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    • thestudio4
      thestudio4 last edited by

      Hello,

      I have a question regarding a couple of our in-house domains & rankings.

      We have our main site which we've had for 3+ years, moderately optimised. And our separate site for another publication, this was it's own stand-alone site but now that site has been removed off our servers & the old domain a straight forward http re-direct via 1&1 to the main website.

      The old site was removed & forward set up before October 2011, however when searching Google for 'specification online' the old domain appears position #1.

      We have many other domains which are http re-directs with 1&1 and none of these have causes us this issue. What else can I do to get the old domain to stop showing up on Google?

      Domains in questions:

      Main site: http://specificationonline.co.uk

      Old site: http://housingspecification.com

      If you  need any further info I'll be happy to provide as we owned both domains & hosting from day 1 so can access anything required.

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      • CarlosFernandes
        CarlosFernandes last edited by

        You have done the obvious SITE CHANGE OF ADDRESS in GWT ?  Correct?

        Just checking to make sure what you have done.

        Also as far as I can tell you have not setup the 301 redirect correctly.

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