Is there a 'default' line to add to .htaccess to redirect mobile users to a subdomain?
 

OK, I know that my site *should* be mobile friendly, but fuck it - Google says it isn't and sends me emails complaining. When I make a change to make google happy, my site looks shit on a normal web browser and 75%+ On average of my visitors are not mobile users anyway...

So I want to dupe the site to a 'm' subdomain - m.mysite for the mobile version. Then I'll just do a dupe of the site with all the changes google wants me to make and leave my perfectly good site for the people on desktop etc, as god intended it...

Duping the site = No Problem.
Making the mobile m. subdomain = No Problem
Making all googles changes to 'new' version of site = Pain in the ass, but dooable via search and replace etc...

But what's the line to go in my .htaccess? I have googled, but all the results are from 2012 etc, and obviously the worlds moved on a bit - What's the line for 2019 / 2020 that tells anyone on mobile who hits the site, to goto the other version automagically? Spanks 4 UR time... :)

it's not about "mobile friendly" and their silly utility - its about the fact that the internet is now a mobile first environment.

your site must be properly coded for mobile if you want respect from google. why are you redirecting 75%+ of users? this is the exact thing that google wants people to not do and that they've been telling everyone to stop doing for many years now.

oh... and... poo.

I have a code that redirects mobile users to a url via htaccess. Contact me if you need it

Its the other way around - I don't get huge numbers to my micro niche fetish site, but those who I do get, often buy after seeing my sales pitch and being redirected to the specific video on Clips4Sale. Of the visitors I DO get... Over 75% are on desktop, not mobile.

And poo to you too sir :thumbsup

I'm gonna PM yah :)

nope. your website must be RESPONSIVE - same content from same domain for
computer screen, mobile phones, tables
and fucking tv/ console and other xbox, playstation etc.

Well its a fucking pointless exercise then. When I set viewport etc like google wants, it looks fucking awful and unusable on a smartphone. However, it's perfectly OK as it is on a smartphone. But not according to google - Oh well, fuck it I guess. It's not like much of my traffic comes from google anyway...

Also, how much would it cost to get someone to fix my site so it IS mobile responsive? I admit I dont wanna mess about with it myself now again at my age, but if its a reasonable fee to get it 'fixed' I might consider it... What sort of money would I be looking at? Its about 450 pages, all html, based on about 4 *slightly* different templates.

Admittedly, Im probably fucked cause it uses cells / frames to layout the content, but thats the way it was built...

Check your PM (poo messages!)

You will want to first figure out how you want to seperate mobile traffic.
You 'may' find good results by filtering browser and redirecting it.
There are other methods, but it has much to do with exacly who you want to redirect.
Every method may have leakage. Every phone a different set of capabilities and that makes it a matter of how much work you want to do to get the best pizaz on the top/most popular phones.
Take your time, experiment and think it through.

Poo back!

If that is true, it is very likely because its not showing or showing very low in search results performed from mobile devices.

Google was warning people 5-6 years ago of the day they were switching to a mobile first index. It's happened. Sites/pages which do not provide a great mobile experience will get punished and this has been true for a few years now. The whole redirect to m.domain.com thing was something they were warning against at least 3 years ago.

Poo first, Business Second - I like the cut of your jib, young man :1orglaugh

This is indeed very correct. I don't have any real volume at all. But that's not my business model. Most of my traffic comes direct from forums dedicated to my micro niche, and as such, its already pre qualified to a certain extent. I know that I get very little from Google anyway, so I would have to agree with you.

Fair enough. I was in PM with another member, who told me that I had learnt the biggest lesson of modern day - That you cunt ever please google :upsidedow And as such, I have to agree. If my site was bringing in huge money, then yes, Id 'start again' and pay someone to make it fully compatible etc, but as it stands, considering it just sells content I shot before 2013, it doesn't seem worth it.

I think I'm gonna take that silly code off of the 'random' pages that google wanted it put on - Which made them screwed up on mobile devices, and just carry on doing my thing - I'm still making reasonable money off of nearly 10 year old SD content, so I cunt really complain... I'll just leave it at that :)

Thanks anyway :thumbsup

To be mobile friendly it is enough to have good template which properly adapt on every resolution. Having separate mobile site or redirecting them is simply bad idea.
Here is one website which is perfect example of responsive template: tukif.com

Use CSS for responsive design and skip all the above.

If you need help, see sig.

:2 cents: