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INK Displays Deleted URL in SERP

First I had a 302 Redirect, Now it is a 301

         

egomaniac

5:59 pm on Apr 20, 2002 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member




Recently I dropped a page, and replaced it with a subdomain. In my .htaccess file I have a 301 redirect from the old page name to the new subdomain root. The original page was first listed in Inktomi around December of 2000.

When I do an Inktomi search for the target keyword, the SERP shows the new subdomain content (page title, page summary, etc.), but the URL is to the old page url. This old page URL no longer exists. It is being 301 redirected to the new subdomain.

Up until 4/17/02, I was using a 302 redirects until I discovered that to 302s are for temporary moves. So I changed my .htaccess file to a 301 redirect (permanent move) on 4/17/02.

I don't know if this is a problem or not. The net result is a #5 ranking for the page.

bobriggs

6:34 pm on Apr 20, 2002 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



I have plenty of these. AFAIK, it is OK with ink.

The strange thing is that it will list the redirected url and the current url also in searches. It likes the redirected url better - (it ranks higher) - even though it has the exact same content. Only difference can be the url itself. The redirected url is in a higher subdirectory - I moved it down one.