I am curious if this is possible?

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Is there a method that can be programmed to search Google or..., to find sites that are not mobile friendly? I know a simple search to find sites with .swf files means they have Flash files which will not show in a smart phone. But many are just not mobile friendly and will not fit on the mobile screen.

So is there a way to build a software, say on the sir platform or what ever, that can sort out these sites by entering a niche or what ever?

Anyone know what that might cost me? And who might be able to do this at a budget price?

I am curious to know if this is something I could pursue, and not spend a fortune.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Windows desktop app. algo.
    1. Get list of private Proxy IPs
    2. Search Google SERPs for keyword using proxies
    3. Return 1st 100 SERP results for target keyword
    4. Strip SERP list URLs down to Home page links
    5. Remove duplicate domains from list
    6. Download the HTML per each Home page/domain on filtered list as plain text
    7. Check downloaded HTML for HTML5 doctype (<!DOCTYPE html>) anything older (HTML4) isn't responsive

    It's not foolproof but considering the size of Google SERPs it doesn't have to be, you'll never contact all the potential leads this algo. would produce.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    To be honest I think it would be easier looking at dmoz on Wayback for finding outdated domains. That would probably allow you to skip the proxies & dmoz already has all the directory listing sorted by categories.
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  • Profile picture of the author TrueStory
    Originally Posted by timpears View Post

    Is there a method that can be programmed to search Google or..., to find sites that are not mobile friendly? I know a simple search to find sites with .swf files means they have Flash files which will not show in a smart phone. But many are just not mobile friendly and will not fit on the mobile screen.

    So is there a way to build a software, say on the sir platform or what ever, that can sort out these sites by entering a niche or what ever?

    Anyone know what that might cost me? And who might be able to do this at a budget price?

    I am curious to know if this is something I could pursue, and not spend a fortune.
    YES, but you will still have to create a keyword query and it would not be 100% accurate.

    The logic is following:
    • Run a query say "accident lawyers miami florida" -> this will return you shit load of ambulance chasers in Miami.
    • Run through each with curl but request website two times sending regular header and mobile header.
    • Compare URLs if not the same, site is clearly loading mobile version
    • IF same then grep html and look for most common responsive framework keywords and classes, i.e. bootstrap col-md-XX and col-xs-xx, also just because website has bootstrap doesn't mean it's responsive. Lack of col-xs-xx class means this will look like shit on mobile browser.
    • Finally check for @media(min-height) in css if not present possibly not mobile.
    • Also can check for classes like "*responsive*" and "*collapse*" etc.


    Yes, it's doable, but ....this would be a little project.
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