Why old (301) links stay on Google when breaking site down to multiple domains
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Published on 2013-07-03T10:22:42Z
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Some background:
We did have single site and single domain (let's call it mainsite.com
) with product information, however things have changed since and product database has grown fast. So we decided to move some major products/manufacturers under their own domains (let's call one of them subsite.com
) while still using our main database/codebase.
What we've done:
subsite.com
domain for product 1 by Great Products Co.
mainsite.com
using 301 redirect.
Results:
If I search our moved products from Google then it will found them and list them but with old links to our main page like mainsite.com/group/product1
but it should show link to new site subsite.com/product1
. Links from Goole redirects as they should, as said redirects are verified [301].
Main question:
Any reasons why Google would not follow 301 redirects and update links so that they will point to our new mfg/product site subsite.com
?
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