Weird Google SERPs after New Domain Transfer 301
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Hi,
I have some very weird results in the SERPS - We did not do a complete 301 of the entire domain, but rather individual pages. We did the transfer back on 10th of June, and I was checking to see if there were any results on old domain of pages that were transferred to new domain via 301. There were, but...
Now I have the following occurring in the search results:
Title of Page (Links to old domain!! )
www.oldomain.com › ... › Figures & Sculptures › Tall Sculptures (these last 2 breadcrumbs link to NEW domain??!!)
Bla bla bla (meta description from new domain meta descriptionI know it's Monday, but this one has got me quite concerned! - Any insight appreciated! Am I going nuts?
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This is one of those things that just takes time. We moved our blog from /blog to a blog. subdomain about 2 months ago and have only recently seen SERPs reflect that. Also, the SERP results got better gradually rather than shifting overnight.
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Hey again. thanks for the help - The screenshot you sent me is the new site - and yes, the old site (e-cocinasplus) links to the new site - that is how I wanted it - but did you see the SERP results where the breadcrumbs are? That's the weird part I can't work out...
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the reason is because the following links are going to the new site on your old site -
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I just ran a Screaming Frog check - yes there are 302 redirections but for the Google Plus sharing button on each product page - so in essence, not what I had hoped it would be - did you look at the link I sent you in the SERP results?
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I have Screaming Frog, i just cant remember seeing 302s - will have to check again tmr
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I suggest you get Screaming frog it should tell you each url.
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Thanks... A fresh pair of eyes is good - how did you find 4000 302 redirects? That could be the issue here - can u give me a few example urls?
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Large site.. 19K + pages on this site. It appears that there are about 4,000 302 redirects. and 100+ 301 redirects. I would suggest doing a 302 on anything that is not working correctly till you figure it out.
I did find an internal server error on this page
www.e-cocinasplus.com/en/wusthof-gourmet-cooks-knife-26cm-1500.html -
I don't normally disclose the domains, but here goes...
Scroll down until you see breadcrumbs and hover over... weird...
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what is the URL I would be happy to take a look and see what I can find?
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if its an old site am I assuming that the whole site will at some point be redirected? as long as the content if the same it could still work from a user point of view. if worried you could i suppose use a 302 as a temporary measure for users to get back to the old site which will help and be removed a short while down the road when you've finished moving the site.
It comes down to your action plan for moving the site (time scales etc.)
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There is the possibility that the 301 redirection has not gone as good as we would have liked.
I have noticed that we appear to have a couple of 301's in a chain, mainly because oldsite redirects to the same file path on new site, which due to some changes, in some cases, is not the same and has changed so then on the new site it does a 301 to the relevant category.
So yes, we have a few instances of 301 chains, maximum of 2 hops from first URL - I realize this is not ideal but I think I will find it hard to isolate these issues to fix them.
Any suggestions?
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"We did not do a complete 301"
Are you sure you just need to finish moving the structure?
I'm not completely sure what the problem is but is it that the 301 is not going to plan?
Are you sure its not human error on a redirect link, you can undo 301 though its not really recommended especially if you are planning on moving the site any way.
Could you possibly break down the problem a bit more?
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