Why is wrong domain being indexed?
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We have 2 domains: revolve.com and fwrd.com (unrelated to each other, but hosted on the same server). If you do a site search for revolve.com but enter a designer brand that is only carried on FWRD (not on Revolve), the domain "revolve.com" pops up in the SERP, which is redirected to FWRD.com. Ex. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=site%3Awww.revolve.com isabel marant
Why is Google indexing the revolve.com pages, which don't actually exist? Thanks.
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Hi Jarred! We'd love an update on this. Did Eric's response help?
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Jarred, typically when you set up a 301 permanent redirect from one page to another, Google is going to keep the old pages in their index for up to a year (sometimes longer). I've done a LOT of site migrations from one domain to another, and this is the case--that's just what Google does.
Most likely you can only find those pages indexed with the exact search that you're doing (the site:revolve.com (designer name)). Those revolve pages won't be displayed for 'normal' keyword search queries.
At this point, since you've set up the 301 redirects, there's really nothing to worry about.
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First question, how long ago was the 301 set up?
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