Will search be any different on a mobile phone though? Obviously there will be some small differences in how people use the internet on a mobile device rather than a normal computer, but will there be such a thing as mobile SEO?

Cracking mobile search should be at the top of many companies’ lists. When people can access the internet wherever they are, buying decisions could be influenced by many new factors. People already crave fast answers to questions and having those answers on their mobile device will increase that want still further.

If we look at how technology has progressed over the last decades – and beyond that to an extent – computers have become more powerful, certain elements have become much smaller and everything is faster. Advancements in personal computing technology are probably not what is going to affect change the most though. Super-fast internet access is the key. If people can access the same internet connection speed on their mobile device as they can on their personal computer running from a home/work broadband connection, the possibilities are endless. A uniform connection speed will probably force technology improvements in computing hardware and bring with it the true revolution of online.

Whether such a thing as SEO will exist for mobile is still to be seen. As search engines become more sophisticated, and real-time search improves, it is quite likely that manipulating results will become obsolete to a great extent. However, the search engines still need to make money, so they can’t make changes to algorithms to the level at which is probably possible unless other revenue streams can be secured.

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