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

Google still has record of my old site URL - what to do? - If a page has internal and external outgoing links to redirecting URLs, it’s returning 3xx (301, 302, etc.) HTTP status codes standing for redirection. This issue means that the page does not exist on a permanent or temporary basis. It appears on most of the popular web browsers, usually caused by a misconfigured website. However, there are some steps you can take to ensure the issue isn’t on your side. You can find more details about redirecting URLs by reading the Google Search Central overview. In this article, we’ll go over how you can fix the Google still has record of my old site URL - what to do? error on your web browser. 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

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.

We hope that this article has helped you resolve the htaccess, redirects, google-index error in your web browsers. Enjoy browsing the internet uninterrupted!