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Is there any very rough estimate of how long it would take to recrawl our site, since we just changed around our entire URL structure. We are 301 Redirecting all the old urls to their new homes.

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A short, practical summary tied to the thread: changing a sitewide URL scheme usually gets crawled quickly, but replacing the old URLs in the index can lag. is right that crawling is fast; and are also right to watch for duplicates and submit sitemaps. The goal is to remove mixed signals so Google can choose the new URL as canonical.

Checklist to speed things up:

  • Verify every old address returns a single, permanent 301 to the exact new URL and eliminate redirect chains (long chains confuse bots).
  • Replace internal links and navigation so bots only see new URLs.
  • Update your XML sitemap to contain only new URLs and submit it via Search Console (Sitemaps overview).
  • For high-value pages, use Search Console’s inspection/request-indexing workflow to push reindexing.
  • Keep server logs and Search Console open while you monitor crawl activity and coverage.

If old and new URLs both appear, check these usual causes:

  • Redirect chains or temporary redirects (302) instead of 301.
  • Conflicting rel=canonical tags or meta robots (noindex) on the new URL.
  • Old URLs still linked from internal pages or strong external sites.
  • Mixed host/protocol (www vs non-www, http vs https) inconsistencies.

Expectations and cautions:

  • Small sites often converge in days to a few weeks; large/low-authority sites can take weeks or months depending on crawl budget and link signals. See Google’s notes on redirects and crawl behavior for details (, ). Keep 301s in place long-term and avoid changing the setup again until the index stabilizes.

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I would think this happens almost instantly.

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It's been over a week, and most of the URLs in the SERPS are still the old ones. We are also seeing some duplicates (such as where the old URL and new URL both appear in the SERPS for the same query), which is super odd since we're 301 redirecting.

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You can be sure the search engine has spidered the site entirely. It will take time for it to sort the old from the new, maybe a week, maybe two.

I just noticed the logical naming changes that you made, good move! This will surely help your site out.

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I think that crawled soon.

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Submit sitemap url google.com/addurl

I think within 2 weeks if website has much pages.

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