Sitelink demotion from Google Webmaster

[SilbertAd]

HI Everybody,

When I search Vallnord on Google one of the sitelinks takes you to a site that does not exists.

In order to avoid this sitelink to appear I Demoted that URL using Google Webmaster.

Any idea how much time will this take in order to see the results?

Regards,

G.

[Jinx14678]

Hi,

I am not sure about time, but most the forums I saw people were wainting over a month -

Google Says

If you think that a sitelink URL is inappropriate or incorrect, you can demote it. Demoting a URL for a sitelink tells Google that you don't consider this URL a good sitelink candidate for a specific page on your site. Google doesn't guarantee that demoted URLs will never appear as a sitelink, but we do consider a demotion a strong hint that we'll try to honor when generating sitelinks.

http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=47334

I think it is just a waiting game - Or you could probably just 301 that 404 URL to a correct one?? This would probably be the quickest path to resolution

hope this helps

[SilbertAd]

Hi Shane,

Would you mind telling me the exatc piece of code I need to add in the htacces if I want to redirect that link to http://www.vallnord.com/ca/activitats-i-serveis/mountain-park

Thank you!

[Jinx14678]

Sure;

I am not sure what the incorrect page is, so below is an EXAMPLE ---- if you want to send me by private or on here, both old and new URL's I can complete the code for you

So EXAMPLE WOULD BE;

Be sure to back up .htaccess first !

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine on

Redirect 301 /example/example.html http://www.corect-page.com

[SilbertAd]

Thank you! it is working now!

Have a nice day!