Re-direct domain ranking higher than main domain 6 months later
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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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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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