: I changed my URL structure. How do I tell Google to not show my older links? My old URL structure was http://japanaddicts.org/mind-blowing-japanese-songs/ But almost three days back, I picked

@Barnes591

The best way for this is 301 redirections. you should save older links and changed links. when the older link requested then redirect to changed links

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@Heady270

You say that redirects are a separate problem but they are they really are the same problem. Redirects are the official, fastest, and most effective way to tell Google that your URL structure has changed and that they should show the new URLs rather than the old URLs.

Your site may be new, but Googlebot never forgets you old URL structure. I worked with a site that when it was new used URLs like: /content?id=10 but changed them in the first year to /content-10-title-of-the-page. 10 years in, Googlebot would still occasionally crawl a batch of the old style URLs. Even the ones that had no links to them. Once Googlebot finds a page with content on it, you are stuck having to answer for that URL for all time.

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@Steve110

You have to wait until Google re-indexes your website. This can usually take a few weeks to complete. Once that happens, you will see the updated URLs on Google.

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