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How do I get rid of indexed pages?
Step 2: log into your Google Webmaster Tools account. Go to the Crawl menu and select the “remove a page from the index” link. Simply add the page you wish to delete. They will check for the NOINDEX meta tag, so do not do this step until you have completed step 1.
Can my page be indexed?
Request (re)indexing You can request that an inspected URL be indexed by Google. Indexing can take up to a week or two; you can check the progress using this tool. Some caveats when requesting indexing: Indexing typically takes only a day or so, but can take much longer in some cases.
How can I see if my website is in the index?
To do so, you can query for the specific URL of your website using the url: search operator followed by your site URL. For example the following shows that the URL is in the index, since it is returned as a result:
Why is my website not indexed by search engines?
Robots.txt – This text file which sits in the root of your website’s folder communicates a certain number of guidelines to search engine crawlers. For instance, if your robots.txt file has this line in it; User-agent: * Disallow: / it’s basically telling every crawler on the web to take a hike and not index ANY of your site’s content.
What does it mean when a page is excluded from the index?
(For example, you might have deliberately excluded it by a noindex directive, or it might be a duplicate of a canonical page that we’ve already indexed on your site.) Valid: The page is indexed. Each status (error, warning valid, excluded) has a specific reason for that status.
Why are there no links to my website?
There are no links pointing to your website : A common problem for new websites is a lack of links pointing to it from other places on the web. Not only do links help us discover your content, they also tell us a bit about the popularity of your page.