301 Redirects Change?
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Hi, Mozzers-
I've noticed pages that are getting 301 redirected are staying out there longer. It used to be that you would implement a 301 redirect and then after a couple of months the old page would disappear out of Google's index. Over the last couple of months I've noticed pages lingering, popping up....
What gives?
Thanks in advance!
LHC
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Thanks, Malachi! I think the issue came about when we moved the site to the cloud. It looks like the old site was inadvertently moved too.
Best,
Lisa
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Thanks, Chris! I think the issue came about when we moved the site to the cloud. It looks like the old site was inadvertently moved too.
Best,
Lisa
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I agree with chris.. could provide specific examples.. It would help to find the cause of the problem. Also, are you keeping the old pages and new pages accessible or have you removed the old pages?
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Are you sure it is the exact page address? Perhaps a page serving up the same content but with a slightly different name is getting indexed, and while one instance of the page address is getting redirected another is not. Can you share specific examples?
If that isn't the case, I can't speak to 301 redirected pages still appearing in SERPS- typically they disappear upon getting indexed. Are there a bunch of links pointing to the old address? Are new links being discovered that are pointing to the old address??
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