Fat Fingers. Tiny Buttons. Rage Clicks.
You know the feeling. You try to tap a link on mobile. You tap the wrong one. You go back. Try again. Tap the wrong one again.
Google knows this feeling too. And it penalizes sites for it. It is part of the broader page experience signals that affect your rankings.
The Standard
Tap targets should be at least 48x48 CSS pixels. There should be at least 8px of spacing between adjacent tap targets.
That is it. Not complicated.
The Common Offenders
Footer links crammed together. Inline text links that are too close. Navigation menus with tiny hit areas. "X" close buttons on popups that require surgical precision to tap.
The Fix
Make buttons bigger. Add padding. Space links apart. Test on actual mobile devices, not just desktop browser dev tools.
Check your Google Search Console Mobile Usability report for tap target warnings. And while you are at it, check your font sizes too — they are often flagged together.
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