About 3 to 4 weeks ago, I've used Google's "Add URL" site to publish my new website.
Having viewed my Google account (Webmaster Tools) regularly throughout the past month, here's a brief summary of the Google "status timeline" that have occurred:
a. Site was immediately verified... Google provided "verify tag" which was included on all pages -- GOOD
b. Up until the ~ 3rd week (after posting site), Google consistenly showed "no pages have been indexed" -- BAD
b. In the 3rd week, the webmaster tools listed one (1) URL that could NOT be found. I fixed that error the same day. -- BAD
- Also, during the 3rd week, Google indicated that "pages have been indexed" -- GOOD
- In the 4th week (this week), Google listed two (2) pages in the "Content Analysis" indicating that they had duplicate title tags... which was true. I fixed that problem (two days ago) and made all title tags & keywords unique to each page. -- BAD
- Although I fixed the title tag duplication issue, new pages are being listed (as of today) still referring to the duplicate title tag error... which should no longer be the case. -- BAD
Summary:
- The missing hyperlink error has NOT disappeared (in Google's webmaster tool page) even though it's been more than 2 weeks since I fixed the problem
- The duplicate title tags were fixed 2 days ago; however, new pages (indicating duplicates title tag errors) are added to the Content Analysis page -- even those are are non-existing as of 06/27.
My questions:
1. It appears that Google's web crawler does NOT necessarily re-check if errors have been fixed. Would it make any difference if I totally REMOVE my URL and then republish it again?
2. While it might take another 2 to 3 weeks before pages would be re-indexed, I at least would be "error-free", right?
3. Would Google prevent me from re-publishing the same URL once it has been removed?
Thank you!
EEH
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