Is there a way to redirect pages from an old site?
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I have no access to an old wordpress site of a client's, but have parked the domain on their new site, gone into webmaster central and requested a change of address and wait...
the old domain still shows in the search listings in place of the new site domain and the log files show 404 errors from links to the old site which go nowhere - can anyone suggest a way of managing this on the new site - is there a workaround to what should have been done - 301 redirects on the old site before it was taken down.
many thanks
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Sorry for the delay.
If the site is still registered you might be able to get the registar login info and point it a new server to 301 it.
Other wise you've just got the hurry up and wait game. You can start by find the sites that link to the old domain and get them to change the link to the new one. Time consuming, but really your only option if you can't change the nameservers.
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I do not have access to their old ftp neither do they. the old site has been taken down. i did repoint their old domain name to the new domain and do a change of address in webmaster - just very annoying not to have been able to have done a full 301 page remapping of the old site to new and means we have to wait until Google changes the address of the old domain or removes it from the SERPS.
Trying to build good links to new site to give it credibiity around its brand name and doing lots of social!
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Do you have access to their old FTP?
or do you have access to change the old nameservers?
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