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    • Wagdys
      Wagdys last edited by

      I've read the FAQs and searched the help center.

      My URL is: Seo Seek

      Hello,
      i bought domain name was indexed to google with many pages
      i deleted all Contents
      and make new contents
      when i use google search site:seo-seek.com
      i found old results - most error 404 not found
      i reg for webmaster tools and removed the site , and when i searched i found that no result
      2 days later i added the site again to webmasters tools and put sitemaps .
      now the site indexed again on google but with the old results.!
      and the new posts not index .. just some new posts indexed.
      how i remove all old results and fix all search for my site?
      Thanks.

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      • PhilGraham-SlateInboundMarketi
        PhilGraham-SlateInboundMarketi last edited by

        It sounds like this has only been a few days? Google will re-crawl the site and automatically remove the old stuff.

        From Google:

        When you remove a page from your site, it'll naturally drop out of Google's search results when we recrawl your site and update our index. However, if you need to urgently remove your site from our search results (for example, if confidential information has been accidentally exposed), you can use the URL removal tool.

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        • NateStewart
          NateStewart last edited by

          Wagdy

          Phil is absolutely right, its is just a waiting game. It kind of such but it serves a purpose as well. Just keep checking back every day or so, eventually you new sitemap will start to be indexed and old pages will be removed automatically.

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          • Netlogiq
            Netlogiq last edited by

            You could also try changing the 404  Not found status code to 410 Gone status code - The requested resource is no longer available at the server - a permanent condition, meaning the content is gone and will not be replaced, while 404 means that the content is temporary gone (404 pages will eventually be removed from the index but after some time)

            You can also try to make a list of all your deleted pages and disallow them from the file robots.txt. You can easily download the list from the Webmasters Tools, crawl errors report - you will receive an alert after Google finds your 404 pages 🙂

            Hope this helps!

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