I have waited about a month for Google to correct my 301 redirect, but
it has still to act and I am getting very frustrated. Basically the
problem is that I have a number of pages which has the prefix of my IP
address i.e. 212.100.248.19/filmsuggestion/what-should-i-do-if-my-
girlfriend-goes-off-sex but this should be
http://www.videojug.com/filmsuggestion/what-should-i-do-if-my-girlfri... as we have done a lot of 301 redirects from these pages.
This is the same for the other IP addresses of my company
212.100.248.18 and 212.100.248.20.
Please can youo change this accordingly as it currently affects over
6,000 of our pages and it has been far too long for Google to adjust
to these changes.
I see Google has no cache of your IP address page, but does have a
cache of the 301 domain name page, so it looks as though the databases
are slow in updating. I don't see how this is affecting you as, if I
click on the link from the results it takes me to your domain name
page (301), so nothing lost.
Or have I missed something?
> I have waited about a month for Google to correct my 301 redirect, but
> it has still to act and I am getting very frustrated. Basically the
> problem is that I have a number of pages which has the prefix of my IP
> address i.e. 212.100.248.19/filmsuggestion/what-should-i-do-if-my-
> girlfriend-goes-off-sex but this should behttp://www.videojug.com/filmsuggestion/what-should-i-do-if-my-girlfri...
> as we have done a lot of 301 redirects from these pages.
> This is the same for the other IP addresses of my company
> 212.100.248.18 and 212.100.248.20.
> Please can youo change this accordingly as it currently affects over
> 6,000 of our pages and it has been far too long for Google to adjust
> to these changes.
Well yes- we are losing about 2,000 - 3,000 visits a day on just two
keywords where we had top position. Due to Google databases slow at
updating the results, we have lost about 60,000 - 90,000 visits (prob
around £2,000). We were expecting the positions to be corrected sooner
than this and the pages to get reinstated at their appropriate level
again i.e. the link juice and history on that page not lost. As I say,
this is only for two of our top keywords and we could well of lost a
lot more visits due to this problem.
> I see Google has no cache of your IP address page, but does have a
> cache of the 301 domain name page, so it looks as though the databases
> are slow in updating. I don't see how this is affecting you as, if I
> click on the link from the results it takes me to your domain name
> page (301), so nothing lost.
> Or have I missed something?
> On Feb 18, 4:36 pm,VideoRobertwrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have waited about a month for Google to correct my 301 redirect, but
> > it has still to act and I am getting very frustrated. Basically the
> > problem is that I have a number of pages which has the prefix of my IP
> > address i.e. 212.100.248.19/filmsuggestion/what-should-i-do-if-my-
> > girlfriend-goes-off-sex but this should behttp://www.videojug.com/filmsuggestion/what-should-i-do-if-my-girlfri...
> > as we have done a lot of 301 redirects from these pages.
> > This is the same for the other IP addresses of my company
> > 212.100.248.18 and 212.100.248.20.
> > Please can youo change this accordingly as it currently affects over
> > 6,000 of our pages and it has been far too long for Google to adjust
> > to these changes.
There may be a few things you need to look into:
Your DNS seems a bit off (or a bit non-standard)
www.videojug.com DNS is configured to:
86241 IN A 212.100.248.19
But,
videojug.com DNS is configured to:
86153 IN A 212.100.248.17
On top of that you have domain canonicalization issues.
The non-www gives a 302 redirect to the www version.
This should be a 301 permanent redirect.
Your current configuration is not the best. Maybe this was intended
as a method for load distribution or redundancy but it is
misconfigured.
I'd correct this ASAP and then give Google another month
or so to digest the changes (Given the stated number of URLs)
It is best to give Google (and the rest of the internet)
consistent and absolute information. In your case being
unambiguos to the IP address and domain URL would be
the best to help Google re-index your site properly and
in the most quick and efficient manner.
