I have two websites
short.com and long.com
All pages on short.com redirect to long.com
How do I add short.com to google webmaster tools?
Can I add two meta tags for the verification code?
You can verify short.com with TXT dns recored and ignore the websites redirects.
More info can be found over here https://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=176792
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I don't want to migrate the whole site at same time, only some pages for now.
I have done:
install valid certificate
securized all resources into the html code of these pages.
add rel canonical tag
redirect 301 of some pages from http to https version through .htaccess
Google Chrome shows green secured status when access to these pages. Everything it's ok.
I haven't added new site property for https version in Google Search Console because if I do it Google will go to index my whole https site, and i don't want that to happen.
I made these changes 4 days ago and Google still is showing in search results the http version of my migrated pages.
I don't know if we have to add a new property in Google Search Console mandatory or if I just have to wait to google bot recognize the 301 redirect an reindexe pages.
Regards
Try to add links with https in sitemap.xml and add this sitemap in robots.txt and wait googlebot
SOLVED. After 5 days from changes Google is showing https version of my pages. Regards
The question applies to only Google Sites New (version) as it currently doesn't support web URL mapping. More info here under section Web address mapping :
https://support.google.com/a/answer/7198710?hl=en&ref_topic=6399171
So I made my site publicly available and can access it via the sites URL. I then did a 302 URL forwarding in my domain DNS so if I type in the domain.com it gets redirected to sites URL -- All good so far.
My question is how come some users are managed to have their URL showing up in Google results. Example Query in Google :
https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#newwindow=1&q=Made+with+the+new+Google+Sites%2C+an+effortless+way+to+create+beautiful+sites.
you will see some sites for example
These sites - ArchSci2020 and Mr. Arnote's new google Site have their URL displayed and Title doesn't contain the word Google Sites. Example if you try the following query where I am looking for the footer phrase
https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#newwindow=1&q=%22Made+with+the+new+Google+Sites%2C+an+effortless+way+to+create+beautiful+sites%22
I am using Google Domains and it only allow URL forwarding -- what are they doing differently?
Thanks.
I think they are indexed by Google with their real domain name because they use iframes or invisibles redirects configured in their registrar panels like Namecheap (for mrarnote.com for example).
According to Namecheap support:
Recently, Google has released a NEW version of Google Sites (it can be accessed through https://sites.google.com/new), however, it has no option to use a custom domain with it. If you still would like to use this version of sites with your domain, you may set up the connection via URL forwarding (more detailed instruction on how to set up the URL forwarding can be found in this article)
I was testing my site on AWS. And it is like mysitetest.elasticbeanstalk.com. But my original site is mysite.com. Now whenever i search for mysite google shows mysitetest.elasticbeanstalk.com links but not my original site. I have done all the verifications on webmaster tool for my site.
Is there any way to make elasticbeanstalk site completely private to me only and it is invisible to google? And if there are more suggestions please give me. All are welcome.
You should set up a robots.txt file for your test site to tell Google/crawlers to redirect the test site to the production site.
Example article: http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/how-to-properly-implement-a-301-redirect/
Your future test sites should have a robots.txt that tells google not to crawl it.
I have 2 domains, a site is deployed on one of them while the other has no content and simply redirects to the one with stuff. Google is indexing both of them, showing the same content from the first domain in the search details.
Q: How can I prevent the one that redirects from showing up on the search results?
Is it just a matter of deploying a robot.txt on the domain that redirects?
If all you want is to stop Google from indexing your site you should use the following robots.txt file:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
However, if you want to make sure the correct domain shows up in Google's results you should:
a) Use HTTP 301 Redirects
b) Specify your canonical
According to Google...
Q: I have the same content available on two domains (example.com and example2.org). How do I let Google know that the two domains are the same site?
A: Use a 301 redirect to direct traffic from the alternative domain (example2.org) to your preferred domain (example.com). This tells Google to always look for your content in one location, and is the best way to ensure that Google (and other search engines!) can crawl and index your site correctly. Ranking signals (such as PageRank or incoming links) will be passed appropriately across 301 redirects. If you're changing domains, read about some best practices for making the move.
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So I'm guessing you aren't doing a 301 or Google changed.
I use to have a joomla site with SEF urls which are indexed in google like
example
www.mysite.com/index.php/contactme
i now have a static site and i want to 301 redirect my indexed urls to the the new one
example
www.mysite.com/contact-me.php
i have tried
Redirect 301 /index.php/contactme http://www.mysite.com/contact-me.php
but i get a internal server error. im complete novice at htaccess. i dont have the old joomla site any more only the static one
hope someone can help
Thanks
I think your redirect is correct in the .htaccess. Maybe the problem is that Google didn't crawl your site again since you changed to the static site. Check in Google webmaster tools to make sure and make a manual crawl using the tools to determine HOW Google sees your site NOW. If it shows correctly then you'll just have to give the engine some time to recrawl and reindex your site.
Hope this helps