... well at least it feels like I am running a mobile SEO helpdesk. After writing about my charity situation I have been inundated with emails and requests.
Like I said before, I can’t answer everything. But one problem seems to be very very common. It is the issue of frames on a website. Now this is very dear to my heart as when I was starting out a few years ago – this problem hit me on the head like a hammer and I had no idea what to do.
I had a killer mobile site. Top Mobile OK marks but the minute I re-directed it to my new domain name frames appeared and I went to a ready.mobi score of 2.
This seems to be happening a lot (based on the number of emails I received – 6). So this is what you do.
When you use a site creation company to create your mobile site – it is NOT enough to simply re-direct a URL to that site.
Domains need to have a DNS A Name record. If they don’t the host (e.g. GoDaddy) can add frames to your mobile site.
Once you have this A Name record – you need to point it to the server of the host. So this is NOT GoDaddy but any one of the mobile site creation companies you have chosen.
I use GoDaddy and have done this in easy steps:
1. Get the A Name record from your mobile site creation company
2. Go to your domain provider
3. Go into domain manager
4. Select your domain
5. Look for total DNS control or DNS control
6. If you cant find anything search for ARecord (all together)
7. When you see it click on it to change
8. Replace the address there with the one given to you by your mobile site company
9. Wait up to 24 hours
10. All done.
Your site will be back to normal and mobile ready!
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