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        • frankfans117
          frankfans117 last edited by

          I have a website ,now google index ip address of it instead of the domain name,I have used 301 redirected to the domain name,but how to change the index IP to its domain name? And why google index the IP address?

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          • DanHill
            DanHill last edited by

            Hi Frank

            Yes sorry that was my mistake - I think all the japanese writing confused me 😛

            How long has it been sicne the 301 redirect was implemented? This should solve your problem once the site is re-crawled.

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            • DanHill
              DanHill last edited by

              Hi Frank

              I've tried your keyword in Google.com and I see the site and URL ranking second - I don't see an ip address in the SERP though.

              Perhaps it's something on your side?

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              • frankfans117
                frankfans117 @DanHill last edited by

                Thank you ,I have seen this page,but there is nothing to help,I only want to change the index ip to the domain name and I don't know how to do that,I have search google and don't find any help.

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                • DanHill
                  DanHill last edited by

                  Have a look here ->

                  Help forum > Webmaster Central > Crawling, indexing & ranking > how can I stop my IP address showing in google searches?

                  http://www.google.co.uk/support/forum/p/Webmasters/thread?tid=0e9a26cc8a4885a6&hl=en

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                  • Dan-Petrovic
                    Dan-Petrovic last edited by

                    Are we able to see this IP / domain?

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