Legacy SEO references

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I have done the SEO on a client's site. Ranks very well. However, the previous version of the site still has references in Google's search engine.

What is the trick in getting rid of these references?
Or is it a matter of time and they will naturally drop off the search?

Both versions of the site do not share similar page names. I did not setup the SEO for the previous site.

Thanks.

trixiemay
 
siton replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
siton
This is nothing to do with Concrete5.

Try google docs:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1663419?hl=en#make-perm...

Or articles about this issue:
https://www.voog.com/blog/how-to-remove-your-website-or-web-page-fro...

The old version of the site is on another URL?
If so you can remove the entire old site.
https://moz.com/blog/we-deindexed-followerwonk...

+ You can use Concrete5 build in attributes (if you see this pages on your site tree). remove from sitemap // Exclude From Search Index. This is if you "dont want" to delete this pages from the Tree.

If you dont have access to the old site "google console" - your client should talk with the old site developer (or host company) and get passwords.
Gondwana replied on at Permalink Reply
Gondwana
Another idea is to use 301 redirects from the old site's pages to those of the new site. That way, your new site will inherit the SEO rankings from its predecessor.
siton replied on at Permalink Reply
siton
You right. Good point.

I think in this Q he talks about the "technical" how to remove unwanted pages from search results 4ever (And not about "how to keep your old site SEO value on Redesign).

Some articles about Redesign (Huge topic)
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-avoid-seo-disaster-during...

http://searchengineland.com/relaunching-site-dont-even-think-withou...

https://siteimprove.com/blog/keep-seo-during-website-redesign/...