Best Way to Set up a mobile version of site?

Lukas · 19th Nov 2011, 10:40 AM

I am asking all mobile site experts to lend a hand in describing how to properly set up a mobile version of a static site.

An excerpt from the post hxxp://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/11/running-desktop-and-mobile-versions-of.html worries me a bit since my site is now steadily losing traffic each week

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 I have the domain.com and m.domain.com. At the beginning when a mobile client calls domain.com and m.domain.com, then I have delivered the mobile version "m.domain.com". If an normal client calls the mobile version with "m.domain.com", then I deliver the mobile version too (its the same for google normal bot). But now both normal and mobile versions are available in the google standard results and my site was penalized. Is it possible that, this is the problem, that I have allow the google normal bot to access the mobile site, and not redirect him automatically to the normal site?

3 Days ago I have write an reconsideration request and disallow the access for the google normal bot to the mobile version with an redirect 302 to the normal website.

How do You think? Is it possible, that that's why my site was penalized? What can I do if it's so?

I have done it like this using a js redirect, canonical tags, and a link at bottom to go to full website version. The mobile site version has less content and is different altogether except for the logo and colors. I only put the redirect script on the home page and several internal pages that receive good traffic. The 1st day was great as I saw an additional 70 visitors who found my site on mobile search and even got some sign-ups.

I did insert the same g/a code from the desktop site to the mobile site.
On another different themed site, they have separate g/a accts, still a slight traffic drop-off.
Before mobile, 9k visitors /month after implementing it is 7200 and dropping.

So if you could share what you did to maintain or increase traffic with mobile in this regards it would be appreciated. After all, we are near Thanksgiving and I am volunteering

Lukas · 2nd Dec 2011, 10:16 AM

The referral part in analytics is what irks me. The mobile redirect script will naturally come from my own desktop site, but then I don't get the benefit of how they found the site. Analytics will give me 80- 100% referrals to the mobile site. I guess nobody knows the answer then.

19th Nov 2011, 10:40 AM	#1
Lukas HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2006 Location: , , . Posts: 342 Thanks: 22 Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts	Best Way to Set up a mobile version of site? Share on: I am asking all mobile site experts to lend a hand in describing how to properly set up a mobile version of a static site. An excerpt from the post hxxp://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/11/running-desktop-and-mobile-versions-of.html worries me a bit since my site is now steadily losing traffic each week Code: I have the domain.com and m.domain.com. At the beginning when a mobile client calls domain.com and m.domain.com, then I have delivered the mobile version "m.domain.com". If an normal client calls the mobile version with "m.domain.com", then I deliver the mobile version too (its the same for google normal bot). But now both normal and mobile versions are available in the google standard results and my site was penalized. Is it possible that, this is the problem, that I have allow the google normal bot to access the mobile site, and not redirect him automatically to the normal site? 3 Days ago I have write an reconsideration request and disallow the access for the google normal bot to the mobile version with an redirect 302 to the normal website. How do You think? Is it possible, that that's why my site was penalized? What can I do if it's so? I have done it like this using a js redirect, canonical tags, and a link at bottom to go to full website version. The mobile site version has less content and is different altogether except for the logo and colors. I only put the redirect script on the home page and several internal pages that receive good traffic. The 1st day was great as I saw an additional 70 visitors who found my site on mobile search and even got some sign-ups. I did insert the same g/a code from the desktop site to the mobile site. On another different themed site, they have separate g/a accts, still a slight traffic drop-off. Before mobile, 9k visitors /month after implementing it is 7200 and dropping. So if you could share what you did to maintain or increase traffic with mobile in this regards it would be appreciated. After all, we are near Thanksgiving and I am volunteering

2nd Dec 2011, 10:16 AM	#2
Lukas HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2006 Location: , , . Posts: 342 Thanks: 22 Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Best Way to Set up a mobile version of site? Share on: The referral part in analytics is what irks me. The mobile redirect script will naturally come from my own desktop site, but then I don't get the benefit of how they found the site. Analytics will give me 80- 100% referrals to the mobile site. I guess nobody knows the answer then.