Apr 9, 2019
Is and when how often Google does a recheck of duplicate content?
Because sometimes duplicate content is not because of trying to manipulate but real reasons. For example I had a website but needed a brandchange...that happened 2 times...., so I had 2 old websites and a new one with all the same content. Now the new site is not ranking at all. I deleted the old urls. Until that point I didn't know about duplicate content.!!!!
Now what should I do? Do Google and when do they recheck of double content? Or am I doomed forever just because I wasn't in seo and didn't know about duplicate content?
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Apr 10, 2019
if the URL redirects, the content is not checked, rel=canonical is irrelivent (and ignored by Google!)
Original Poster Florian 42 marked this as an answer
Apr 10, 2019
Its not a 'binary flag'
When a URL is crawled, if he page appears to substationally duplicate an existing indexed page, Googel will be less inclined to index.
And even indexed, if the page is very similar to results already shown in particualr query results, it might be filtered.
As the other copies are deindexed, it allowes your new copies to slowly gain in promomence, ie less likely to be filtered.
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Apr 9, 2019
And if you hadnt setup redirects, its porbably NOT too late. Its probably never too late. But the returns are small, if been a long time. (over a month or so)
Setup redirects.
Gold Product Expert webado recommended this
Apr 9, 2019
Did you redirect the old urls to the new ones?
Redirects allow for the most seamless change. If you just delete the old and create new, it will take lots of time for reshuffling.
The 'new' pages are effectively starting from scratch each time, and worse look like just recycling old content. A redirect shows its an intentional MOVE.
As for recrawling cycles, there is no fixed interval. Some pages will recraw quickly, some can take months.
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Did you redirect the old urls to the new ones?
Redirects allow for the most seamless change. If you just delete the old and create new, it will take lots of time for reshuffling.
The 'new' pages are effectively starting from scratch each time, and worse look like just recycling old content. A redirect shows its an intentional MOVE.
As for recrawling cycles, there is no fixed interval. Some pages will recraw quickly, some can take months.
Gold Product Expert webado recommended this
And if you hadnt setup redirects, its porbably NOT too late. Its probably never too late. But the returns are small, if been a long time. (over a month or so)
Setup redirects.
Gold Product Expert webado recommended this
Apr 9, 2019
As I said I wasn't into seo...
But do we know for sure if Google is doing such a re-check?
Apr 9, 2019
Well the URL Inspection tool will give you crawl dates.
its part of the Search Console, so getting a console property for the now 'deleted' site might be tricky.
Apr 10, 2019
So I wanted to get my domains back, but one is already sold, one I got back...
But the question is, even if Google is crawling the new content are they then changing the duplicate-content"flag" on my site.....???
Its not a 'binary flag'
When a URL is crawled, if he page appears to substationally duplicate an existing indexed page, Googel will be less inclined to index.
And even indexed, if the page is very similar to results already shown in particualr query results, it might be filtered.
As the other copies are deindexed, it allowes your new copies to slowly gain in promomence, ie less likely to be filtered.
Gold Product Expert webado recommended this
Apr 10, 2019
Thanks,
I hope you are right, otherwise I can flush it down the toilet...:/
For the one old domain I got back what do you recommend? Should I set up the old pages and set a 301 redirect OR/AND use the canonical flags?
Thanks
Apr 10, 2019
And no canonical tags?
if the URL redirects, the content is not checked, rel=canonical is irrelivent (and ignored by Google!)
Original Poster Florian 42 marked this as an answer
Apr 10, 2019
so the one domain i bought back i installed wordpress and put a redirect on. i added this property on google search console with a dns-entry.
i guess because of the 301 redirect, the play console cant gather any information.
thats it? or should i once crawl it?
thanks