Google Mobility Test (GMT) – mapping issues

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  granbybobcat · Member · Feb 12, 2015 at 4:24 pm

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  My client, granbybobcat.ca has purchased mapping to point to granbybobcat.wordpress.com.

  I have tested both urls in Google Mobility Test site with the following results:

  granbybobcat.ca FAILS – granbybobcat.wordpress.com PASSES

  How do I go about fixing this to ensure that Google tests the mapped site when crawling granbybobcat.ca?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Feb 12, 2015 at 5:30 pm

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  First, just to clarify, are you talking about the mobile-friendly test here?

  https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly

  Second, I believe the issue is that the domain granbybobcat.ca is not mapped correctly. Can you try following the instructions here to map the site?

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  You will need to change the name servers to point to WordPress.com.

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  granbybobcat · Member · Feb 12, 2015 at 6:16 pm

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  Hi Jeremey, thanks for your reply.

  Yes, I was referring to the mobile-friendly test which you linked to.

  I will follow your mapping instructions and ensure that the name servers are pointing to wordpress.com.

  Thanks kindly,
  Jodi

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Feb 12, 2015 at 10:07 pm

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  Great Jodi! Looks like it passes now:

  https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=granbybobcat.ca

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  granbybobcat · Member · Feb 12, 2015 at 10:32 pm

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  Hi Jeremey, yes, I just check it too. But this is what is said just above the image of how it is viewed by Google. Is it because the dns hasn’t finalized pointing to wordpress.com?:

  Mobile-Friendly Test
  ANALYZE
  Awesome! This page is mobile-friendly.
  How Googlebot sees this page

  This page uses one resource which is blocked by robots.txt. The results and screenshot may be incorrect. Learn ho

  w to unblock resources for Googlebot.

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  https://r-login.wordpress.com/…bcat.ca%2F

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  granbybobcat · Member · Feb 12, 2015 at 10:38 pm

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  Under Site Visibility, the option allow search engines to index this site is ticked.

  And def the private option is NOT ticked.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 2:19 pm

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  This should clear itself up within the next week as Google begins to crawl the mapped domain. The settings are set correctly (as you mentioned). You may want to setup Google’s Webmaster tools as well:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/#google-webmaster-tools

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  granbybobcat · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 4:48 pm

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  Jeremey, thank you very much for your quick replies and assistance in this regard; I am very surprised how quick assistance came! You are truly a happiness engineer!

  Kind regards,

  Jodi

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Feb 13, 2015 at 11:24 pm

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  Not a problem at all Jodi!

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  granbybobcat · Member · Feb 16, 2015 at 7:14 pm

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  Hi Jeremey – Sorry to bother you again, but I tested the granbybobcat.ca site again today and, although it passes the mobility test, I still get this warning:

  Awesome! This page is mobile-friendly.

  How Googlebot sees this page

  This page uses one resource which is blocked by robots.txt. The results and screenshot may be incorrect. Learn how to unblock resources for Googlebot.

  Show resources
  https://r-login.wordpress.com/…bcat.ca%2F

  How do I get wordpress.com to unblock the robotx.txt?

  Kind regards,
  Jodi

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Feb 16, 2015 at 9:10 pm

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  Hi Jodi,

  I’m not 100% sure what this resource is that’s blocking Google in this case. It looks like a remote login resource. However, it doesn’t appear to be doing any harm as the site is still appearing in Google searches:

  https://www.google.com/#q=granbybobcat.ca

  Have you connected Webmaster Tools yet? Can you give that a try and then run the following?

  https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/robots-testing-tool