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Thanks again Bryson,

I will check out those resources, very kind of you.

Cheers

Mark

Thanks Bryson,

Very helpful!

Mark

Thanks Casey, much appreciated!

Hi,

If I want to serve a subset of pages on my mobile set from my desktop site or the content is significantly different, i.e. it is not one to one or pages are a summarised version of the desktop, should I use m.site.com or is it still better to use site.com?

Many thanks any help appreciated.

Hi Catline,

Many thanks for your response.

I'm not quite sure what the purpose would be, with my limited knowledge of mobile SEO, I assumed that for the mobile site to rank well on mobile search results and outperform the desktop site on mobile I would need links to the site. Since posting and reading more I think my approach has changed, so I would rely on the rankings for the desktop site to be listed on mobile search results and then use a user-agent redirect to direct mobile users to the mobile site. If I understand correctly, I would use the canonical tag in the mobile page to point to the desktop version of the page. Then the desktop page should always outrank the mobile version...

Thanks

Thanks Elias!

Thanks Elias,

I will have a look at this.

I guess with a separate mobile site you could start again in terms of link building, but you could optimise the mobile site for different terms than the desktop, I suppose there are pros and cons, but I agree that a responsive design would condense all the link authority in one place and plus you wouldn't be starting again!

Cheers

Hi Elias,

Thanks for your response, some good advice there.

Yes, I agree, user-centred design in terms of site speed is a must. Say for example, you wanted different content and layouts, is this something responsive design addresses?

I am looking at a site that has a m.site.com format for the mobile site and the content and functionality will be different to the desktop site and for now tablets will serve up the desktop website. Yes, I think your comments still apply in this scenario, great content and good quality social/ link profile.

Say for example you are working on a site such as for a local plumber, where there is limited quality content, are there mobile dedicated places such as directories where you could get links from? I understand completely the idea of publishing quality content such as plumber tips and DIY videos for example, this is the ideal scenario where you could then publicise the quality content. What should I do differently when link building for a mobile site rather than a desktop site.

Many thanks again.

Hi,

Any advice on approaches for mobile SEO much appreciated. For example, what things do I need to do to optimise a mobile version of a desktop site?

E.g. optimise titles, meta description, headings and copy, do I need to submit a mobile sitemap to Google? Do I need to link from the mobile page to the corresponding page on the desktop site and vice versa?

Will Googlebot Mobile naturally find the site from the desktop link?

What about link building for mobile sites, any thoughts on this, are there specific mobile sites that will link such as directories for a start?

Any other tips or resources? Any SEOMoz resources on this?

What about the same domain versus the subdomain debate about hosting the mobile site? Any thoughts?

Many thanks

Any tips on link building for mobile sites?

Thanks

Hi,

I wondered if anyone had any tips and advice for link building for mobile sites.

Many thanks

Thanks everyone forthese answers, that is really helpful. I did read Petra's article and that was really useful, but I just wasn't sure still. Cheers

Hi Everyone,

We have example.org.uk with 20K inbound links.

We want to target the US as well as the UK. I would be interested to hear what approaches are best for SEO.

For example is it better to keep our current domain and have subdirectories for USA for example. Or would it be better to register example.org and then use subdirectories. Or is it better to use different domains for each country?

Any help with this much appreciated.

Cheers