Some links:
There are various degrees to which content can be removed from visibility on the Internet.
It is a common misconception that once something is posted to the Internet it is there for ever. This is a particularly well-held notion of those that use Social Media. (and perhaps it is if you have limited control as you do with Facebook)
You can even make a request, using Google's Webmaster Tools for the page to be removed from their cache. It is best to visit the help page on the Google site for the exact details on how to do this.
Google will also give you advice on what else to do to ensure that your pages remain removed from their index and they do not re-appear when your site is re-spidered.
There are other ways of removing your content from Google cache. These take a little more time but you have more control on how visitors get content from your website. In June 2011 I started a process to remove some of my material so that it was only accessible locally.
When the pages are re-written and the Google robot re-visits the new pages will find their way into cache and the visitor will then see a link to the local page on the page in cache. This is what I wanted to do as I wanted the visitor to think that there was information on this website that merited the viewing of Google cache.
Your reasons for wanting your content removed from Google cache may be different from mine. You may have been requested to remove the content. You may have received a "Cease and Desist" notice filed under the DMCA.
This technique will also work with all search engines that maintain a cache of the websites that they have indexed. Google is the most common and is the one that most are concerned with.
Links:
There are various degrees to which content can be removed from visibility on the Internet.
It is a common misconception that once something is posted to the Internet it is there for ever. This is a particularly well-held notion of those that use Social Media. (and perhaps it is if you have limited control as you do with Facebook)
You can even make a request, using Google's Webmaster Tools for the page to be removed from their cache. It is best to visit the help page on the Google site for the exact details on how to do this.
Google will also give you advice on what else to do to ensure that your pages remain removed from their index and they do not re-appear when your site is re-spidered.
There are other ways of removing your content from Google cache. These take a little more time but you have more control on how visitors get content from your website. In June 2011 I started a process to remove some of my material so that it was only accessible locally.
When the pages are re-written and the Google robot re-visits the new pages will find their way into cache and the visitor will then see a link to the local page on the page in cache. This is what I wanted to do as I wanted the visitor to think that there was information on this website that merited the viewing of Google cache.
Your reasons for wanting your content removed from Google cache may be different from mine. You may have been requested to remove the content. You may have received a "Cease and Desist" notice filed under the DMCA.
This technique will also work with all search engines that maintain a cache of the websites that they have indexed. Google is the most common and is the one that most are concerned with.
Links:
- How to remove inappropriate content from the Web - more of a "how-to"
- Google's help page for URL removal - from cache and their index
- DMCA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
- How to remove false information about yourself from Google
1 comment:
I was looking for a step-by-step guide on how to do this.
I think that you have the information but I can't seem to find it.
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