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    How to stop Google crawling after 301 redirect?

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    • CommercePundit
      CommercePundit last edited by

      I have removed all pages from my old website and set 301 redirect to new website. But, I have verified old website with Google webmaster tools' HTML verification file which enable me to track all data and existence of pages in Google search for my old website. I was assumed that, Google will stop crawling and DE-indexed all pages after 301 redirect. Because, I have set 301 redirect before 3 months.

      Now, I'm able to see Google bot activity on my website with help of Google webmaster tools. You can find out attachment to know more about it. How can it possible & How Google can crawl removed pages?

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      • irvingw
        irvingw last edited by

        Google is most likely following links on other sites pointing to your old site and then 301'ing to the new site so you're seeing activity in WMT

        looking here is still see two pages in the index:

        https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=site:http%3A%2F%2Flampslightingandmore.com%2F&oq=site:http%3A%2F%2Flampslightingandmore.com%2F&gs_l=hp.3..0l4.1146.2239.0.2363.6.6.0.0.0.0.309.1495.2-3j2.5.0...0.0...1c.gwNTMFHM_dQ&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=13df23ca690bfc6f&biw=1920&bih=968

        you can go in and remove the site in WMT using the remove URL tool and see if that stops activity in that old WMT account. Crawling or not crawling, reporting or not reporting, there is not an issue here though - the 301's appear to be properly set up.

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