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    • mikeylong7
      mikeylong7 last edited by

      I currently have my mobile site set up as a m dot site.  I have designed a new responsive/adaptive version of my desktop site I would like to start using.

      When I search from google on mobile, my website is indexed as the m dot site.  When I make the switch, this will no longer be the case as I will only have one url for both mobile and desktop. The m dot url's will no longer work.

      Are there any SEO consequences from making this shift?

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      • MichaelC-15022
        MichaelC-15022 last edited by

        Make the old m dot URLs 301 redirect to the responsive version (the new pages).  That'll take care of users landing on the m dot pages until Google removes those from the index, and will transfer over any link juice the m dot pages have gathered up (although that should have already happened from rel=canonicals on your m dot pages pointing at the desktop versions...but, if you missed any...).

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