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    • Valarlf
      Valarlf last edited by

      Hi guys,

      I want to delete a entire folder with content indexed, how i can explain to google that content no longer exists?

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      • SEO5Team
        SEO5Team last edited by

        I'd do any of the below :

        • Submit a new site map for indexing
        • Use Google's removal tool

        Good post on this topic here 

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        • dmccarthy
          dmccarthy last edited by

          In the robots.txt disallow the directory http://www.robotstxt.org/

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          • Valarlf
            Valarlf last edited by

            Thank you very much for your answers

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            • Personnel_Concept
              Personnel_Concept last edited by

              it must be blocked using the robots.txt file. Submitting http://mydomain.com/folder/ would remove all objects which reside under that folder including all web pages, images, documents and files.

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