Client error 404 pages!

[PeterC-B]

I have a number of 404 pages coming up which are left over in Google from the clients previous site. How do I get them out of Google please?

[AlanBleiweiss]

If you know that they were valid pages, and if the relevance of the no-longer-existing pages matches relevance on specific pages on the new site, set up 301 (not 302) redirects at the server level to regain some of their previous value.

If you are unsure of their value, or there is no relevance match, you can use Google Webmaster Tools to have the pages removed from Google's index.

[Asher]

Agreed.

[PeterC-B]

Thanks Alan will get on with that ASAP. Thanks for your help and interest. Peter