removing pages from index

brandonre · #**1 removing pages from index** 04-25-2007, 11:06 PM

I have created new pages with php extensions and are begging to be indexed.
How should I go about removing the old html pages once the new pages are indexed,right now the html pages are being redirected to the php page but I want to gradullay get rid of the old html pages.

Thanks,
Dan

REW Fergus · #**2 Re: removing pages from index** 04-25-2007, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brandonre

I have created new pages with php extensions and are begging to be indexed.
How should I go about removing the old html pages once the new pages are indexed,right now the html pages are being redirected to the php page but I want to gradullay get rid of the old html pages.

How are you handling the redirection? Are you using htaccess rewrites? If so, it seems to me you can safely delete the HTML documents, leaving the PHP docs and the rewrites in place.

brandonre · #**3 Re: removing pages from index** 04-25-2007, 11:59 PM

Hey Fergus, Yes I am using an htaccess rewrite, Thanks for the advice I will go ahead and do that. I appreciate your response.

RESteve · #**4 Re: removing pages from index** 04-26-2007, 09:15 AM

In the webmaster tools there is a feature that allows you to remove pages from the google index. It's under diagnostics > URL removal.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Google

To remove content from the Google index, do one of the following:

* Ensure requests for the page return an HTTP status code of either 404 or 410. [?]
* Block the page using a robots.txt file. [?]
* Block the page using a meta noindex tag. [?]

Your content will then be removed from the index the next time Google crawls your site. If you need to expedite your content removal, make sure you have met one of the requirements listed above, and then select the New Removal Request button below to use this automated tool.

Then there is a tool there to use, but I've never used it.

REW Fergus · #**5 Re: removing pages from index** 04-26-2007, 10:19 AM

In the case of a moved page, I think a 301 would be more appropriate than returning a 404 or 410.

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