Different URL structure Desktop VS Mobile Regarding SEO when building a new seperate mobile site
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Hi
I have a old OScommerce webshop, that i will keep for now, but i have build a complete new mobile site for mobile devices, but it has another url structure. Can i launch this site without any problems when its Google Mobile Search Engine that index the mobile site, and then just make the neccesary rel alternate tags for the desktop site for the product pages and main categories that i can. There will be some differences in the urls i cant make a alternate for.
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You can definitely build your new mobile site with a different structure than your old OScommerce site, just make sure that your desktop site has an alternate tag pointing to your new site. I'd also recommend adding canonicals to your old mobile URLs pointing to the new versions; that'll allow you to keep the old mobile site alive, but stop Google from showing it in its index.
Hope this helps!
Kristina
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I am the web developer. And I do know about those different methods, but it would be to much work to make all alternate url for the new site, when it does not match the old OScommerce site at all. Im building a seperate mobile site like m.myaddress.com. Are there anything i can doo.
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Hi there
Google actually provides a pretty indepth resource around mobile SEO and separate URL structures. I would not launch a site without making sure that everything is in place for your mobile site and proper tags are in place. Google and other search engines take mobile very seriously and they expect web developers and their websites are doing the same.
Pass along these resources to your web development team and prioritize actions so that you can get your site launched correctly and avoid issues down the road.
Hope this helps! Good luck!
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