Faulty title, meta description and version (https instead of http) on homepage

[gpapatheodorou]

Hi there,

I am working on a client (http://minibusshuttle.com/) whose homepage is not indexed correctly by Google. In details, the title & meta description are taken from another website (http://planet55.co.uk/). In addition, homepage is indexed as https instead of http. The rest of the URIs are correctly indexed (titles, meta descriptions, http etc).

planet55.co.uk used to be hosted on the same server as minibusshuttle.com and an SSL certificate was activated for that domain.

I have tried several times to manually "fetch by Google" the homepage, to no avail. The rest of the pages are indexed/refreshed normally and Google responds very fast when I perform any kind of changes there.

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.

Kind regards,

George

[TheWebMastercom]

Speak to your host.  I believe this is caused by SNI technology at the server level which can cause https versions to revert to another site. SNI is when you can have SSL certificates on a shared IP.

This is best dealt with by your hosting provider.

[gpapatheodorou]

Hi Jonathan,

Thank you for your reply. I had already contacted my hosting company and waiting for their feedback. I 'll let you know.

Cheers,

George

[Christy-Correll]

Hi George,

Did you hosting company give you any feedback? We'd love an update on this issue. Thanks!

Christy

[gpapatheodorou]

Hi Christy,

The hosting company just deactivated the SSL as requested by me for planet55.co.uk. But look what is happening now:

1. When you search for "mini bus shuttle" (tested on google.co.uk) everything (title, meta description etc) is displayed correctly.

2. If you type "site:minibusshuttle.com" the planet55.co.uk title & meta description come up.

I gave up. I really don't know what else to check. If anybody else has any idea at all, it would be highly appreciated.

Regards,

George

[Christy-Correll]

Hi George,

This is strange indeed. When you clicked on the first result for the search "mini bus shuttle", did it take you to this site, which does not have a valid certificate, and is displaying content for Essex Digital Media (see screen cap at imager linked to below)?

https://minibusshuttle.com

And did you contact the hosting company again?

Kind Wishes,

Christy

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[gpapatheodorou]

Hi Christy,

How did you do that? I mean... When you click on the results for "mini bus shuttle" it takes you to Essex Digital Media's website?

This does not happen to me and I tested that from diferrent browsers and devices.

When the website was under the redesign process, it was stored in a path like "essexdigitalmedia.co.uk/zzz/xxx/minibussshuttle". Essexdigitalmedia.co.uk is the main domain of the specific hosting server.

This is getting worse. I have to push the hosting company for further investigation.

Thank you

[Christy-Correll]

Hi George,

Actually, I misspoke above. Sorry about that! The first result for the non-personalized search "site:minibusshuttle.com" ---- https://www.google.co.uk/#q=site:minibusshuttle.com&psw=0 --- in google.co.uk links to https://minibusshuttle.com, which shows content for Essex Digital Media. (See the attached screen cap, which shows page 1 search results for this query. I believe they will look very similar to yours, including the title and description for planet55.co.uk).

Yes, I would definitely recommend pushing the hosting company to straighten this out immediately. I would also seriously consider migrating the site to a hosting company you can trust. Best of luck, and please us know how the hosting company responds.

Christy

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