Removing a deleted post from web searches

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  char1otten · Member · Sep 20, 2009 at 7:28 am

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  I deleted a recent post, but I can still easily find the url in searches on google, and answer.com.

  Since it was not a nice post, and its about someone I care about I want it to disappear but Im unaware of how to do that without deleting the whole blog.

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

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  husdal · Member · Sep 20, 2009 at 7:55 am

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  This can be done, but in order to provide you with correct instructions, what is the URL of your blog, starting with http:// ??

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  universalgeni · Member · Sep 20, 2009 at 3:50 pm

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  I think this is about that: http://www.google.com/webmasters/remove.html

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  husdal · Member · Sep 20, 2009 at 4:29 pm

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  @universalgeni
  You are correct. Except, on wordpress.com it is not as easy as on self-hosted blogs and in any case it will only work for Google.

  1. Verify your wordpress.com blog with Google Webmaster Tools
  2. Change your Privacy settings to block search engines
  3. Submit the URL you want to remove to Google Webmaster Tools
  4. Wait for the URL to be removed (1-2 days)
  5. Change your Privacy settings back to allow search engines

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  raptortech97 · Member · Sep 20, 2009 at 4:43 pm

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  4. Wait for the URL to be removed (1-2 days)

  It can often take longer, though.