Why does my 301 show the old urls with new descriptions and titles?
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Hi all,
We've just rebranded. The 301 appears to have worked well and moved the results and rankings onto the new domain. However a site:olddomain.com search in Google brings up about a hundred pages that have the new titles and descriptions but show the old urls - does anyone have any idea how to make the old domain disappear from the SERPS?
Many thanks,
Richard
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Hi Paul,
Bing is much less confused, and we'll sit tight - but many thanks for the change of address tool suggestion - we had missed that!
Best,
Richard
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Hi Mike,
Ok, that's pretty much what we thought but thanks for confirming your thoughts.
Best,
Richard
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There's always a time lag while Google sorts out what's going on after a migration, panini. How long ago do the new version go live? Is Bing showing the same "confusion"?
The one additional hint you can give Google, in particular, is to use the "Change of Address" tool in Google Webmaster Tools to advise of the move to the new domain.
Other than that - patience for a couple weeks is your best friend. If only a hundred out of a larger number of pages still show the "confusion' my guess is this is just the usual dance associated with big G figuring things out after a large change like this.
Good luck & let us know how it plays out!
Paul
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Hi Richard,
As long as your 301s are set up correctly, Google should eventually drop the old URL from the SERPs.
Make sure that you do not have a temporary redirect, 302, set up, which would prolong things.
If you want to try and speed things up, you could resubmit your sitemap using Goolge Webmaster Tools.
Hope this helps.
Mike
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