: Google Search Console change of address tool is not listing my new .org domain despite verifying it, how do I change to it from my .in domain? I have moved my website to dot org (.org) from

@BetL925

The change of address tool works only if you verified both domains as owner. It's not a problem if it doesn't work for some reason, there are more important things than the 'change of address tool', which are:


set up canonicals, alternate hreflangs, titles, descriptions, robots.txt and so on at the new domain
fetch & render the main pages on the new domain and add them to the index
set up 301 redirects. Prevent multiple 301s after each other. Try to set it up like domainA.com/a --> domainB.com/b


If you checked all these things, you can check and try search console to use the change of address tool. But Google will see the 301's the next time they crawl the old site. You can also try to fetch&render -> index the old domain when you have set up everything. That's another way to let Google know you moved your site.

Additional read: site move recommendations in Google's helpcenter: support.google.com/webmasters/answer/34437?hl=en
Regards, Peter

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