Help! why is google cache showing the wrong site?

Discussion in 'Google' started by mikeid22, Aug 19, 2007.

  1. #1
    Right... i cant get my head around this.

    I am working on a site (www.ibiza-golfdotcom)

    We also own golf-ibizadotcom

    i am doing bits to the ibiza-golf one, not touching the golf-ibiza as yet.

    if i look at googles cach of ibiza-golf... it shows the golf-ibiza site's cache!

    I don't think there is a re-direct setup (although i have just taken over control of the site, not sure what was setup before - i have moved hosts)

    I just don't get in... any ideas?

    It has been cached since i changed hosts and re-did a few things...

    Any help well recieved...

    I am abroad at the moment, and so only get online when near a wifi point... so if i dont respond straight away thats why!

    Cheers in advance guy's...

    Mike
     
    mikeid22, Aug 19, 2007 IP
  2. mikeid22

    mikeid22 Notable Member

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    thinking about it, i dont know much about 301 redirect etc... but in my cpanel it says there are no redirect in place... someone must have an idea!!!

    I would contact google, but i dont really trust them for some reason... !
     
    mikeid22, Aug 19, 2007 IP
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    tattoos Prominent Member

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    Is it possible that the sitemaps have been switched by mistake? Or the same sitemap has been uploaded for both sites?
    I have no idea if this would make a differance, but its the only thing I can think of!
     
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    my suggest is using 301 redirect and wait.

    google will get the new cache of your web site on the next crawl
     
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    There must have been a 302 redirect setup from one domain to the other at some point in time... this will cause the symptoms you see. Sometimes a shared error page, incorrectly configured in the .htaccess, can cause similar problems.

    It should straighten itself out soon with the redirect removed. Still, I would consider a 301 redirect to the www version (or vice versa) for both domains.
     
    NetMidWest, Aug 19, 2007 IP