Google still has record of my old site URL - what to do?
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Published on 2014-04-07T14:34:47Z
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I had a blog site, i.e. http://example2.com
, then I bought a new domain, i.e. http://example.com
and 301 permanent redirected example2.com
to example.com
. But when I get into the Google Webmaster Tools, if I get some 404, and then click into the link and see the "Linked from" tab, it shows some links like:
http://example.com/post-1
http://example2.com/feed
http://example2.com/post-1
According to Google, if you change your domain, just use a redirection for at least 4-6 months, but it almost passed. Then why Google has still traces of my old site?
The issue is important, because I don't want to pay for the old domain anymore.
I tried deleting my existing sitemap.xml and recreating it from the new site, but still such links are stored. What could I do?
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