Deleted file still shows up online
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I deleted a file from my blog’s media library, but it is still accessible through the URL for some reason.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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What is the URL please?
Does clicking it result in a 404 page not found error or not?
Image caches are cleared here every 3 days or so but deleting blog content and deleting blogs does not remove any indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1663419?hl=en -
Thanks for the answer! No, it doesn’t result in a 404 page not found error…
The URL is http://researchjournalist.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/130214-irj-lisa-de-bode.pdf
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I get a 404 page not found error – so it is gone from the servers here – try clearing your browser cache – but the file will probably still be cached by search engines for some time as @TT has noted above
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Aha! Tried in a different browser and indeed, it’s a 404 now. So it’s that simple… :-) Thanks so much for the answer—very helpful!
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