How correcttly redirect to http://m.mobile.com website

[Webdeal]

Hi everyone, I will appreciate if you will drop here a piece of script ( or link to ) for CORRECT redirection for our http://m.mobile.com  website. We are confused what type of redirection should we use java script, htaccess, php, 301, 302....?  in order not to damage any rankings and etc...

Thanks
webdeal

[seom2014]

Hii can you tell me what type of redirect you want, do you want to redirect a website m.mobile.com to someone else, or redirect the whole website mobile.com to m.mobile.com, can you little explain it more. Thanks

[MoeezLodhi]

Hi there,
Always use 301 redirect. 301 redirect passes on the links and juice to new url.. If im not wrong90-95% of links are passed on to the redirected location.

[GPainter]

Hello Webdeal,

Firstly you may find the following helpful - https://developers.google.com/webmasters/smartphone-sites/redirects

"For this purpose, it does not matter if the server redirects with an HTTP 301 or a 302 status code."

Basically make it the site, redirect the mobile users to the correct site. The rankings should be fine if you've set up everything correctly.

Good luck!

[Davinia22]

Is it a redirect you actually want? Using a redirect would mean that mobile users would see your non-mobile site and this isn't a good user experience. If it is a redirect you are after (because you no longer want your mobile domain) then you must use a 301 permanent redirect if you want to pass any SEO goodness from old domain to new domain. Where possible redirect relative mobile pages to desktop pages (e.g. mobile homepage to desktop homepage and mobile blue shoes page to desktop blue shoes page).

If it's not a redirect that you are after you may be looking for information on canonical and alternate tags. This allows you to have both sites running duplicate content without it affecting rankings and helps search engines understand the relationship between your mobile and desktop versions. More information here https://developers.google.com/webmasters/smartphone-sites/details

But, ideally your website would be built using responsive design, then you wouldn't need a redirect or canonical tags for mobile site.

Hope that helps.
Davinia