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>Right, I have wrote that in my first comment My mistake. >I know technical reasons are still possible... It could be as simple as a penalty for breaking one

>Right, I have wrote that in my first comment My mistake. >I know technical reasons are still possible... It could be as simple as a penalty for breaking one of their webmaster guidelines.

Const-me 8y ago
> could be as simple as a penalty for breaking one of their webmaster guidelines. Agree. Could also be for not having a mobile-friendly version, or for not using AMP. Still, even if google does nothing illegal here and acts in good faith, do you think it’s OK to de-prioritize relevant search results based on these technicalities? As a consumer, when I search stuff in a desktop browser, I don’t give a damn about mobile versions nor webmaster guidelines. I want search results relevant to my search query. Arbitrary limitations imposed on web masters by search engine decrease quality of results.
- SquareWheel 8y ago
  >Still, even if google does nothing illegal here and acts in good faith, do you think it’s OK to de-prioritize relevant search results based on these technicalities? I do. That's actually the job of a search engine. If it wasn't choosing ranking factors, then it would just be a directory search. Search engines are far more useful and relevant because they give more context to their results. >when I search stuff in a desktop browser, I don’t give a damn about mobile versions Desktop SERPs are actually different than mobile SERPs. They're crawled and indexed independently. A bad mobile site won't affect desktop results.