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    • Falconberg
      Falconberg last edited by

      Trying to figure out what is causing a site to show up under a former name in Google. The name of the client is Fortenberry Legal.  They changed from Fortenberry Law Group over a year ago. I can't find any code on the site that uses the old name.  For some reason, it still shows up as "Fortenberry Law Group" in Google. When I search for "Fortenberry Law Group," that shows up in Google with a full set of site links.  When I search under the new name (Fortenberry Legal), that also shows up in Google but without the site links. Any thought on what could be causing this?

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      • NakulGoyal
        NakulGoyal last edited by

        It is being picked up from your DMOZ Listing in http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Law/Services/Lawyers_and_Law_Firms/General_Practice/North_America/United_States/Mississippi/

        • Fortenberry Law Group - Trust and estate law firm providing probate-related representation to clients throughout the United States. Handles probate matters in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

        Add a meta tag as following in your HTML code if you don't want that to happen.

        <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp">

        This will take care of the problem.

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        • Falconberg
          Falconberg last edited by

          Much appreciated! I had actually already submitted a request to DMOZ to have that changed, but obviously it hasn't been done yet. If that's not resolved soon, we'll add the meta tag. Thanks again.

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