Making a site mobile friendly

[ATP]

Hey Mozzers,

Im having a go at making our site mobile friendly without enlisting the help of developers and incorporating additional costs.

I am ok with most of it as its just CSS work bar the odd occasion when i need to reposition some elements within the code.

However, i have found myself wanting to use display:none {} on many elements that are just not practical on a mobile site. Some pages may have to hide substantial content.

Would this be considered an issue or will google just see it as me hiding impractical elements for a different sized screen.

I have googled this question for the past hour and there is a whole bunch of conflicting advice.

As always, Many thanks

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Hi,

I can't see any reason why Google would object to this. Mobile and desktop sites are often very different and have different elements showing - in fact, I can't think of many where they are identical in terms of showing everything.

My own site hides elements from Google via mobile (option via the theme) and I make good use of this as you don't want a huge page on mobile - it's about quick conversions and getting the point across on a much smaller screen.

-Andy