How do you check mobile-friendliness when you have a separate mobile site?

[PatrickDelehanty]

Hi Adam

Are you sure your redirects are set up properly? I tested this on my phone and it seemed a little wonky. Are those put in place correctly?

[DirkC]

I just tested the url on web-sniffer.net with mobile user agent - it seems that the tool you use to detect if the user agent is a mobile one doesn't work. I get a normal 200 status (from the desktop site) - idem like Patrick

rgds,

Dirk

[AdamThompson]

The redirect was setup by a previous vendor, but I've not noticed any issues with them.

[PatrickDelehanty]

^ Adam, there you go! Great job, Dirk!

[AdamThompson]

You would get a 200 response...the redirect is JavaScript, not server side. Maybe we should change that? Do you have a WP plugin you recommend?

[DirkC]

Adam,

Did the same check with Firefox (with a Mobile user agent) & still get the desktop version. Don't think the problem is with the redirect but with the detection.

I guess if you search for User Agent sniffer Wordpress you should be able to find some tools. Afraid I can't help you with that (this is the point where I handle it over to the technical department myself...)

Dirk

[evolvingSEO]

Hi Adam

What are you looking for a WP plugin to do specifically?

[AdamThompson]

To handle the redirect to the mobile site. Sounds like the JavaScript this client had in place isn't working correctly.

[evolvingSEO]

Hi Adam

I have not personally used one, but this particular search looks like it uncovers some that are available. "Simple Mobile Redirect" has the best reviews. Also, this is a good general guide from Google on user agent detection / HTTP redirects.

[AdamThompson]

Got this issue fixed. The issue was that robots.txt was blocking the Javascript file that does the redirect, so Google couldn't see the redirect.

[evolvingSEO]

Great - glad it was sorted out!

-Dan