After moving to the newspaper theme, we noticed a significant drop in the organic referrers in our site.
Following investigation we realised that although the AMP and Mobile versions were active, the site cannot be validated as such in the tester.
We go here: https://search.google.com/test/amp
If we disable the mobile theme plugin and leave the AMP active we get the error that “Linked AMP version is invalid”
If we activate the Mobile Theme plugin (while we keep the AMP plugin active) we get a “Not An AMP page”
We add the url of the page: (demo server) https://pathologiaeu.ecode.gr/ To be told that there is no AMP version of the page. This really hurts our search ranking.
What we like to have is to have our mobile pages to be rich in content (like the mobile version that you see in the responsive mode and/or mobile template) but to also offer the AMP versions for those who desire to see the AMP – say the search indexing bots and some users on very low bandwidth.
Hi,
You can use the amp like this:
– responsive version or mobile page template with amp, setting the amp on “reader” -> https://i.imgur.com/SMroJZy.png
– using the mobile theme plugin with amp, in this way the amp will have the mobile theme layout and the mobile theme plugin can be used only for mobile, for mobile and amp, or only for amp.
Right now I do not see to have some amp version on your website.
Thank you!
By the way, AMP will probably cease to exist soon.
One of the largest Western publications in the field of search marketing, SearchEngineLand, has decided to abandon AMP pages on its website (https://searchengineland.com/why-were-turning-off-amp-pages-at-search-engine-land-376228).
In June, Google announced that the use of AMP would cease to be a requirement for including content in the “Top News”. This gave another reason to discuss whether it is worth continuing to support this technology.
Thank you Calin. I tried what you said and still no luck.
I am in favour of the first option (to have the responsive look and feel while the AMP is also validated)
I will contact you via email to provide you access and do your magic.
Hello @dimitrisv!
If you sent an email, then we will take a look and reply to you as soon as possible.
Thank you for understanding!
Thank you Bettina, we are getting there!
I responded, we only have a minor detail to sort out and we are done 🙂
Thank you Edward, great information. I just added your contribution to my article here:
https://medium.com/predict/how-to-top-google-rankings-by-optimizing-your-sites-speed-cff2a5f94e5f?sk=72c56b1354d21778fdac810fbeca5cca
