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    • Chenzo
      Chenzo last edited by

      ​Howdy Mozzers,

      I don't see this very often but figured I would share my findings, no surprise that I found a huge portal like

      rottentomatoes.com ranking for the keyword: new on dvd , but for the last month or so - the page that is indexed for it is their "mobile" view. ( Screen Shot Attached )

      I have a few ideas how you could go about fixing this - but just more of a conversation piece - have many of you ever seen such a thing - especially on a portal so big?

      Your pal,

      Chenzo

      ScreenShot2014-12-02at101927AM_zps107789f1.png

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      • PeaSoupDigital
        PeaSoupDigital last edited by

        Good topic.

        A few of things I've noticed after a quick look:

        • The PA of the desktop version is 1, whilst the PA of the mobile version is 43
        • The MozRank of the desktop version is 1, versus the mobile's 3.83 mR
        • The desktop version has no backlinks
        • The mobile version has 50 backlinks from 1 domain
        • The desktop version has a really awful dynamic advert either side of the content
        • The desktop version has the following tag - href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/dvd/" rel="canonical" itemprop="url" /> - could this mean Google is ignoring this page? The mobile code has no such tag

        I'll be interested to see how this pans out.

        Cheers,

        Lewis

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        • Chenzo
          Chenzo @PeaSoupDigital last edited by

          Very, very interesting Lewis!

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