Expired domain name

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by StephenRox, Jul 26, 2011.

  1. #1
    Ok, so I bought an expired domain name through Godaddy actions and already build up a website. My checklist:

    1. Sitemap created and submitted (done)
    2. Site created and submitted (done)
    3. Website verified (done)
    4. Google analytics (done)
    5. Robots.txt (done)

    Issue nr 1:
    Even I already did that result of the website still appear on Google and I got a lot of search errors on my Google webmaster account. Is there a way to ''force'' Google to remove the old results ?

    Issue nr 2:
    The site has been already indexed by Google but the sitemap days ''Url's submitted 9'' ''Url's indexed 0'' .

    Is there a way to fix the above errors ? What' can I do? I already tried to ask in the Google webmaster forums but everyone seems to be very tired 'cause I got only replies like ''Try to look in the forum, has been already replied to this and to that''. I looked into the forum but none seems to had similar problems in the past.

    Thanks.
     
    StephenRox, Jul 26, 2011 IP
  2. Torafox

    Torafox Peon

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    #2
    not much you can do about that except fixing crawling errors and adding some content/backlinks.
     
    Torafox, Jul 29, 2011 IP
  3. csreference

    csreference Member

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    If you are using Google Webmaster Central then there is an option where you can remove all the pages that are currently indexed, or you can also redirect them to a new URL. But you will have to check if those features are still there right now.
     
    csreference, Jul 29, 2011 IP
  4. MikeLugar

    MikeLugar Well-Known Member

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    Google will eventually un-index the old pages but it takes a long time. How much time has it been since you got the expired domain name?
     
    MikeLugar, Jul 29, 2011 IP