Mobile and destop websites - different domains

[Lemesh]

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[wickedsunny1]

Hello,

There is no sense in creating the mobile version in a different domain, its totally wrong. some sites use subdomains on the same domain for this purpose.

Different domain is an incorrect method.

These days responsive web design can save the hastle of getting a seperate system/design for mobile sites.

why don't you go for responsive web design for your site.

it will automatically shift to mobile or other screen sizes etc.

Here is what i did to my site (i am not very good with responsive yet) http://www.designzzz.com/

[MikeTek]

Hi Limor,

Ayaz is correct, this is not the ideal approach.

The ideal approach would be to build a responsive design for the site.

Second best would be server-side user agent detection, serving up mobile-specific source code to those users/browsers.

Third would be redirecting to a mobile subdomain.

The configuration you've described might not create serious duplicate content issues (assuming the code/content at the mobile site is different enough from the main site), but hosting on an entirely different domain is not ideal from a usability/marketing standpoint or in terms of SEO.

Best,
Mike

[Lemesh]

Thanks Ayaz and Mike for you responses.

What exactly is a responsive design? which web development language support it? any idea?

Thanks,

Limor

[wickedsunny1]

Hello,

It uses css3 media queries. no other language required for it.

You can hire any company or a freelancer to do it.

[MikeTek]

Ayaz is again correct here - responsive design lives entirely on the front-end and utilizes CSS3.

Essentially, it adjusts/resizes content depending on the viewport/browser, so as screen sizes get smaller, the content layout adjusts accordingly, certain elements disappear completely, etc - but it's the same URL/source code, so there's no need to detect the user agent and redirect to a separate mobile site.

Requires no particular server technology or environment, but you may find your content management system, if you're running one, makes it difficult to implement - though most currently-updated CMSs, like WordPress, are starting to integrate it.