Remove my wordpress pages from google index

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  jwhang · Member · May 11, 2010 at 2:29 am

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  How can I remove my wordpress pages from the google index? I need to remove it within 2 days.
  Please help!!!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  udosero · Member · May 11, 2010 at 2:35 am

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  Register a Google Webmaster account first.

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  tellyworth · Staff · May 11, 2010 at 2:37 am

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  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/search-engines/

  Please note that it’s up to Google to decide how quickly your pages will be removed from their index. WordPress.com has no control over that.

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  udosero · Member · May 11, 2010 at 2:54 am

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  Changing the privacy settings will only prevent future indexing. It does not remove the existing cache. The only way to do that is to register a Google Webmaster account and verify ownership via the Meta Tag. After you do that, you can tell them to unlist your site.

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  jwhang · Member · May 11, 2010 at 3:05 am

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  Hi udosero,

  Thank you so much for your response! I got a Google Webmaster account, but how can I verify ownership via the Meta Tag? I do not see the Meta tag anywhere. Would you please provide a step by step instruction. Thank you so much for your help!!!

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  dreamsburnred · Member · May 11, 2010 at 3:08 am

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  Its under the tools section in your dashboard.

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  timethief · Member · May 11, 2010 at 3:13 am

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  @jwhang
  Use these instructions to verify your blog ownership > http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/
  Understand that Google will normally clear their cache every 3 – 6 months. If and only if the “offending page” produces a 404 (deleted – page not found) on your blog, then you can sign into your webmaster’s account and use Request URL Removal Tool to request that Google removes it sooner.