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Hi
I have redirected my old website with new one yamunadensons.com using htaccess.

But now both site are having same meta tags, title and description.
Ofcourse now is redirected to new website.


My question is

Will it be consider as duplication of meta tags and content and Thereby I will find my new site harder to promote on google even black listed.

Thanks to all community members

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As and noted, a properly implemented 301 (permanent) redirect is the correct way to move pages and will cause Google to treat the new URLs as the canonical copies. Duplicate meta tags on pages that are no longer reachable because they 301 to the new site are not the same problem as having identical content accessible on two live URLs.

Checklist to verify and harden the move:

  • Confirm server returns a true 301 (not 302, meta-refresh or JavaScript redirect). Example checks:

    curl -I http://olddomain.example/page

    Expect an HTTP/1.1 301 and a Location header pointing to the equivalent new URL.

    Common Apache rule (replace placeholders) for a straight domain move:

    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?olddomain\.example$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://newdomain.example/$1 [L,R=301]

  • Ensure a 1:1 mapping where possible. Avoid redirecting every old page to the new homepage — preserve paths so search engines can match content.

  • Do not block the old site with robots.txt. If Google cannot crawl the old URLs it cannot see the redirects or transfer signals.

  • Remove redirect chains and minimize hops. Each extra hop slows processing and risks losing signals.

  • Update sitemaps, internal links, and canonical tags so they point to the new site. Use Search Console to submit the new sitemap and monitor coverage.

Use the official guidance for details on redirects and site moves: and the Search Console Change of Address guidance: .

If the old pages still appear in results after you confirm everything, allow time for Google to recrawl (or use URL Inspection to request indexing), monitor Search Console for crawl/coverage issues, and examine server logs to verify Googlebot activity.

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Member Avatar for stephen186

I guess if you have redirected it to a new website..google is not going to pick up your old website meta data.
So, dont worry, you will not be given any penalty..

Member Avatar for Indiainternet

Thanks Stephen for the updating me about this.
So I need to start SEO for my new website right from onpage optimization followed by offpage optimization

Member Avatar for AirForceOne

Right, a correct 301 redirection in your .htaccess file would be safe and would be punished by Google. :)

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