I would also set my preferred domain canonicalization
in Google Webmaster tools.
All the best,
Abracadabra
On Feb 19, 4:48 am, VideoRobert wrote:
> Well yes- we are losing about 2,000 - 3,000 visits a day on just two
> keywords where we had top position. Due to Google databases slow at
> updating the results, we have lost about 60,000 - 90,000 visits (prob
> around £2,000). We were expecting the positions to be corrected sooner
> than this and the pages to get reinstated at their appropriate level
> again i.e. the link juice and history on that page not lost. As I say,
> this is only for two of our top keywords and we could well of lost a
> lot more visits due to this problem.
> Thanks
> Robert
> On Feb 18, 5:36 pm, gt wrote:
> > Hi Robert,
> > I see Google has no cache of your IP address page, but does have a
> > cache of the 301 domain name page, so it looks as though the databases
> > are slow in updating. I don't see how this is affecting you as, if I
> > click on the link from the results it takes me to your domain name
> > page (301), so nothing lost.
> > Or have I missed something?
> > On Feb 18, 4:36 pm,VideoRobertwrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I have waited about a month for Google to correct my 301 redirect, but
> > > it has still to act and I am getting very frustrated. Basically the
> > > problem is that I have a number of pages which has the prefix of my IP
> > > address i.e. 212.100.248.19/filmsuggestion/what-should-i-do-if-my-
> > > girlfriend-goes-off-sex but this should behttp://www.videojug.com/filmsuggestion/what-should-i-do-if-my-girlfri...
> > > as we have done a lot of 301 redirects from these pages.
> > > This is the same for the other IP addresses of my company
> > > 212.100.248.18 and 212.100.248.20.
> > > Please can youo change this accordingly as it currently affects over
> > > 6,000 of our pages and it has been far too long for Google to adjust
> > > to these changes.
At a quick look at your home page I find it limited
in indexable textual content. That can't be helping.
Also to me there seems to not be a particular focus
on topics, just a bend toward videos in general.
Google does not index the text in flash, images or
video in regard to SERP ranking for that page.
Also the use of CSS display none for many page
elements may be affecting you in a negative way
but that's hard for me to say for sure.
fwiw,
Abracadabra
On Feb 19, 4:48 am, VideoRobert wrote:
> Well yes- we are losing about 2,000 - 3,000 visits a day on just two
> keywords where we had top position. Due to Google databases slow at
> updating the results, we have lost about 60,000 - 90,000 visits (prob
> around £2,000). We were expecting the positions to be corrected sooner
> than this and the pages to get reinstated at their appropriate level
> again i.e. the link juice and history on that page not lost. As I say,
> this is only for two of our top keywords and we could well of lost a
> lot more visits due to this problem.
> Thanks
> Robert
> On Feb 18, 5:36 pm, gt wrote:
> > Hi Robert,
> > I see Google has no cache of your IP address page, but does have a
> > cache of the 301 domain name page, so it looks as though the databases
> > are slow in updating. I don't see how this is affecting you as, if I
> > click on the link from the results it takes me to your domain name
> > page (301), so nothing lost.
> > Or have I missed something?
> > On Feb 18, 4:36 pm,VideoRobertwrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I have waited about a month for Google to correct my 301 redirect, but
> > > it has still to act and I am getting very frustrated. Basically the
> > > problem is that I have a number of pages which has the prefix of my IP
> > > address i.e. 212.100.248.19/filmsuggestion/what-should-i-do-if-my-
> > > girlfriend-goes-off-sex but this should behttp://www.videojug.com/filmsuggestion/what-should-i-do-if-my-girlfri...
> > > as we have done a lot of 301 redirects from these pages.
> > > This is the same for the other IP addresses of my company
> > > 212.100.248.18 and 212.100.248.20.
> > > Please can youo change this accordingly as it currently affects over
> > > 6,000 of our pages and it has been far too long for Google to adjust
> > > to these changes.
