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Canonical question

by bpswing
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I have an old site (www.exampledotcom) made with Microsoft Frontpage about 20 years ago for my business and it was always ranking #1 for my field in real estate. Since it wasnt mobile friendly I was advised to get a mobile site which I did (www.m.exampledotcom). So the mobile site has the M in front of it. My mistake wasnt just redoing the whole main site to be mobile friendly instead of having 2 different sites. (I know Im old). So my issue is the mobile site now ranks #1 and looks good on mobile devices but the mobile site comes up on Google searches for desktops and doesnt look good on a desktop. I finally figured out the mobile site (wordpress with Yost SEO) has the pages as canonical and my desktop site does not. So 2 questions:

1 - How do I remove the cononical labels from each page on the wordpress mobile site (from the Yost SEO)

2- How do I add them to the Frontpage site www.exampledotcom) so my desktop site comes up in Google and not the mobile site? (I bet many of you younger guys dont even know what a Frontpage site is LOL, its a dinosaur). Dont worry if somebody gets the site on Google on a mobile device it automatically routs to the mobile site not the desktop.

I know Im dumb I should of made 1 mobile compatible site instead of 2 but I will be retiring soon so not interested now. Thanks so much in advance.
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  • Profile picture of the author DomainTracker
    What's a better idea is to have a responsive design with a single website. You can use media queries in css so that it gracefully transitions between the two design formats depending upon the screen size
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  • Profile picture of the author Arsalankhan
    I understand your situation, and I'll do my best to help you with your questions.

    Removing Canonical Labels from WordPress Mobile Site (Yost SEO):
    To remove canonical labels from each page on your WordPress mobile site using Yoast SEO, you can follow these steps:

    Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
    Navigate to the "SEO" option in your dashboard's left sidebar (usually under "Settings").
    Click on "Search Appearance."
    Choose the "Content Types" tab.
    Under "Posts" and "Pages," you should find an option to enable or disable canonical URLs. To remove the canonical labels, you'll want to disable this option for both posts and pages.
    After making these changes, be sure to save your settings.
    Adding Canonical Tags to Your FrontPage Site (www.exampledotcom):
    To add canonical tags to your FrontPage site, you'll need to edit the HTML code of your pages manually. Here's how you can do it:

    Open the HTML source code of each page on your FrontPage site.
    In the <head> section of each page (usually near the top of the HTML code), add the following canonical tag within the <head> section:
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    <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.exampledotcom/page-url">
    Replace "https://www.exampledotcom/page-url" with the actual URL of the respective page. You'll need to do this for every page on your FrontPage site.
    Save the changes to each page's HTML source code.
    By adding canonical tags to your FrontPage site and removing them from your WordPress mobile site, you should help Google understand that the desktop site is the preferred version for desktop searches.
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  • Profile picture of the author savidge4
    I personally use 2 sites for each site I have a desktop version that is "Responsive" snd then a dedicated mobile site for phones. The responsive desktop site is responsive to tablets and desktop sizes only. I personally believe that responsive sites on a phone suck. the layout gets pushed every which way and aspects of my design aesthetic ( side bars as an example ) get pushed all the way to the bottom and are then shown out of context.

    You can look here: ( https://www.namehero.com/blog/how-to...e-and-desktop/ ) and learn how to send traffic to screen sizes as needed... so if people are on desktops and they land on your mobile site, they can be sent to your desktop. and the reverse can be programmed as well... mobile user lands on your desktop site they will be directed to your mobile site.

    Some examples of this in real life. Check out your bank on both desktop and mobile... you will be directed to 2 difference sites accordingly... look at Walmart.. Home Depot, Lowes basically any say fortune 500 type business and NONE of these organizations are using "Responsive" they have mobile dedicated sites and Desktop dedicated sites.

    I would strongly argue that this is the "Correct" method in dealing with this... but the majority of people you will find here as an example will suggest "Responsive" and the reality is it is the easy way out. program one site vs programming 2. Easiest is not always best.

    Hope that helps!
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