301 redirection problem - Major lose of ranking in Google Search results
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301 redirection problem - Major lose of ranking in Google Search results
(site was almost completely removed from google search results)Hello,
I had a website ('DayUse' style) with the following url:
https://www.roomsindex.co.il/Couple of days ago, I've made a 301 redirection to:
https://www.hour.co.il/The redirection was made on 2 levels:
1. Server side- on htaccess file.
2. Google Search Console - Change of address page.Bare in mind the following things:
- The site's structure (url addresses) & the code hasn't changed (for sure).
- Both redirections are 100% valid (for sure).
- All the website pages were indexed (for sure).
- There isn't a penalty on any of the above domains (for sure).
The website was almost completely removed from Google search results. For example: Before the redirection the website was ranked 10 in my main keyword "Rooms by hour" (translation from Hebrew), now the website removed. Also, the website removed from almost all the search terms it was ranked before.
My question is, off course, WHY???
By the details on the following page, a proper 301 redirection shouldn't cause to such page ranking loss (As I mentioned- It almost completely disappeared)... -
Oh how I dislike Imgr and wish Moz made sharing images easier.
See if this works. If not, go to https://imgur.com/ItJ0dyS.
I'm using the Mozbar to show the redirect.
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Hello Donna,
I'm not seeing any redirect problem on Moz extension- Or any other tool that I'm using. It all show that there is a proper 301 from:
to:
Can you please provide me a screenshot of what you are describing? It drives me crazy - How come that a website completely remove from google search results after 301 redirection...
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Your redirect is not working. It seems to be circular.
If I click on your old URL (https://www.roomsindex.co.il) I'm redirected to the new (https://www.hour.co.il). That part's good.
If I click on your new URL (https://www.hour.co.il) and use the Moz extension to look at your HTTP status, I'm told your new home page (https://www.hour.co.il) is redirecting to your old home page (https://www.roomsindex.co.il). So you need to get rid of that redirect.
Check your .htaccess file again.
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