: How to force google to reset sitelinks? Google keeps displaying sitelinks from an old version of my website. Most of them lead to 404s, since the old website is offline. I tried to demote

@Si4351233

Google Shows Sitelinks According to Your Internal Linking Structure. It is the main factor in sitelinks. A webpage having more internal links on site are more chances to show in sitelinks.

you can:
More internal linking on the website.
301 redirect on the same new pages.
Delete or no-index old pages from Google Console.
Submit Sitemap
Give some High-quality Backlinks to your webpages.

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@Cofer257

You can't change (or demote) sitelinks anymore.


At the moment, sitelinks are automated. We're always working to improve our sitelinks algorithms, and we may incorporate webmaster input in the future.


In order to prevent broken links in sitelinks, you could do the following:


301 redirect from the old pages to the new ones
Submit a XML sitemap to Google Search Console
Build a good internal linking strategy
Use descriptive titles

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