Thanks John, very (very) useful to know the naked url is NOT working for you when you click on it. I tested it on my various browsers when I first set up the custom domain, and it resolves as expected for me. So, good to have the feedback from somebody seeing the incorrect display.
I'm looking at implementing the fix as a 301 redirect via Rack, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8802431/heroku-301-redirect I will review my setup on my dns, but I believe I've taken the right steps there. Is there any practical reason not to use the Rack 301 redirect solution? Thanks again! On Monday, September 9, 2013 7:05:16 AM UTC-7, j_McCaffrey wrote: > > when I click or enter the naked/root domain dogiamsf.com, it resolves to > http://dogiamsf.herokuapp.com/ in the browser, so it makes sense that > google is seeing the same thing. > > You probably just need to review your dns setup and double check > everything according to the docs for how to set up Root domains. > > https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/custom-domains > > > host dogiamsf.com > dogiamsf.com has address 184.168.221.23 > dogiamsf.com has address 75.101.145.87 > dogiamsf.com has address 75.101.163.44 > dogiamsf.com has address 174.129.212.2 > dogiamsf.com mail is handled by 0 smtp.secureserver.net. > dogiamsf.com mail is handled by 10 mailstore1.secureserver.net. > > > host www.dogiamsf.com > www.dogiamsf.com is an alias for dogiamsf.herokuapp.com. > dogiamsf.herokuapp.com has address 50.17.218.27 > > > > On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 8:34 PM, viciousesque > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> This seems like it must be a common issue, but I haven't found much help >> so far. >> >> My new app/site is failing to rank on Google searches at all because the >> naked url links (e.g. dogiamsf.com) resolve to dogiamsf.herokuapp.com. >> To be clear, this only happens in the Google results. If you just type that >> in or follow a link structured as dogiamsf.com my defined custom domain >> resolves and displays as expected. The Google bot is apparently really >> unhappy about this because a search of site:www.dogiamsf.com returns no >> results at all and my site NEVER appears in relevant search results (e.g. >> 'sf dog walkers'). >> >> I defined my custom domains through the cl tool, and again both the naked >> and 'www' forms work as expected when a user just types or clicks. It's >> only the Google bot's request that resolves to the herokuapp structure. >> >> Has anyone seen this issue before? Any thoughts on where to start working >> to fix? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Heroku" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en_US?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Heroku Community" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Thanks, > -John > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en_US?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
