Maniphest T307359

Mobile sites being indexed by Google
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	fireattack
	May 2 2022, 2:03 PM

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List of steps to reproduce (step by step, including full links if applicable):

Open https://www.google.com/search?q=%E6%9F%A5%E7%90%86%C2%B7%E8%8A%92%E6%A0%BC+Wikipedia

What happens?:

Notice that the first search result is https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh/%E6%9F%A5%E7%90%86%C2%B7%E8%8A%92%E6%A0%BC

What should have happened instead?:

It should never index mobile sites.

Currently I only notice it with zh.wiki.

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Open	BUG REPORT	None	T307359 Mobile sites being indexed by Google
		Resolved	BUG REPORT	Jdlrobson	T328209 Alternate URLs should be desktop-mobile-site-aware

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fireattack created this task.May 2 2022, 2:03 PM

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fireattack added a project: SEO.May 2 2022, 2:06 PM

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See also T273745.

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MilkyDefer subscribed.May 10 2022, 4:40 AM

see https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/get-started?hl=en#mistakes

Maybe it's related to the change of google's indexing strategy?

This seems getting worse and started to affect other wikis, like Japanese Wikipedia:

https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=maho%E5%A0%82&hl=ja

image.png (460×767 px, 43 KB)

Is this caused by our end or Google's?

StevenSun subscribed.Aug 24 2022, 3:05 AM

Shizhao mentioned this in T305540: Google search traffic sending users to the wrong Chinese language versions of Wikipedia.Jan 17 2023, 7:23 AM

Winston_Sung added a subtask: T328209: Alternate URLs should be desktop-mobile-site-aware.Jan 29 2023, 5:35 AM

Winston_Sung added a project: MobileFrontend.Feb 3 2023, 11:38 AM

Winston_Sung moved this task from Backlog to Extensions/Skins on the Chinese-Sites board.

Jdlrobson changed the status of subtask T328209: Alternate URLs should be desktop-mobile-site-aware from Open to Stalled.Feb 22 2023, 8:01 PM

Jdlrobson closed subtask T328209: Alternate URLs should be desktop-mobile-site-aware as Resolved.Apr 18 2023, 4:57 PM

Jdlrobson triaged this task as High priority.Thu, Jan 2, 9:47 PM

Jdlrobson added a project: Web-Team.Thu, Jan 2, 11:36 PM

Jdlrobson moved this task from Backlog to Team: web on the MobileFrontend board.

A_smart_kitten subscribed.Fri, Jan 3, 9:51 AM