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  "claim": "Google completed its move to mobile-first indexing in October 2023",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Google now indexes the mobile version of your site\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
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    "worst": 1
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  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Google Search Central",
    "title": "Mobile-first indexing has landed (Oct. 31, 2023)",
    "year": "2023"
  },
  "quote": "Mobile-first indexing has landed - thanks for all your support Tuesday, October 31, 2023 It's been a long road, getting from there to here. We're delighted to announce that the trek to Mobile First Indexing is now complet",
  "method": "Official Google announcement.",
  "drift": [
    "Google crawls with a smartphone user agent; content missing from the mobile version may not be indexed"
  ],
  "interest": "Google describing its own systems.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Google announced on October 31, 2023 that its move to mobile-first indexing was complete, so it primarily crawls and indexes the mobile version of pages.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Google Search Central — Mobile-first indexing has landed",
      "url": "https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/10/mobile-first-is-here",
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    }
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  "as_of": "Announcement, Oct. 31, 2023",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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