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    Which is the best and quick way to remove URL(s) from Google,Bing search engines?

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    • ankit.rahevar
      ankit.rahevar last edited by

      "Remove URL", "Set Expiry in meta tag", "no index no follow " or some thing else.

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      • MoosaHemani
        MoosaHemani last edited by

        The quickest way to remove the URL from the search index is by using Google’s webmaster tool!

        Go to GWT and request a link removal and it will be gone for 90 days and then set the no index tag this way your URL will be out of the search index for the life to come!

        Hope this helps!

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        • zeepartner
          zeepartner last edited by

          Actually, in my experience the quickest way is to 301 redirect it to another URL. This is even quicker than disabling the URL and let it return a 404 (which would be my second choice).
          Also, keep in mind that only using GWT does not have any impact on Bing!

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          • RobertFisher
            RobertFisher last edited by

            Two very good answers IMO by Moosa and Philipp. I am not sure why you are removing, but remember there will be cached pages on the web for some indefinite period. If it was only a short time, etc. maybe very few or hard to find, but typically there is something...somewhere.

            BEST

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            • DeptAgency
              DeptAgency last edited by

              Another way we found helpful is:

              1. adding the meta robots=noindex tag to these pages

              2. submitting those URLs + sitemap.xml in Google Webmaster Tools

              Hope this helps

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              • ankit.rahevar
                ankit.rahevar @MoosaHemani last edited by

                Thanks for your response.

                We want to remove around 100+ URLs daily.I think its bit tough to do by remove URL.if we did then, Should It impact on Domain authority?

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                • ankit.rahevar
                  ankit.rahevar @zeepartner last edited by

                  Thanks for you answer, Yes it's best way to do this but I am confuse in 301 redirection and Expiry Meta tag.Which method gives me faster response?

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                  • ankit.rahevar
                    ankit.rahevar @RobertFisher last edited by

                    Thanks for your interest.One more questions. Let you know by Example.

                    Search engine crawled lac of pages, because of some issue I would like to remove my pages from search engine result, as per my knowledge I set "Expiry" meta tag on that pages which I want to remove from search engine result. Will you please let us know that how much time will be taken place?  Note: as per example I set 23-Aug as expiry date.

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                    • ankit.rahevar
                      ankit.rahevar @DeptAgency last edited by

                      Thanks for your response. I applied your way but page not going to be decrease.

                      After that I applied "Expiry" meta on that pages.

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                      • Raydon
                        Raydon last edited by

                        dont forget to submit  a new sitemap to google within GWT AFTER you finish your removals and other changes as suggested. that should also force google to act a bit faster than it would otherwise do in recognizing the changes.

                        http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/08/submit-urls-to-google-with-fetch-as.html

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