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In a video<\/a> released today by Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, he said you don’t have to worry about there being a down side, related to SEO, when using a responsive design approach for mobile web sites.<\/p>\nThe question posed to him was:<\/p>\n
The answer is no, in fact, there is no duplication of efforts when it comes to linking and PageRank, which does have a benefit when compared to using separate mobile URLs.<\/p>\n
Here is the video:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
For more on mobile SEO topics, see the stories below:<\/p>\n
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- The Definitive Guide To Technical Mobile SEO<\/a><\/li>\n
- Google: In Future, Pages With Bad Mobile SEO Won’t Rank As Well In Mobile Search<\/a><\/li>\n
- The Challenge Of Getting Mobile SEO Right When Google Is Inconsistent<\/a><\/li>\n
- Google’s New Mobile Guidelines Focus On Delivering Content In Less Than A Second<\/a><\/li>\n
- Does Google’s Mobile SEO Preference Change Mobile SEO Best Practices?<\/a><\/li>\n
- SEO Considerations For Google Mobile Search In 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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