Redirected Old Pages Still Indexed

[phogan]

Hello, we migrated a domain onto a new Wordpress site over a year ago.  We redirected (with plugin: simple 301 redirects) all the old urls (.asp) to the corresponding new wordpress urls (non-.asp).  The old pages are still indexed by Google, even though when you click on them you are redirected to the new page.

Can someone tell me reasons they would still be indexed?

Do you think it is hurting my rankings?

[varun1800]

Hi,

I would like to know have you updated your sitemap? If not Kindly update it on the website as well as add the sitemap in Google Webmaster tool.

You can block old urls which you do not want to get indexed.

Yes it will affect the traffic as there are two different pages of same services which will distributes the customers.

[phogan]

Thanks Eric, we did this all on the same domain, migrated from something that uses ".asp" to Wordpress.  It has been about 18 months,  hopefully you are right and this is not affecting rankings.

[phogan]

Patrick, thanks for the response, there is only one redirect, from the old page to the new one (this was all done on the same domain) I will check the sitemap.

[GlobeRunner]

Whenever you migrate a domain name to another domain name (I think this is what you're saying you did), Google will keep the URLs of the old domain name in their index for at least a year. That's if you migrate to a new domain name.

If the pages have 301 redirects to other pages on the site or new pages on the site, then those old URLs could still remain in the index for a period of time--you'll be able to see them if you search for the URL.

Typically even if those URLs are still indexed, it shouldn't be hurting rankings at all.

[PatrickDelehanty]

Hi there

If there is more than 1 redirect, I would look into cutting that down as much as possible to 1. Google and other search engines will only follow redirects to a certain point, and if it follows more than 2 or 3, you could be in trouble. So make sure redirects are 1 to 1.

Beyond that, I focus on the following:

• Review Google's resource on properly moving a site
• Update your internal links to reflect new URL structure
• Update your sitemap and submit to Google / Bing

Let me know if this helps answer your question or if you've completed this already! Good luck!
Patrick