Website Design Structure

[bronxpad]

When having a website designed, is it best to have a Responsive Design with Media Queries or is it best to have a Website designed for laptops andDesktops and a second mobil website?

What are the SEO benefits of each strategy and Which is best for the user experience?

[danatanseo]

I'm all in favor of the responsive design option. From an end-user standpoint this is much nicer because you know that no matter what device you are on you can visit the same destination but be served a version of the site that works best for your device--of-the-moment. I am interested to know what others, perhaps some folks with more technical backgrounds, think about it.

[sprynewmedia]

Responsive.

But... I prefer a server AND client approach.  Pure media query techniques result in really heavy pages that make too many design compromises.  I use server side client capabilities tables to narrow the range of stuff different clients get.  However they all use the same URL.