Google Change of Address tool when redirecting to a new domain and subdirectory

Google Change of Address tool when redirecting to a new domain and subdirectory - 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 Change of Address tool when redirecting to a new domain and subdirectory error on your web browser. Problem :

I realize that other forms of this question have been asked and answered (and marked as duplicate) here before.

However, I haven't seen a question that responds to my particular use case, which is to move a site to a new domain AND move it's content to a subdirectory on that new domain.

For example, I want oldsite.com to point to newsite.com/oldsite.

I've placed the 301 redirect on the old site to redirect to the new domain and subfolder, but the Change of Address tool requires that the redirect be to the root of the new domain.

Is the best practice here to temporarily change the redirect to point to the root, just to get past step 2, then change it back, or is there another option?

Thanks.

Solution :

If you need to change the URL of a page as it is shown in search engine results, I recommend that you use a server-side 301 redirect. This is the best way to ensure that users and search engines are directed to the correct page. The 301 status code means that a page has permanently moved to a new location.

Best practice is that if you want to change the redirect to point to the root, just do it. But make sure that you keep old site up for few weeks too. You can ignore the google if you want, but you will need to put up bunch of back links etc.

Just put the redirection on root. That's the best solution.

We hope that this article has helped you resolve the seo, google, domains error in your web browsers. Enjoy browsing the internet uninterrupted!