301 redirect and Google indexing

  • Hi
    I’m not even sure this is a problem, but I wanted to ask.

    I have been the victim of a cloaking hack. Google has my site indexed with all kinds of Payday Loan stuff (I don’t do payday loans).
    I switched hosting companies, used a new theme, used mostly different plugins and all new passwords. I’m anxious to get my titles and descriptions correct again on Google.

    Now when I use the “Fetch as Google” tool in my Google Webmaster Tools I see a 301 redirect. I also see it in the Redleg\’s File Viewer ( https://aw-snap.info/file-viewer/?tgt=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.escapekeygraphics.com%2F&ref_sel=Google&ua_sel=gbot2&fs=1 )

    Is this a problem, or does Google just need time to redirect and index the proper page?

    Thanks

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  • “Fetch as Google” pulls a copy of the requested URL directly from your server at the moment you run it, so if you’re still seeing redirects to strange URLs using Fetch as Google then it’s a problem on your site, not with Google’s cache.

    What is the URL of the site on which you’re having this issue?

    Thread Starter mrgaric

    (@mrgaric)

    Thanks for replying

    I get the 301 with several pages but the root is obviously of concern… https://www.escapekeygraphics.com

    The redirect isn’t going anywhere weird I don’t think. It looks to me like it’s the redirecting to the Site Address from the WordPress Address. Perhaps it’s doing the right thing, but not doing it correctly.

    You can see everything at
    https://aw-snap.info/file-viewer/?tgt=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.escapekeygraphics.com%2F&ref_sel=Google&ua_sel=gbot2&fs=1

    Ah, yes it does look like an appropriate redirect. I’m guessing your WordPress Address and Site Address are set to https://escapekeygraphics.com and when you put a ‘www’ in front it redirects to the actual location of the site.

    As far as Google goes, take a look at the Malware section of Webmaster Tools for your site. There should be a way to ask Google to review the site again.

    Google has my site indexed with all kinds of Payday Loan stuff (I don’t do payday loans).

    I believe you can use Google Webmaster Tools to have specific links removed from the Google index.

    Thread Starter mrgaric

    (@mrgaric)

    Thanks Christiaan
    I had not noticed the missing www, and I should have. I changed the Site Address in WordPress to include the www, ran Fetch as Google and it worked fine. No need to try to contact Google. Hopefully it will be re-indexed soon.

    Thanks again

    Thread Starter mrgaric

    (@mrgaric)

    Hi leejosepho
    I didn’t make myself clear. My existing pages were being affected. There were no new additional pages…that I know of.

    Thanks

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