobile searches.

If you don’t have a mobile friendly website or "mobile compatibility", your competitors will have an edge over you when customers search in Google. We can help you get mobile before these changes go into effect!

This is more than geeky SEO news: this is a wake-up call for brands of all sizes. And Created4Design is helping business prepare with a limited number of no-obligation, hand-built Mobile Usability Action Plans, available on a first come, first served basis.

Google started highlighting how well websites adapt (or don’t) to smartphone and tablet users this past November, when they rolled out the [lightbox type="image" src="/images/google-mobile-friendly-example.png"] "Mobile-friendly” label [/lightbox]. The gray text has been a gentle nudge for websites that are either responsive to mobile platforms or that redirect to a separate mobile site, but Google promised it wasn’t affecting rankings (yet).