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Mobile Access to GasBuddy Organization (GBO) Full Sites[edit | edit source]

How to ensure your mobile device will reach the full site and not be directed to m.gasbuddy.com.

Shortcut to this guide: tinyurl.com/gbomobile



The Problem[edit | edit source]

Unless you do something to prevent it, when you try to use a mobile device's (smartphone, etc.) browser to access any GBO full site, it will be sensed as mobile device and directed to m.gasbuddy.com. You need to fool the system into thinking your device is a PC.


Doctoring the Bookmark[edit | edit source]

You can fool the system by adding a few characters to the bookmark you set up for a full site:

For older-formatted-URL sites:

Example 1:     [some site name]gasprices.com/index.aspx?mwo=1

For newer-formatted-URL sites:

Example 2:     [some site name].gasbuddy.com/index.aspx?mwo=1

Even though your site may show the new format in the browser address window, as this is written, the old format will re-direct to the new format, so either should work until some time in the future.


Leaving and Returning to a GBO Full Site[edit | edit source]

While using a GBO full site, there may come a time when you will wish to temporarily open a new page/tab in order to visit another site, either another GBO site or a non-GBO site. Having done so, you may then wish to return to the first GBO site. The first site may then reload and be directed to m.gasbuddy.com. You will then have to reuse your bookmark to re-enter the first site.


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