Should I redirect desktop users visiting mobile page to desktop version?
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So I am redirecting mobile users to mobile version of the page and also have alternate attrubute set up for that:
What about the opposite case? When user from desktop computer visits mobile version of the page. Should I redirect him back to desktop version?
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Good question - I still have the same question. I understand the 'by choice', but find that unconvincing so far. Did you come to a solution?
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'you better answer my question' sounds like a interrogation technique
Personally if they have landed on your mobile site by choice then redirecting mobile to desktop should then be a choice the user select. The user may want to view mobile version via a desktop for low-bandwidth such as a laptop with mobile broadband.
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Dean,
I have built responsive sites, I also discussed with others about how to serve responsive site content to mobiles faster.
It comes, that hidden blocks still being loaded by browser, and images in media queries still being read, so it doesn't really speed the things up....So instead of talking offtopic, you better answer my question
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Responsive design isn't just a shrunk down version of your site, you can control what is displayed via css etc. Google has a good resource here regarding how to serve content in optimized formats for both desktop and smartphone users https://developers.google.com/webmasters/smartphone-sites/
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Desktop site has too many images and javascripts for mobiles, mobile site has different size images and smaller amount of images and JS.
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Had you thought about responsive design or is there a particular reason you require a mobile site?
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