Redirection to 404 error has no effect

  • Resolved rondine89

    (@rondine89)


    5 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hi,
    I deleted the domain where this url was https://janetngadiuba.netsons.org/
    and now, in my new website, which is in a new domain, I use this plugin to redirect the expired url to the error 404, but the redirection seems to have no effect.
    Am I doing somenthing wrong?

    • This topic was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by rondine89.

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  • Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    The domain https://janetngadiuba.netsons.org/ does not seem to exist?

    Thread Starter rondine89

    (@rondine89)

    yes, It doesn’t exist anymore, but Google has chosen it as canonical URL and they told me to put a 404 error for this page to prevent googlebot from scan it. And that’s what I’m trying to do with your plugin, but it doesn’t work.

    The plugin is installed in the existing page is https://www.janetngadiuba.it

    • This reply was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by rondine89.
    Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    The domain will need to exist and be under your control. It is impossible to redirect something that doesn’t exist (either with Redirection or with any other method).

    Thread Starter rondine89

    (@rondine89)

    Ok, that was my first guess. So it’s impossible for me to prevent googlebot to scan an expired a domain, even with a redirection (which I can’t apply, as I can understand)

    Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    Yes, a redirect can only work on a valid domain that you control. Otherwise it would be possible for people to create redirects for domains that don’t exist or they don’t control.

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