Tell me more ×
Webmasters Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for pro webmasters. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 5 down vote favorite
1

I am thinking about copying our content (text content especially) from our main site (eg: example.com) to the mobile version of the site (eg: m.example.com or example.com/m).

What are the SEO side effects of doing so?

Do SEO experts recommend this practice?

If you have external articles or reference, hope you guys can share here also.

share|improve this question

2 Answers

up vote 3 down vote

I usually put the same content on both. Apart the fact that the mobile version is of course a bit lighter. But the content is the same.

To avoid duplicate content or other bad thing, I use Switchboard Tags (source).

Basically (sorry this is an image from the previous blog):

enter image description here

share|improve this answer
Thank you j0k! :) – zulhfreelancer Sep 11 '12 at 10:46
Google also recommend using the Vary HTTP header when doing this. – GDav Sep 18 '12 at 17:48
@GDav could you provide a link or something about that? – j0k Sep 18 '12 at 19:09
up vote 1 down vote

Why don't you use CSS to serve your mobile website on the same url? I haven't tried it but I believe it should be possible, you can just have two different css and switch them based on user agent.

share|improve this answer
Yeap, that is responsive website. I'm on my way to finish it. :) Just asking here. – zulhfreelancer Sep 11 '12 at 14:27

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.