What To Check When Your Website Is Not Showing On Google After A Redesign
A website redesign can improve design and speed, but it can also create indexing problems if migration signals are missed. Learn how to fix 'sitemap submitted but pages not indexed'.
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Diagnosing Post-Redesign Traffic Drops
You launched a beautiful new website, but your search impressions plummeted and key pages stopped appearing on Google. Here are the 5 most common mistakes and their immediate fixes:
- **Check robots.txt and noindex tags:** Agencies often add `noindex` during staging and forget to remove it before pushing to production.
- **301 Redirect Mappings:** If your old URL was `/services.html` and the new URL is `/services`, you must provide a permanent 301 redirect so search engines transfer page authority.
- **Canonical Tag Consistency:** Ensure your canonical tags match the exact protocol, domain, and trailing-slash format.
- **Sitemap Submission:** Resubmit the fresh sitemap.xml directly in Google Search Console and inspect the top 5 revenue pages.
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