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TheWinner
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2008 18:49
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Hey Guys
Does anyone here know how to remove a URL from search engine listings like Google etc...???
Regards
Kiran
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mikemillard
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# Posted: 9 Jun 2008 21:31
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Hello. (New user here. My first post!)
You'll need to log onto Google (it should remember you if you have cookies set). Click: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/removals
And follow the prompts from there.
Also, you can use the HTML code:
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow" /> on those web pages that you DO NOT want to have indexed by the major search engines. But be warned, not all search engines actually pay attention to the noindex-nofollow meta tag, though most do. Adding this line of code to your web pages might require you to hire a web programmer, if you are not familiar with HTML editors.
This trick will not stop the main URL from showing up in a search, but it will instruct the web crawlers / spiders to ignore any other links (web pages) that are present on the main page. Hope this helps. Mike
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getagrip
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# Posted: 10 Jun 2008 02:17 · Edited by: getagrip
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Why would you want to remove a URL from Google?
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TheWinner
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# Posted: 10 Jun 2008 03:40
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Thanks Mike, and welcome to the forum!
getagrip, it's just a blog that I don't use anymore 
Thanks
Kiran
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Homeboy
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# Posted: 10 Jun 2008 10:09
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It should disappear on its own the next time the googlebot tries to visit the page and finds it missing...
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# Posted: 11 Jun 2008 08:24
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Good one Mike. That is the correct solution.
Always nice to see a person post who knows HTML. This is a case in point where learning HTML is helpful.
You can also create and upload a robots.txt file in a web folder rather than bothering with each new page.
TheWinner: If you are talking about a hosted (free hosting) blog, you should be able to set the blog to "private" rather than "public". That may help.
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herwindz
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# Posted: 12 Jun 2008 07:15
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wow thanks
now i know how to remove my site if i dont want it to be list.
BIG thanks
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TheWinner
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# Posted: 12 Jun 2008 08:05
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Its a handy post this, I have also managed to remove the link I needed too, thanks guys!
Kiran
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