Dead pages in Google Searches

[stephengfm]

I have a few dead pages in Google Search.

These pages will never been put back on Google.

Is there a way to have Google just remove those pages and not others?

[HTMLBasicTutor]

1. You should have used 301 permanent redirects to redirect incoming links and the bots to the content's new location, the category it was in or the home page. (new location being the first choice)

2. You can read throught this section at Google Code: Controlling Crawling and Indexing

3. You should have a custom 404 page in place for user accidental typing anyways.

[icecube_media]

Hi,

Dead pages you mean 404 pages ?

[Businessofficepro]

If you want these pages removed by Google then go to Google webmasters and remove such pages by using Remove URL. You can find that in crawl error for your site..
Thanks..

[HTMLBasicTutor]

Originally Posted by Businessofficepro

If you want these pages removed by Google then go to Google webmasters and remove such pages by using Remove URL. You can find that in crawl error for your site..
Thanks..

That is true but you have to follow the instructions in the link I posted first.

[sohanjain]

Probably if the content is on your own website, then you use the robot txt to block.

[stephengfm]

Originally Posted by Businessofficepro

If you want these pages removed by Google then go to Google webmasters and remove such pages by using Remove URL. You can find that in crawl error for your site..
Thanks..

This is great information.

[WebsiteDeck]

Originally Posted by HTMLBasicTutor

1. You should have used 301 permanent redirects to redirect incoming links and the bots to the content's new location, the category it was in or the home page. (new location being the first choice)

2. You can read throught this section at Google Code: Controlling Crawling and Indexing

3. You should have a custom 404 page in place for user accidental typing anyways.

Very helpful - I've been looking for an answer like this. Thanks!

[C.Rebecca]

Yes, there is a way... You have to use Google removal tool in Google webmaster tools.
This will remove the pages from the search results.

[diversityguy]

Hi,

What do you mean dead pages ...
404 Error or removed cached by google ...
Explain your question ....

[snakeair]

Originally Posted by diversityguy

Hi,

What do you mean dead pages ...
404 Error or removed cached by google ...
Explain your question ....

This is not a affiliate link but an example of a 404 page http://www.hostgator.com/404

Either i typed in the URL wrong or hostgator never created content on that page. They just stuck up a 404 custom page instead of doing nothing that would lead us to a dead page that has no images or content on the page. (blank page) Hostgator also added a banner image link on that page to basically redirect visitors to there homepage to look at there hosting packages...etc

Most people customize a 404 page because they still want to direct that visitor back to there website or another link. Create a thread if you want more information on what you asked in your reply. Let's get back on topic now.

I'll post some info about google cached pages in here.

Google takes a snapshot of each page it examines and caches (stores) that version as a back-up. The cached version is what Google uses to judge if a page is a good match for your query.

Practically every search result includes a Cached link. Clicking on that link takes you to the Google cached version of that web page, instead of the current version of the page. This is useful if the original page is unavailable because of:

Source: http://www.googleguide.com/cached_pages.html