Trouble with Old Site Name
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Trying to figure out what is causing a site to show up under a former name in Google. The name of the client is Fortenberry Legal. They changed from Fortenberry Law Group over a year ago. I can't find any code on the site that uses the old name. For some reason, it still shows up as "Fortenberry Law Group" in Google. When I search for "Fortenberry Law Group," that shows up in Google with a full set of site links. When I search under the new name (Fortenberry Legal), that also shows up in Google but without the site links. Any thought on what could be causing this?
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Much appreciated! I had actually already submitted a request to DMOZ to have that changed, but obviously it hasn't been done yet. If that's not resolved soon, we'll add the meta tag. Thanks again.
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It is being picked up from your DMOZ Listing in http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Law/Services/Lawyers_and_Law_Firms/General_Practice/North_America/United_States/Mississippi/
- Fortenberry Law Group - Trust and estate law firm providing probate-related representation to clients throughout the United States. Handles probate matters in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
Add a meta tag as following in your HTML code if you don't want that to happen.
<meta name="googlebot" content="noodp">
This will take care of the problem.
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