Google still has record of my old site URL - what to do?

Google still has record of my old site URL - what to do? - .htaccess files are extremely useful in many cases for users who either do not have root permissions or for users who simply aren't comfortable in making changes in their web server's configuration file. Trying to debug .htaccess not working isn't always the easiest thing to do, however, hopefully by checking the discuss below mentioned about htaccess, redirects, google-index, , .htaccess common problems as well as the troubleshooting tips, you'll have a better grasp on what you may have to modify to get your .htaccess file running smoothly.Problem :


I had a blog site, i.e. http://example2.com, then I bought a new domain, i.e. http://example.com and 301 permanent redirected example2.com to example.com. But when I get into the Google Webmaster Tools, if I get some 404, and then click into the link and see the "Linked from" tab, it shows some links like:




  • http://example.com/post-1

  • http://example2.com/feed

  • http://example2.com/post-1



Google Webmaster's Tools 404 linked from



According to Google, if you change your domain, just use a redirection for at least 4-6 months, but it almost passed. Then why Google has still traces of my old site?



The issue is important, because I don't want to pay for the old domain anymore.



I tried deleting my existing sitemap.xml and recreating it from the new site, but still such links are stored. What could I do?


Solution :

Google Webmasters also explains why the URLs are still indexed with their YouTube video. It takes a good while for the actual removal process of the old links to happen.



Also, you have to remember, Google is indexing, re-indexing, and deleting records from their Search Engine all of the time at a massive rate already, but there is trillions upon trillions of sites that this needs to be done to and more links for indexing.



Just give it some time, but the links will be updated sooner or later.



EDIT 1



You did all of the steps to fix the URLs indexed by Google. They just need to recrawl your website and index the links properly again.



Also, did you submit a Sitemap of all of the new URLs? That could help index your site even faster with Google WebMaster Tools.



You can log into google webmaster tools and re-index your site. Found that is speeds up the process.


Additionally, if you would like to do some further testing, give the htaccess tester tool a try. It allows you to specify a certain URL as well as the rules you would like to include and then shows which rules were tested, which ones met the criteria, and which ones were executed.

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