Should remove 404 page
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Hello,
I upload a new website with new web addresses and my current addresses don't work anymore.
I don't want to do redirects. Should I just remove the old address from google index using their tool or let google do it on its own.
Thank you,
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I did the redirects, thank you.
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Hi there, I recommend contacting whenever your hosting with to help you to implement redirects.
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But isn't it better to do redirects ?
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Hi There,
Ideally, it would be good to let Google know that something doesn't exist, Google would eventually remove them after it realizes about 404 errors and watches it for some time to improve.
I hope it helps.
Regards,
Vijay
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