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Business SEO Basics Better SEO Through Code Canonicalization

Jerome Gentolia
Jerome Gentolia
5,167 Points
Posted by Jerome Gentolia
Jerome Gentolia
5,167 Points

Are viewport versions (mobile and tablet), considered as duplicate content by Search Engines?

Are viewport versions (mobile and tablet), considered as duplicate content by Search Engines? Do I have to make sure that I have rel="canonical" for these?

3 Answers

Nikolay Batrakov
Nikolay Batrakov
9,604 Points
Nikolay Batrakov
Nikolay Batrakov
9,604 Points

If these sites will serve one domain name there shouldn't be duplicate content issue. It will be the same site in the "eyes" of crawlers.

I can't realise though why do you do that? Why don't you want restyle the same content with mediaqueries?

Nazmul Haque Sajol
Nazmul Haque Sajol
13,594 Points

Yes, i agree with you. Mediaqueries will be the best solution for different device. Device targeted sites creation is a very old method and it will be just a waste of time and skill nowadays.

Nikolay Batrakov
Nikolay Batrakov
9,604 Points
Nikolay Batrakov
Nikolay Batrakov
9,604 Points

Can you pls give more detail? What do you mean by 'viewport versions'? Are you going to create several identical sites and handle requests from different devices to redirect them on those sites depending on the type of device?

Jerome Gentolia
Jerome Gentolia
5,167 Points
Jerome Gentolia
Jerome Gentolia
5,167 Points

Yes Nikolay, that's exactly my question is. I have identical sites and using media queries requests for different devices.

Richard Boothe
Richard Boothe
25,204 Points
Richard Boothe
Richard Boothe
25,204 Points

I agree with Nikolay. Rather than make multiple sites, which sounds rather time consuming, focus more on creating usable media queries. Here is a link to help you with your journey, best of luck. media queries