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Old 05-31-2022, 03:37 AM  
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Do you think a stronger desktop performance might be ignored if the mobile performance is not as good?
Google is a mobile-first index. However, sites with a bad Desktop score will also see a negative impact as of a few months ago. This is because some sites were making mobile extremely user-friendly, then making desktop cancer with a side of herpes and AIDS.

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My desktop performance is 87. My mobile is 64.

I don't really care about my mobile if my desktop can stand on its own. Does Google weight these separately?
Sort of, but they're still a mobile-first index. Assuming the same site structure, link profile (etc) on a competitor of yours, the one with the higher mobile score will have the better position on both platforms.

The desktop score really only matters if it's bad. What I mean by that is, if your mobile score is say, 94 but you make Desktop super mega cancer and it's a 58, then you won't fare as well against someone who may also be 94 on mobile, but 99 on desktop.

You should've started caring about mobile experience in about 2012.
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