Wrong URL indexed

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  • Resolved Claire

    3 years, 5 months ago

    Rank Math pro

    Hi Team,

    I had some issue on my website this past week and I published an article by mistake with the wrong URL. I reversed it to draft, changed the URL and published again.
    I see that google indexed the old URL and the new URL.
    The old URL is not on my site anymore.
    What’s the best way to proceed? Do I just let it go to a 404 and then eventually Google will remove it from being indexed?
    Or is it better to use the redirect function at this time?
    Thanks,
    Claire.

    [URLS moved in the Sensitive Data section]

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  • Prabhat

    3 years, 5 months ago

    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting us.

    I checked and both the URLs seem active. However, the new URL doesn’t seem to be indexed yet.

    Upon taking a closer look, I found that the old URL is getting cached and it still appears as if the page exists.

    Please have a look at the screencast in the sensitive data section of this ticket.

    Please clear your website’s cache and wait for Google to re-crawl your website again and see if the issue is fixed. Since the old URL is indexed on Google, it is recommended to create a redirection from the old to the new URL.

    Hope that helps.

    Thank you.

    Claire

    3 years, 5 months ago

    Rank Math pro

    Great, very helpful.
    thanks!

    Prabhat

    3 years, 5 months ago

    Rank Math agency

    Hello,

    We are super happy that we could address your concern. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.

    If you don’t mind us asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.

    If you have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

    Thank you.

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