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General doubt on shifting to a m subdomain

by stevejohnsonwf
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Hello,
I have a website that is performing well on SEO, but i'm not satisfied with the mobile look of the website. Though the website is responsive, but it does not look very professional on mobile devices.

I'm working on a mobile look, which i plan to put on a 'm.website.com' subdomain. Now, here's what my concern is - I see a fair position of my website on SEO , but -

1.) Will switching to a m subdomain "possibly" have any negative effects on my SEO?

2.) I went through this google article https://developers.google.com/webmas.../separate-urls and according to this i should put something like -
  • On my desktop page - <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="http://m.example.com/page-1">
  • And on my mobile page - <link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.com/page-1">
    So, besides this link referencing, do i need to put something else in mind?

I am kinda scared to take such a step, since i've never done something like this before and don't want to lose my ranking.
Your inputs are appreciated, thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author expmrb
    Rather switching it to a sub-domain I will suggest you that make the main site optimized for mobile devices. So, if any user visits your site from mobile devices than they will get a professional experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author sunnerindia01
    Unfortunately, the “Network Setup” page in the backend of Multisite doesn’t give you an easy way to switch. Yeah, it’s frustrating.

    If you try to make the switch manually, it’s likely you’ll be met with errors that are somewhat difficult to decipher, and the WordPress Codex doesn’t clearly spell out how to make the change.
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  • Profile picture of the author dburk
    Hi stevejohnsonwf,

    In my opinion Responsive web design is still the best way to go from a marketing perspective. However, there is no reason that you should get stuck with a poor Responsive design.

    In true Responsive website design you design for "mobile first", not the desktop. Sounds like you got a poor hacked design that was done backwards.

    Go for your new design, but go all the way and make it a true Responsive design, it's usually worth the extra effort.
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  • Profile picture of the author stevejohnsonwf
    Thank you for your inputs.

    Ok, in the case if i want to work on making the responsive factor better. Is it recommended to do something like this? -

    Using media queries -
    @media only screen and (min-device-width : 320px) and (max-device-width : 480px){ .mobileHide { display: none; } }

    Here, i could use the class mobileHide in hiding the parts that i dont want to display in the mobile device.

    And design css specialized for a mobile look. The problem with this approach is, that the HTML and CSS will not be visible on the mobile device, but will still be loaded on the page.

    Is this a bad practise?
    Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author The Leader
    I haven't seen much change in serps after putting a mobile page up. Google tells us it will one day so there is really nothing to lose. Giving the user and easy to read page when on their phones is really helpful to them so definitely the way to go.
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    • Profile picture of the author stevejohnsonwf
      Hi The Leader, by mobile page, do you mean using a separate subdomain for mobiles?
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