Comments on: International Herald Tribune removes all pages from Google

By: Polly Pospyelova

Polly Pospyelova — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:12:20 +0000

I have seen this mistake too many times, but I am really surprised this happened in IHT

By: Editorial Changes on Web requires fully intergated Web Strategy Team | Web Analytics Blog | Web analytics

Mon, 11 May 2009 22:46:18 +0000

[...] the story was first reported 6 weeks ago, at the end of March, by BlogStorm, care of Gawker – International Herald Tribune removes all pages from Google The International Herald Tribune (owned by the New York Times) has decided to change from iht.com [...]

By: Ben Tullett

Ben Tullett — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:39:25 +0000

Unfortunately this sort of this thing is rife. As an SEO asked to provide migration advice numerous times, I’ve seen system administrators just completely ignore explicit instructions to 301 redirect URLs to their new location. Then you just sit and watch the traffic in their analytics drop dramatically as all that juicy long tail traffic stops until they get re-indexed. I don’t know if they’re just too busy with the site move or look at the size of the task and can’t be bothered. A real shame though.

By: racetalkblog.com » NYT’s Absorbs IHT in New Online and Print Global Edition, Kills Inbound Links?

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:01:06 +0000

[...] as Patrick at Blogstorm echoes Gawker, the weighed decision to kill all recurring traffic that occurs through existing [...]

By: stuartpturner

stuartpturner — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:11:04 +0000

@Craig Parker I’ve had run ins with IT Managers who thought along similar lines. One even going so far as to advise that the client in question could just take a break from SEO and everything would be fine. What a tool.

By: Craig Parker

Craig Parker — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:19:02 +0000

I wonder if some poor SEM advisor is going to get into trouble over this when he was probably not even consulted about the move because it’s an “IT not marketing concern”.

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:51:07 +0000

Migration Strategy Fail!

By: NicP

NicP — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:44:59 +0000

Like we say in South Africa when someone does something incredibly stupid: EISH!!

By: stuartpturner

stuartpturner — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:30:23 +0000

Did someone say P45? Perhaps we should all email them and advise how bad a decision this is.

By: Lee Colbran

Lee Colbran — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:27:49 +0000

Not Google’s fault at all – Another incompetent web manager not showing due diligence.