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Google will punish “intrusive interstitials” with a ranking penalty in 2017

Google will punish “intrusive interstitials” with a ranking penalty in 2017

August 24, 2016

Google announced that is dropping the “mobile-friendly” label in search results. The company says that now 85 percent of pages in mobile results are in fact mobile-friendly. Google also said today in a blog post that it will impose a ranking penalty on “intrusive interstitials” that impede user access to content.

According to the post:

Pages that show intrusive interstitials provide a poorer experience to users than other pages where content is immediately accessible. This can be problematic on mobile devices where screens are often smaller.

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