# Tracking mobile usability in Webmaster Tools

Wednesday, October 29, 2014


Mobile is growing at a fantastic pace---in usage, not just in screen size. To keep you
informed of issues mobile users might be seeing across your website, we've added the
[Mobile Usability feature](https://search.google.com/search-console/mobile-usability)
to [Webmaster Tools](https://search.google.com/search-console).


The new feature shows mobile usability issues we've identified across your website, complete with
graphs over time so that you see the progress that you've made.


A mobile-friendly site is one that you can easily read and use on a smartphone, by only having to
scroll up or down. Swiping left/right to search for content, zooming to read text and use UI
elements, or not being able to see the content at all make a site harder to use for users on
mobile phones. To help, the Mobile Usability reports show the following issues: Flash content,
[missing `viewport`](https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/layouts/rwd-fundamentals/set-the-viewport)
(a critical meta-tag for mobile pages),
[tiny fonts](https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/UseLegibleFontSizes), fixed-width `viewports`,
[content not sized to `viewport`](https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/layouts/rwd-fundamentals/size-content-to-the-viewport),
and
[clickable links/buttons too close](https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/SizeTapTargetsAppropriately)
to each other.
![](https://developers.google.com/static/search/blog/images/import/81790f2153a35861c74d23777a37aad9.png)


We strongly recommend you take a look at these issues in Webmaster Tools, and think about how they
might be resolved; sometimes it's just a matter of tweaking your site's template! More information
on how to make a great mobile-friendly website can be found in our
[Web Fundamentals](https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals) website (with more information
to come soon).


If you have any questions, you can join us in our
[webmaster help forums](https://support.google.com/webmasters/community/)
(on your phone too)!


Posted by
[John Mueller](https://johnmu.com/), Webmaster
Trends Analyst, Zurich