KieranThomas
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Hi all,
We've recently taken on some new sites and had to update some URLs.
301s redirects were setup as normal. However, we're finding consistently that:
1) Google is updating part of the URL in the SERPs, but not the full URL
2) GSC is not correctly reflecting what's happening in the SERPs
For example:
Let's say we've changed an old URL from:
domainname.co.uk
To a new URL of:
www.domainname.co.uk
And a 301 is setup accordingly.
Question 1:
What we're seeing in the SERPs is that Google will either:
a) update the existing listing to domainname.co.uk - This website is for sale! - domainname Resources and Information.
In other words, it's just updating the non-www to www part, but not updating the rest of the path.
(Thankfully we have 301s setup to cover that scenario too, so if a user clicks on the SERP result, they are still taken to the new location)
or
b) It completely ignores the redirect and continue to show the listing for the old URL even though GSC says it's crawled the URL since the 301 was introduced
Any ideas why?
Question 2:
At the same time, in GSC the original URL shows as "Indexed, not submitted in sitemap" (which make sense, as that Old URL no longer exists) and yet the new URL isn't being indexed.
Any ideas why?
Normally we would expect the old URL to simply be replaced with the new URL.
Question 3:
Also, in terms of GSC not reflecting what's happening in the SERPs, we're seeing cases where GSC reports some pages as being "Submitted and indexed", and yet when we do a manual search using site:domainname.co.uk - This website is for sale! - domainname Resources and Information. it doesn't show in the SERPs.
Conversely, we've also seen examples of the opposite whereby the page appears in the SERPs if I check manually, but if I use "URL Inspection" in GSC, it says "URL is not on Google"
I wondered initially if this was just a delay/lag between the two, but we're still seeing it for pages which have been visible in the index for 1 month, but GSC is still showing them as "URL is not on Google".
Any ideas as to why there's a mismatch after a month?
Ultimately we're currently finding that new URLs aren't being indexed, or aren't being indexed quickly even with 301 redirects in place, so I'm just trying to find out what's causing the issue.
Thanks
We've recently taken on some new sites and had to update some URLs.
301s redirects were setup as normal. However, we're finding consistently that:
1) Google is updating part of the URL in the SERPs, but not the full URL
2) GSC is not correctly reflecting what's happening in the SERPs
For example:
Let's say we've changed an old URL from:
domainname.co.uk - This website is for sale! - domainname Resources and Information.
This website is for sale! domainname.co.uk is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, domainname.co.uk has it all. We hope you find what you are searching for!
domainname.co.uk
To a new URL of:
domainname.co.uk - This website is for sale! - domainname Resources and Information.
This website is for sale! domainname.co.uk is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, domainname.co.uk has it all. We hope you find what you are searching for!
www.domainname.co.uk
And a 301 is setup accordingly.
Question 1:
What we're seeing in the SERPs is that Google will either:
a) update the existing listing to domainname.co.uk - This website is for sale! - domainname Resources and Information.
In other words, it's just updating the non-www to www part, but not updating the rest of the path.
(Thankfully we have 301s setup to cover that scenario too, so if a user clicks on the SERP result, they are still taken to the new location)
or
b) It completely ignores the redirect and continue to show the listing for the old URL even though GSC says it's crawled the URL since the 301 was introduced
Any ideas why?
Question 2:
At the same time, in GSC the original URL shows as "Indexed, not submitted in sitemap" (which make sense, as that Old URL no longer exists) and yet the new URL isn't being indexed.
Any ideas why?
Normally we would expect the old URL to simply be replaced with the new URL.
Question 3:
Also, in terms of GSC not reflecting what's happening in the SERPs, we're seeing cases where GSC reports some pages as being "Submitted and indexed", and yet when we do a manual search using site:domainname.co.uk - This website is for sale! - domainname Resources and Information. it doesn't show in the SERPs.
Conversely, we've also seen examples of the opposite whereby the page appears in the SERPs if I check manually, but if I use "URL Inspection" in GSC, it says "URL is not on Google"
I wondered initially if this was just a delay/lag between the two, but we're still seeing it for pages which have been visible in the index for 1 month, but GSC is still showing them as "URL is not on Google".
Any ideas as to why there's a mismatch after a month?
Ultimately we're currently finding that new URLs aren't being indexed, or aren't being indexed quickly even with 301 redirects in place, so I'm just trying to find out what's causing the issue.
Thanks
