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  licensingprep · Member · Nov 19, 2013 at 7:43 pm

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  I have deleted this file and even deleted the entire blog in an attempt for this file to no longer be available. This is copyrighted information that has climbed the google rankings and is showing on the first page of results page. How do I go about speeding up the process of removing this file? I already completely deleted the blog.

  Thank you,

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  timethief · Member · Nov 19, 2013 at 7:46 pm

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  IMPORTANT NOTE: 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.

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  licensingprep · Member · Nov 19, 2013 at 7:48 pm

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  Yes, makes sense. But I deleted the file and it is still showing up. I’m sure it is cached, but trying to figure out a way to speed up the fact that it returns the 404.

  Thanks so much for your help. :-)

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  timethief · Member · Nov 19, 2013 at 7:48 pm

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  We cannot help with search engine issues.
  See:
  When to use the URL removal tool.
  When NOT to use the URL removal tool.