Old site got hacked! Created a New wordpress site need help!

  • Resolved imimike

    (@imimike)


    8 years, 11 months ago

    Hi Guys, I need some help regarding my new site! So I have created a new wordpress site under the same domain as my old site (im hoping to replace it). Ive done the “backend” of the work assigning the new wordpress site to my existing domain name. *Only thing I havent done is deleting the old sites database (not sure if itll help?). The problem im facing is the Old URL from the old site is still showing up on SERP. Also, my old site has been hacked and the snippets have been changed to inappropriate names. Is there I way I can just remove the old site from the face of the internet (exaggerated, but serious) especially on Google!? Woud deleting the old sites database help?!My site is HiteakFurniture.com, If you search site:Hiteakfurniture.com Youll see the URL with “php” (thats my old site) is still on the SERP and its being hacked AND warned by Google! Please help!
    Also is there a way to prevent hacking for my new wordpress site!
    Thank you!

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Google will eventually get new snippets for your search results, but it’s going to take time, there’s no way to force it.

    To be sure it’s all fixed up, carefully follow this guide. When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of the recommended security measures.

    Thread Starter imimike

    (@imimike)

    @james Thank you for the response! Do you know if I delete the Database for the old website would that be useful?
    Or should I delete all the files from the old website Godaddy? Because my situation is that I created a new website with wordpress under the same Domain that already had a website before. Basically a replacement.

    Thank you for the guides~!

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    How did you setup the new database?

    Thread Starter imimike

    (@imimike)

    @james I went into my godaddy account and installed the WordPress tool. From there I just uploaded WordPress into the directory folder and started working on the WordPress site.

    The old site I never deleted.

    If you search Site:hiteakFurniture.com any links with “php” at the end are from the old sites. And almost all are hacked, its now redirected to inappropriate sites. Basically I just want to get rid of the old site, its URL’s and from Googles SERP and just have the new site Hitaekfurniture.com from wordpress shown on SERP.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Ah, so you want a completely fresh site, no prior content? Then it should be ok to just delete the old database.

    Thread Starter imimike

    (@imimike)

    Thank you so much for the recommendations! I was able to clear up the old site and waiting for google to update! ??

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    You’re welcome!

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