How to get around Google Removal tool not removing redirected and 404 pages? Or if you don't know the anchor text?

[SeanGodier]

Hello! I can’t get squat for an answer in GWT forums.  Should have brought this problem here first…

The Google Removal Tool doesn't work when the original page you're trying to get recached redirects to another site.  Google still reads the site as being okay, so there is no way for me to get the cache reset since I don't what text was previously on the page.

For example:

This:

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http://0creditbalancetransfer.com/article375451_influencial_search_results_for_.htm

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Redirects to this:

http://abacusmortgageloans.com/GuaranteedPersonaLoanCKBK.htm?hop=duc01996

I don't even know what was on the first page.  And when it redirects, I have no way of telling Google to recache the page.  It's almost as if the site got deindexed, and they put in a redirect.

Then there is crap like this:

http://aniga.x90x.net/index.php?q=Recuperacion+Discos+Fujitsu+www.articulo.org/articulo/182/recuperacion_de_disco_duro_recuperar_datos_discos_duros_ii.html

No links to my site are on there, yet Google's indexed links say that the page is linking to me.  It isn't, but because I don't know HOW the page changed text-wise, I can't get the page recached.

The tool also doesn't work when a page 404s.  Google still reads the page as being active, but it isn't.

What are my options?  I literally have hundreds of such URLs.

Thanks!

[TheSEODR]

Im having trouble trying to understand the question.

You want google to index and see the content on http://0creditbalancetransfer.com but currently have a 301 redirect to http://abacusmortgageloans.com/GuaranteedPersonaLoanCKBK.htm?hop=duc01996

Is this correct?

[SeanGodier]

Sorry, Derek,  I'll clarify more.

I'm cleaning up my backlink profile, and I've been able to get a lot of backlinks removed.  But there are three issues that I'm having.

1, Some of the pages that Google says are linking to me actually redirect to another page that doesn't have my link on it (the 0creditbalancetransfer.com example you listed being an example).  The redirected page doesn't any links to my site on there, but Google says it does.

2, Google shows hundreds of pages linking to me, but none of those pages are actually linking to me.  And they haven't for months.  I tried using the Google Removal tool, but because I don't know the anchor text of the link I had on the page previously, I can't tell Google what has changed on the page.  And because of that, they won't recache the page.

4, There are hundreds of pages that Google shows linking to me, but when I go to those pages, they are custom 404s.  Again, the Google Removal Tool won't allow me to recache the page or remove it.

Hope that helps.

Thanks!

[TheSEODR]

K thanks for clarifying. I think I have a better understanding now of what's going on.

I'm assuming you are finding the links that are pointing to your site through Webmaster Tools. It can take weeks after google has recrawled the page for your updated link profile to be reflected in GWT.

But if you are going to theses websites with 404 pages and your link is no longer there then you should have nothing to worry about. I would suggest thoroughly reviewing the links on all the pages that are said to be linking to you and and view the source code for no display tags with links to your site.

Unless you own or have permission from the website with the 404 pages, the Removal Tool won't allow you to remove the page from their index.

Have you checked on any link explorers to see if they are displaying the same links? Maybe it will provide you with a more refreshed link profile.