Comments on: How Do You Delete Web Pages? http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/troubleshooting/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/ Sharing Online Knowledge Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:25:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Gavin http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/troubleshooting/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-88 Gavin Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:50:18 +0000 http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/accessibility/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-88 Mick, I haven't seen this first hand myself but I would tend to think using PDF's should be ok with html files, even with the same content. You could exclude the PDF file from Google and see what effect it would have on the HTML pages, it could rule out the PDF's as being part of the problem. Mick, I haven’t seen this first hand myself but I would tend to think using PDF’s should be ok with html files, even with the same content.

You could exclude the PDF file from Google and see what effect it would have on the HTML pages, it could rule out the PDF’s as being part of the problem.

]]> By: tipperary design http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/troubleshooting/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-86 tipperary design Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:54:14 +0000 http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/accessibility/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-86 i recently completed a large ish site, all the product pages had a corresponding pdf file same written content, google indexed all the pdf product pages and not the html, i have run a robots.txt to exclude the pdf folder, should i still remove the pdf urls from google ? and as some of the pdfs are pos 1 with google will the html version drop in at the same pos eventually ? any thoughts thanks Mick i recently completed a large ish site, all the product pages had a corresponding pdf file same written content, google indexed all the pdf product pages and not the html, i have run a robots.txt to exclude the pdf folder, should i still remove the pdf urls from google ? and as some of the pdfs are pos 1 with google will the html version drop in at the same pos eventually ? any thoughts
thanks Mick

]]> By: tipperary design http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/troubleshooting/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-81 tipperary design Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:29:31 +0000 http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/accessibility/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-81 will do thanks will do thanks

]]> By: Gavin http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/troubleshooting/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-80 Gavin Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:05:03 +0000 http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/accessibility/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-80 Not really but thats keeping in mind that you've fixed any pages that are linking to the old delete pages, making sure you have no broken links throughout the site. Not really but thats keeping in mind that you’ve fixed any pages that are linking to the old delete pages, making sure you have no broken links throughout the site.

]]> By: tipperary design http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/troubleshooting/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-78 tipperary design Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:03:08 +0000 http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/accessibility/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-78 would it have any ranking ramifications for the site if google bot was hitting 404 error pages we have run in a few versions of the site in past few months with pages being indexed then deleted with new version , would it have any ranking ramifications for the site if google bot was hitting 404 error pages we have run in a few versions of the site in past few months with pages being indexed then deleted with new version ,

]]> By: new zealand http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/troubleshooting/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-77 new zealand Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:51:04 +0000 http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/accessibility/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-77 I use the 404 error page, and this seems to work well for me. I use the 404 error page, and this seems to work well for me.

]]> By: Gavin http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/troubleshooting/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-74 Gavin Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:22:08 +0000 http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/accessibility/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-74 Most times the 404 is the only option but for the likes of Google its not good enough. The Google bot will always come back looking for the removed content because remember, 404 simply means Not Found and can usually be caused by a number of things i.e. server is offline during the bot visit. If a search engine as the option available to inform them of the removed URL then yes it is good practice to inform them. You can also block the bots from trying to crawl the removed URL by using the robots.txt file. Most times the 404 is the only option but for the likes of Google its not good enough. The Google bot will always come back looking for the removed content because remember, 404 simply means Not Found and can usually be caused by a number of things i.e. server is offline during the bot visit.

If a search engine as the option available to inform them of the removed URL then yes it is good practice to inform them.

You can also block the bots from trying to crawl the removed URL by using the robots.txt file.

]]> By: tipperary design http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/troubleshooting/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-73 tipperary design Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:58:36 +0000 http://www.irelandseomarketing.com/blog/accessibility/how-do-you-delete-web-pages/#comment-73 If you run up a new version of a site with a few page deletions,is it nessary to inform the search bots that you have removed the pages from the site,or is the standard server 404 enough If you run up a new version of a site with a few page deletions,is it nessary to inform the search bots that you have removed the pages from the site,or is the standard server 404 enough

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