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    • poiseo
      poiseo last edited by

      So I am redirecting mobile users to mobile version of the page and also have alternate attrubute set up for that:

      What about the opposite case? When user from desktop computer visits mobile version of the page. Should I redirect him back to desktop version?

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      • DeanAndrews
        DeanAndrews last edited by

        Had you thought about responsive design or is there a particular reason you require a mobile site?

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        • poiseo
          poiseo @DeanAndrews last edited by

          Desktop site has too many images and javascripts for mobiles, mobile site has different size images and smaller amount of images and JS.

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          • DeanAndrews
            DeanAndrews @poiseo last edited by

            Responsive design isn't just a shrunk down version of your site, you can control what is displayed via css etc. Google has a good resource here regarding how to serve content in optimized formats for both desktop and smartphone users https://developers.google.com/webmasters/smartphone-sites/

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            • poiseo
              poiseo @DeanAndrews last edited by

              Dean,

              I have built responsive sites, I also discussed with others about how to serve responsive site content to mobiles faster.

              It comes, that hidden blocks still being loaded by browser, and images in media queries still being read, so it doesn't really speed the things up....So instead of talking offtopic, you better answer my question 😉

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              • DeanAndrews
                DeanAndrews @poiseo last edited by

                'you better answer my question' sounds like a interrogation technique 🙂

                Personally if they have landed on your mobile site by choice then redirecting mobile to desktop should then be a choice the user select. The user may want to view mobile version via a desktop for low-bandwidth such as a laptop with mobile broadband.

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                • andreas.wpv
                  andreas.wpv last edited by

                  Good question - I still have the same question. I understand the 'by choice', but find that unconvincing so far. Did you come to a solution?

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