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    • Rich_Coffman
      Rich_Coffman last edited by

      I had a little issue earlier where I found my client's mobile version of their website showing up in the SERPs on my desktop. I asked my programmer to get rid of it.

      Programmer put a nofollow tag on the link to the mobile site (from the regular website). He also put a noIndex across the whole mobile version of the website.

      So to double check, I should probably get rid of that noindex on the mobile website right? I think the nofollow should be enough... thoughts?

      thanks!

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      • Gijsbert
        Gijsbert last edited by

        I would use rel="canonical" instead....

        Check this url: https://developers.google.com/webmasters/smartphone-sites/details

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