Aug 20
22
Google’s John Mueller said that sometimes “swapping out the URL can certainly help” when that URL has been 404ed or noindexed for a while. He said “sometimes our systems are so used to a URL not “working” (noindex, 404, etc) that it can take a bit of time to get back.”
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Google:Â Sometimes Swapping 404 URLs Out To Get Indexed Faster May Help