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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 4:35 pm
Post subject: Removing unwanted pages
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Hi,
I have a question regarding removing unwanted pages.
Can I just delete some pages from my site? I had removed a few pages and found from the weblog that these pages " file does not exist" when the SO spidered my site.
How can I let the SO knows that some of my pages had been deleted? If I just delete, will it have any effect on the SO?
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 4:45 pm
Post subject: Re: Removing unwanted pages
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| guest wrote: | Hi,
I have a question regarding removing unwanted pages.
Can I just delete some pages from my site? I had removed a few pages and found from the weblog that these pages " file does not exist" when the SO spidered my site.
How can I let the SO knows that some of my pages had been deleted? If I just delete, will it have any effect on the SO?
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First off, what is SO?
Sometimes you can't help but have to remove some pages, in which case you should set the page to be removed to noindex in the robots meta tag and set it up for redirect to another page so the errors don't keep the spiders from spidering.
Too many "file not found" errors and they won't come back since they may consider the site abandoned.
Another option is to set up the redirect in your .htaccess file (if your host permits you to access that file).
Another thing to consider, why remove the page? If it needs updated, update it, or put other content on it ... something! This is a page the SE's like, they are asking for it, so give them something to feed on 
For Page Removal, the benefit of using the page level redirect vs. site redirect (.htaccess), is that the spiders will update to the replacement page eventually, and once the page is no longer being called, you can safely remove it to keep things tidy. With the site redirect through the .htaccess file, I don't believe that happens, since the spiders will still see the page as active, and continue to send visitors. After a lot of updates, this can cause the .htaccess file to become rather large.
Hope this helps,
Debs
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 5:04 pm
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Thanks Debs for the quick answer.
I mean to say SE, typing error, sorry. |
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