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    • seoanalytics
      seoanalytics last edited by

      Hello,

      I upload a new website with new web addresses and my current addresses don't work anymore.

      I don't want to do redirects. Should I just remove the old address from google index using their tool or let google do it on its own.

      Thank you,

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      • Vijay-Gaur
        Vijay-Gaur last edited by

        Hi There,

        Ideally, it would be good to let Google know that something doesn't exist, Google would eventually remove them after it realizes about 404 errors and watches it for some time to improve.

        I hope it helps.

        Regards,

        Vijay

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        • seoanalytics
          seoanalytics last edited by

          But isn't it better to do redirects ?

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          • jasongmcmahon
            jasongmcmahon last edited by

            Hi there, I recommend contacting whenever your hosting with to help you to implement redirects.

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            • seoanalytics
              seoanalytics last edited by

              I did the redirects, thank you.

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