Google - changed servers and old site keeps coming up

hibeesmad · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:30

I recently hosted my old website on another website's hosting until I had finished the new one and the old site is appearing on Google and the new site is not.

e.g
new site hosted here
www.mywebsite.com

old site hosted here
www.otherdomain.com/mywebsite/

I have removed the old site from the server, however it is still coming up in Google, can I remove it?

Hope somebody can help,

Johnny.

fini · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:32

Do you have access to the old domain? If so the best way is to 301 to it - then you get to keep all the linkjuice.

jongeeone · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:32

Think you just have to wait for google to update?

hibeesmad · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:34

fini said:
Do you have access to the old domain? If so the best way is to 301 to it - then you get to keep all the linkjuice.

Yes, it was an old website I done. I still have access to the server.

I don't know how to do a 301, can you please explain.

Cheers.

fini · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:44

hibeesmad · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:47

Will using a 301 delete the old url, as this is appearing at the bottom of the description in Google, or does it just re-direct it? Sorry I'm new to this. Are there any way of deleting the old url?

Johnny.

benjo · 6 Oct 2008 at 18:56

I found that google takes a couple of weeks to update once your site has been listed. I removed everyone from one of my hosts once and put a completely new website up, and google still listed it as the old one.

hibeesmad · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:08

The new website is here

www.thewashhoose.com

the old website was here, I have since removed it
www.lovehatetattoo.co.uk/wash/index.html

The old website is appearing in google and the new one is not at all.

Would this 305 be correct?
redirect 301 /wash/index.html http://www.thewashhoose.com/index.html

So will Google update and remove this old link in a couple of weeks? I have submitted new robot and sitemap files, but don't know if this will make a difference. How long does Googlebot take to crawl your website? Will it update once it has?

cheers.

fini · 6 Oct 2008 at 20:14

No, read the first link on google, it shows how to do site-wide redirects properly.

hibeesmad · 6 Oct 2008 at 20:59

fini said:
No, read the first link on google, it shows how to do site-wide redirects properly.

I have read this and still don't 100% understand. Will this method still work if I have removed the old url that is appearing on Google?

Thanks.

mattgaunt · 6 Oct 2008 at 21:20

hibeesmad just to let you know, the way Google works is it sends its servers to search the internet and collect information about your site and stores.

It does this by randomly jumping and following links etc. it will take a little while for Google to scan your new site so you have to be patient for that.

As for your old one you have to wait for Googles computers to jump onto it again to see if it is there or not and then Google will deal with it appropriately (The effect of simply re-directing I'm not sure if Google will remove it and just add the re-directed site or whether it will still register the domain)

Basically you gotta play the waiting game for a week or 2

hibeesmad · 6 Oct 2008 at 21:23

edit: hosting fixed.