Hi,
We have implemented the TagDiv AMP plugin, however for some reason:
– Certain content on main page does not show – certain post header images
– AMP does not follow through when you click a blog post, you are redirected to the normal page
– Logo looks blurry
Site URL is https://smart.lendify.se/
Thanks
Having similar issues with the AMP.
User is redirected to an AMP page only if he is coming directly from Google.
If he is coming from Facebook (for example) or directly from the website, but from a different page, he will be served the non-amp page.
This is a horrible user experience – one blog post to be served AMP while the next one to be not…
Is there any solution for this?
I’d love a “force AMP redirect” option (or a snippet to implement it myself)
Another (test) example is here: https://esportsmedia.ro/hardware/scaun/review-gamdias-achilles-p1-l/
At the bottom of the page there are a few “related articles”. Clicking one of them takes the user to non-amp post.
Sadly, that’s how AMP works. The browser, referrer, and source origination usually determine if AMP version loaded. Meaning, if somebody comes from FB or SERPS and the link itself is not an AMP link, the normal page is loaded, as expected. If on mobile connection, and browser and Google have identified as AMP compatible using AMP enabled browser, then the AMP page loads, or if followed from AMP enabled link in SERPS.
If you forced all traffic to AMP, defeats purpose of having non-AMP pages, and you might as well just setup a REGEX in your system to redirect all traffic to /amp/ endpoint, but outside scope of the theme.
I don’t work here. But been using AMP since it was in beta in 2015.
I’m assuming you read up on Google copious notes on what AMP is for, when and when it doesn’t work, how to serve, etc. ?
WHAT THE HELL IS AMP: https://www.ampproject.org/
(( sorry if that didn’t help … ))
First of all, I don’t think you can determine if the user is accessing your website from a mobile device or from a desktop in order to use REGEX. This aside…
As a user, do you think it’s normal that if you access a webpage from your smartphone, to get 2 different versions: one AMP and one regular, on the same device, depending whether you clicked the link on Facebook or Google? I don’t. I ALWAYS expect to be served the same page on the same device, be it AMP or not.
Again, I am talking only about mobile devices.
Lastly, Google used in many examples Techcrunch as an AMP example. If you go to any blog post on Techcrunch from you smarthphone, you will ALWAYS get the AMP version, no matter if you navigated there directly, via Facebook or via Google.
That’s the point of AMP. To always serve a fast webpage to MOBILE devices.
P.S. I am not saying to serve AMP pages to desktops. No, never. Only to mobile devices.
Hi,
@Erythros
Sorry but the implementation of our amp plugin is to show the amp template when a users accesses the site from google. If you want to always show the amp template even from other platforms, you will have to use another amp plugin as the theme does not offer this possibility.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
@ldfy
Your logo is blurry because amp uses the mobile logo which in your case is smaller than the thumb used on amp pages. Your mobile logo needs to be larger in order for amp not to show it blurry. Please read this guide in order to learn about our theme amp implementation: https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-amp-plugin-tutorial/
Thank you!
@Bogdan
Thanks for your answer.
But…why?
Don’t you agree with my previous post that users accessing a blog post from a MOBILE device should always be served an AMP page?
Imagine this scenario: you google something and you open an article on your favorite website. Looks white, AMP, fast..everything’s awesome. At the end of the article, you decide to keep reading so you click a related an article. BAM, no AMP. Moreover, a totally different look, not optimized, slow…
Isn’t that a horrible user experience?
Hello,
This is the default implementation. Try to access some popular sites on amp and see that this is the same issue. Here is an example from yoast: https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo/amp/ Just click away and you will see you will not be led to an amp template: https://www.screencast.com/t/1lboVW1V8
We did not create this behavior on our own call and our own ideas. We followed the google instructions on how to create an amp template and how to make the proper implementation, exactly as yoast did and other developers as well.
I am not aware of any amp plugin that lets you have amp across the whole mobile site and replace the mobile version completely with the amp version.
Thank you for understanding.
