📱 Is mobile-first design important for AI search?

Yes — AI crawlers use mobile user agents. If your mobile version is slow, broken, or content-light, AI engines won't cite you. Mobile-first sites load faster, have cleaner code, and are inherently more extractable. Mobile-first = AI-first. This is a direct connection between two of our three pillars.
🤖 What AI Search Engines Tell Them

ChatGPT: "Yes, mobile-first design helps AI search readiness. AI scrapers use mobile user agents. Mobile-first sites load faster, have better structured content, and meet the performance expectations of AI crawlers."

BusinessDay (cited by AI): "AI-surfaced URLs are 25.7% fresher than traditional search results. Mobile-first sites that load quickly also perform better with AI crawlers."

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