Files still available on search engines after deleted wrodpress blog
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This gonna be kinda long….
I deleted my wordpress and some of the downloadable files can still be accessed by searching them on google. I want everything gone. How do I do this? I tried to delete it from the website and I did, but it still shows up. Then I figured if I deleted the whole wordpress site it would knock it out, but apparently it didn’t. I’m not a blogger anyways and don’t mind letting go of my work. Any help would be awesome. Thanks.
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Hi there,
What are the file URLs please? It can take up to 3 days for them to be removed form WordPress.COM servers so they produce a 404 page not found.IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting blog content does not remove it 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
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Thanks for the swift reply!
It’s only one and it’s a .pdf
I just found the google webmaster thingy…….and requested the url removal.
Thanks
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It’s producing a 404 and you did the right thing by requesting URL removal via Google. :)
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It did show a 404 for you? Thanks for your help. I went to another computer to click on it the link and it didn’t 404 for me. I’m very new to this stuff. Sorry I’m if annoying
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Yes I do get: 404 — File not found.
Try clearing your browser cache as you are probably viewing a cached copy http://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache
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I followed the instructions and the cleared my cache. I still keep getting it. Google denied my request by the way………..at least you’re getting a 404. I hope everyone else is too. Thanks again for your help.
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Hi!
I’m getting a 404 at the following URL as well:
It should be 404ing on your side by now as well. Can you confirm?
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I just visited the link. It sill appears. No 404 for me, or any computer in my area. I cleared my google cache.
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Can you try in another browser? It’s still 404’ing for me in all browsers so it sounds like this is indeed some sort of cache issue.
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Ok. I downloaded and tried many different browsers. It still appears. I just sent the link to my brother, and he checked it on his phone. It appeared then too.
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I just re-requested a link removal from google search results. Maybe it won’t be denied this time. Thanks for your help and mainly your patience.
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That’s odd – I would think it would be gone everywhere by now. I just submitted another request to clear our file cache of this file. Hopefully that helps to speed up the process!
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Hey guys,
It still comes up for me. At this point I’m over it lol Thanks for your help! I requested that google remove the page from the search results and it was approved. I feel relieved that it’s not accessible anymore through searching it. Thanks again!
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I just ran a disk diagnostic and 2.14 gigs of cached stuff showed. I deleted it, and the link now shows a 404. Mission accomplished. Thanks for your time guys.
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