With MFI, should we delete our mobile version of our site?

[Technical_Contact]

I'll start by stating that a brand new responsive site is under development and will be launching early 2019.  Until then, with Mobile First Indexing, we're curious if we should remove our mobile site altogether.  Looking at Google guidelines, it looks like we have Dynamic serving content, so when a mobile device is used, a VERY TRIMMED down version of our site content is presented.  I read that if a mobile version doesn't exist, google will use the MFI indexing on the desktop version still, since that is what is rendered on a mobile device.  If Google starts using our mobile site for its indexing, we're not going to be looking good.  At this point, are there negative affects to removing our mobile site and having the desktop version render on all devices?

[lydiagilbertson]

Howdy!

There is a difference between having a separate mobile site and having a dynamically served site. If your site is actually dynamically served you should be fine to leave your mobile content up until early next year.

If your site has a separate mobile site it will usually appear as a different URL like, "m.yoursite.com" or something similar. There are a few cases where this will be detrimental if it's not set up correctly, but for the most part as long as your site has mobile-friendly content I think you should be fine.

Reach back with any questions!

Lydia

[Technical_Contact]

Thank you for your response. Yes our URL stays the same, so it is dynamically served content.  The problem is the content that is displayed on mobile is purely a listing of our product catalog.  The on-page seo content that would display on Desktop is removed on mobile.  Since MFI wants to index our mobile version, is it better to try and update our mobile content to match desktop content, or to remove the mobile content altogether and have the Desktop version display on phones until our new site is launched?