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    • frankfans117
      frankfans117 last edited by

      I have a website ,now google index ip address of it instead of the domain name,I have used 301 redirected to the domain name,but how to change the index IP to its domain name? And why google index the IP address?

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      • DanHill
        DanHill last edited by

        Hi Frank

        Yes sorry that was my mistake - I think all the japanese writing confused me 😛

        How long has it been sicne the 301 redirect was implemented? This should solve your problem once the site is re-crawled.

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        • DanHill
          DanHill last edited by

          Hi Frank

          I've tried your keyword in Google.com and I see the site and URL ranking second - I don't see an ip address in the SERP though.

          Perhaps it's something on your side?

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          • frankfans117
            frankfans117 @DanHill last edited by

            Thank you ,I have seen this page,but there is nothing to help,I only want to change the index ip to the domain name and I don't know how to do that,I have search google and don't find any help.

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            • DanHill
              DanHill last edited by

              Have a look here ->

              Help forum > Webmaster Central > Crawling, indexing & ranking > how can I stop my IP address showing in google searches?

              http://www.google.co.uk/support/forum/p/Webmasters/thread?tid=0e9a26cc8a4885a6&hl=en

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              • Dan-Petrovic
                Dan-Petrovic last edited by

                Are we able to see this IP / domain?

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