can anybody tell me...what happens to SERP result of any webpage...if that particular page is deleted by a webmaster from FTP access of a site?....does it still remain on SERPs or vanish?
Shaddows
10:25 am on Feb 3, 2009 (gmt 0)
It depends. If it returns a hard 404, it will eventually drop out of rankings. If it returns a soft 404, it will index but without the old content.
submitera123
2:03 pm on Feb 3, 2009 (gmt 0)
how to check that..whether its hard or soft 404 or 410.
Shaddows
3:37 pm on Feb 3, 2009 (gmt 0)
FF add on: Live HTTP Headers
As others around here bang on about, its essential basic kit for SEO
Shaddows
3:39 pm on Feb 3, 2009 (gmt 0)
Definition: Hard ACTUALLY RETURNS a 404 status Soft can return anything, but usually 301> 200 with content "404 error; page not found" or similar.
submitera123
3:05 pm on Feb 4, 2009 (gmt 0)
One of my page was indexed in Google...which is deleted by me for some reason now its showing "HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found" while clicked on SERP link of the same....how can i get rid of it?...i simply don't want that link in Google index.
submitera123
3:11 pm on Feb 4, 2009 (gmt 0)
and shaddows, also i followed your advice to not leave orphaned pages..i removed "rel=nofollow"...but still after 5-6 days Google has not updated the snippets of previously indexed pages..it troubles my mind to see it unchanged everyday.
[edited by: phranque at 10:09 pm (utc) on Feb. 4, 2009] [edit reason] filter dodge [/edit]
