Google indexing wrong URL?

Is this the right place for this?

[Daily Sparring]

I have recently purchased a new domain. I let my old domain expire as I feel I only need the one ;) Anyhow, the old domain has not been active for almost 2 months, yet, when I type in [mynewdomain.ca...] and hit enter google is returning [myolddomain.ca...] number #1 and no other results. I cannot figure this out. Could this be host related? I am still using the same host and maybe there is something they need to change?

[Daily Sparring]

Can anyone help me with this? It got moved, should I post it again?

[ptietze]

What happens when you type the new domain in your browser address bar; the old domain in your browser address bar?

Has your host done a 302 or 301 redirect of the old domain to the new domain?

[Daily Sparring]

I am pretty sure he has, but the fact that Google and Dmoz won't update this is driving me nuts. If there is something I need to do, I need to know what it is. I have emailed both contacts for help, with no response.

[a_chameleon]

If the host hasn't done a redirect, make sure he does ASAP.
DMOZ uses human editors, and they never update the actual URL of your site's listing with ODP if it changes - Once they review & list the site they never return. Gbot often uses server headers (Last Modified) to decide whether or not to re-crawl the page it listed.. Even if Gbot doesn't use the server headers to "decide" it needs to refresh it's crawl, and comes out to visit anyway, if Gbot gets repeated 404's Google will remove your listing and you'll be sunk; possibly for months.

Having been through this a few times, until Gbot crawls/indexes/caches the new domain (hopefully it will rank as well as the old domain - if the content's identical it should) it's cached URL will be your old one and you've got to get the bot to look at the new one, and the 301/302 is the most expeditous way to accomplish this.

Complain loudly and often until your host does the redirect, time is of the essence.

:)

[g1smd]

Make sure that the redirect is of the 301: Moved Permanently type or you'll make things worse.