Google Search Results And Images
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Once Media is deleted from a website how long does it take for it to disapear from google search results and images
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Hello there,
Many thanks for reaching out.
It can take Google from 7 days to 4 weeks to re-crawl and index a site and it’s assets.
The image should drop from the listings once it knows it no longer exists.
I hope this helps.
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Hi. Thanks for your message. Once google sees that the site is also empty of content do they delete the site also or just the images on google search
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I don’t think they remove the site from the search results. You, as the owner, can control if the site is displayed or not.
Here, on WordPress.com, you can hide your site from search engines:https://wordpress.com/support/settings/privacy-settings/#privacy-options.
From Google end, you can request for the content to be removed:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7041154?hl=en.
If you have more questions, I’d recommend reaching out directly to Google.
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Thanks again for your reply. Reason why I’m asking is there is a site that has zero content on it that’s written and images however when it appears on google it shows the images and the content but when you click the link it shows it as a empty site
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This usually indicates a media that has been deleted (direct links to it do not work) but is still bing saved in Google’s search index on their end.
This is not something we are in control of directly since the images are stored in Google’s search index, but as @aleone89 mentions, within 4 weeks or so (possibly sooner) they will re-visit the site with their search bots, see that the site no longer has content, and remove it from their search results to match.
You may wish to start an account at Google Search Console: https://search.google.com/search-console/about
This will allow you to verify you are the owner of a site, and then it gives you the ability to ask them to “re-crawl” the site with their search bots, so you do not need to wait the full 4 weeks for them to do this on their own.
Hope this helps point you in the right direction!
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Thank you very much for the information. Also the written content is deleted but when the search results brings up the url to the site it also brings up highlights the first few lines of content to the site but of course the content does not exist. I presume this shall also disappear approximately 4 weeks.
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