On Google Analytics, Pages that were 301 redirected are still being crawled. What's the issue here?
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URL that we redirected are being crawled on Google Analytics. Since they dont exist, they have high bounce rates. What can the issue be?
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Patrick is spot on. Also be aware that although you have done a 301 Google may not crawl immediately and the old page may still appear in the index (redirecting when you select it).
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Hi there
I would look at your internal links and sitemap - those pages could be listed still and that's how they are being crawled. You can use ScreamingFrog to find this out rather quickly.
Let me know if that helps! Good luck!
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