# Google's Mobile Friendly Test **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [April 7, 2015, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-mobile-friendly-test/27301 "2015-04-07T10:04:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![limeblast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/limeblast/32/31296_2.png) [@limeblast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/limeblast)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-mobile-friendly-test/27301/1 "2015-04-07T10:04:10Z")
After one of my clients sent me a link to Google’s Mobile Friendly test (in relation to some [changes coming on the 21st April](http://www.designthatfits.co.uk/news/151/25/Google-Mobile-Friendly-Deadline-April-21st/)) I decided to run the test on my discourse site: > **[Introduction to Lighthouse  |  Chrome for Developers](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/overview/)** > > Learn how to set up Lighthouse to audit your web apps. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/1/c18305d9c2825a1ee73d6a396f7d5bbca0f3519b.png) So I initially came here to ask about this, and to find out if there was anything which could be done about it, but before doing so, I figured I’d run the test on this meta site: > **[Introduction to Lighthouse  |  Chrome for Developers](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/overview/)** > > Learn how to set up Lighthouse to audit your web apps. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/5/d575033621a7625b0f902a1d0203243116e41a4f.png) Which, despite looking almost identical to mine, gets a pass. Does anyone know why this might be happening? What’s different between my install, and the meta site, that one passes and the other doesn’t. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Moter8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moter8/32/120941_2.png) [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-mobile-friendly-test/27301/2 "2015-04-07T12:57:21Z")
Huh, it doesn’t display my discourse installation’s site at all. Strange. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-mobile-friendly-test/27301/3 "2015-04-08T05:40:07Z")
I believe this was covered at some length in [https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-webmaster-tools-warns-of-mobile-usability-issues-due-to-images-in-topics/23974](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-webmaster-tools-warns-of-mobile-usability-issues-due-to-images-in-topics/23974) ---
**Author:** ![limeblast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/limeblast/32/31296_2.png) [@limeblast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/limeblast)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 8:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-mobile-friendly-test/27301/4 "2015-04-08T08:24:41Z")
That thread is about images, but the error message I’m getting relates to links being too close together. ---
**Author:** ![mbs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mbs/32/115465_2.png) [@mbs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbs)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 8:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-mobile-friendly-test/27301/5 "2015-04-08T08:36:30Z")
Might have to do with your CSS edits. I have the default theme with just a few slight minor changes and I have the same result as this meta.discourse. It works just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 9:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-mobile-friendly-test/27301/6 "2015-04-08T09:11:27Z")
It looks like talk.birmingham has this CSS for links that I don’t see for meta ```plaintext background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; ``` I don’t know if that would give links too less of a distinct tap target, but maybe? ---
**Author:** ![limeblast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/limeblast/32/31296_2.png) [@limeblast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/limeblast)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-mobile-friendly-test/27301/7 "2015-04-15T13:53:12Z")
Thanks for the suggestions. I’m doing a tidy up of my CSS soon, I’ll see if that makes a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Fabio\_Machado\_de\_Oli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@Fabio\_Machado\_de\_Oli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fabio_Machado_de_Oli)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-mobile-friendly-test/27301/8 "2015-09-10T12:50:36Z")
The category pages have a warning in this test for me saying the links are too near. I also have a few topics with a warning for horizontal scroll. I am using version v1.4.0.beta10 +273 with a not used adsense plugin, and the discourse-tagging plugin. No custom css/html. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-mobile-friendly-test/27301/9 "2018-11-06T02:34:22Z")
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-mobile-friendly-test/27301/10 "2018-11-06T02:35:58Z")