Indexing A site in 2024

[Roel Crona]

Hey guys, I built a TikTok downloader site, it's a site with 3 pages and several language translations, initially I deployed it to a subdomain of another domain, when I am done adding the features, I then deployed and added the permanent domain.

Now google is not indexing the domain cause it's showing google selected canonical as the subdomain, even tho I explicitly added the new domain as canonical, also, other languages like /es, /ru etc are getting indexed except the root domain on English, what could be the problem

 

[Rico Mraz]

Google found the content on the subdomain first, and so it currently thinks that's the original source and has a degree of trust in it. You need to change Google's mind. To do this you need to treat your new site like a proper entity, and build branded links to it, have social accounts for it, make it look authoritative. You should also redirect the initial subdomain to your new site.

 

[Raheem Wolf]

In the old days it was easy do that , now is a hard work