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    Mobile-friendly check

    Emulates a Moto G4 to detect tap targets <44px, unreadable font sizes, horizontal scroll, and missing viewport meta — the mobile-first indexing killers.

    Updated 2026-07-10
    1 min read
    mobile
    responsive
    seo

    Quick answer#

    Every crawl runs a headless mobile emulation and grades tap-target size, font size, viewport, and horizontal overflow.

    What it checks#

  1. <meta name="viewport"> present with width=device-width
  2. Tap targets ≥44×44px with adequate spacing
  3. Base font size ≥16px (prevents iOS zoom)
  4. No horizontal scroll at 360px
  5. Images sized responsively

    6. Where to find it in Lemwatch#

    Site details → Mobile.

    How to fix#

  6. Add <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">.
  7. Bump button padding to 12px+ so tap targets hit 44px.
  8. Set base font-size to 16px.
  9. Use max-width: 100% on images and iframes.
  10. Re-run the check.

    11. FAQ#

    Why Moto G4?#

    It matches Google's mobile-first crawler profile.

    Does responsive design pass automatically?#

    Usually — but plugin widgets and third-party embeds are the common offenders.

    Related#

  11. Core Web Vitals
  12. Canonical tag check
  13. Structured data check
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