Should we launch a new site as responsive or mobile.
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need advice - we are launching a new responsive website. one team member very vocal that we should launch as mobile. site first then take that away. I think is a waste of time .. thoughts?
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Correct. Long term, it could even become a hinderance.
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I just felt it was 2x the work to launch it as a mobile site then re-launch as our 'primary' site. I do like the idea of working out bells and whistles but there is no advance on rank which is what this person is concerned about...
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I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "then take that away." Are you referring to deactivating the mobile site?
I'd recommend going fully responsive and making sure you have tailored the responsiveness to work on everything from desktop to smaller phones (think iPhone 4). I don't see much of an advantage from launching mobile if responsiveness is already up to snuff as it were.
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