Site deletion

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  binary101netblog · Member · Feb 20, 2017 at 2:49 pm

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  COMPLETELY delete this site https://binary101net.wordpress.com/…..every time I google ‘binary 101 telecommunications’, the site https://binary101net.wordpress.com/ is displayed, even thought I have emptied cache on pc.

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  antonyagnel · Member · Feb 20, 2017 at 3:09 pm

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  Hey there, it is up to Google to decide when to remove a site from its search pages. Usually it removes a site off its index only after the site repeatedly produces 404 errors (not found) for five to six months consecutively.

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  antonyagnel · Member · Feb 20, 2017 at 3:10 pm

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  If you had previously verified your site using the Google search console tool, then, you can request Google to de-index your site.

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  binary101netblog · Member · Feb 20, 2017 at 3:12 pm

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  Ah!…. that may be the key. I will contact google. Thank you.

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  antonyagnel · Member · Feb 20, 2017 at 3:17 pm

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  You’re welcome.

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  binary101netblog · Member · Feb 20, 2017 at 9:53 pm

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  Ah!…. I did not submit site to google search console, so I cannot remove it.

  The WordPress site keeps on coming up first. Can I have it back and just forward it to the correct site.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 20, 2017 at 10:05 pm

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  IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting sites and/or site content or making the site private does not remove indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results) and we cannot help with that. Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. We cannot help with that.

  To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found):
  https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1

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  antonyagnel · Member · Feb 21, 2017 at 1:04 am

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  Unfortunately, deleting a site permanently removes it and you’ll never be able to re-use its WordPress.com address (such as binary101net.wordpress.com).