vBulletin 4, the most powerful community software + vBSEO 3.5, the ultimate SEO solution = Your ultimate platform for 2010 and beyond. Click below to learn more.

Results 1 to 7 of 7

How do I remove discussion thread from Google?

This is a discussion on How do I remove discussion thread from Google? within the General Discussion forums, part of the vBulletin SEO Discussion category; There is one particular discussion on my forums that I don't want to delete, but would rather not have in ...

  1. #1
    Senior Member
    Real Name
    serphog
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Posts
    145
    Blog Entries
    1

    How do I remove discussion thread from Google?

    There is one particular discussion on my forums that I don't want to delete, but would rather not have in Google? Is there an easy way to remove it?

  2. #2
    vBSEO Staff Oleg Ignatiuk's Avatar
    Real Name
    Oleg Ignatiuk
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Belarus
    Posts
    24,550
    You can add it to your robots.txt exclusion list like:
    Code:
    Disallow: /f4/how-do-i-remove-discussion-thread-google-15009/
    
    Oleg Ignatiuk / Crawlability Inc.
    Sneek Preview Video of the new Control Panel

    vBSEO 3.5 RC2 (Final)- Released for your Evaluation


  3. #3
    Senior Member
    Real Name
    serphog
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Posts
    145
    Blog Entries
    1
    Perfect. Thanks!

  4. #4
    Senior Member Hoffi's Avatar
    Real Name
    Christian
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Germany
    Posts
    265
    Blog Entries
    2
    But what happens to the Entrys Google already made?

  5. #5
    Senior Member briansol's Avatar
    Real Name
    Brian
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Central CT, USA
    Posts
    6,983
    next time they index you, they won't be able to see it. it will move to supplemental results.
    after so many tries in supplmental results, it will be removed from the index.

  6. #6
    vBSEO.com SysAdmin Danny Bembibre's Avatar
    Real Name
    Daniel Bembibre Gude @dbembibre
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Madrid (Spain)
    Posts
    646
    Blog Entries
    20
    vBSEO Success Story: bmwfaq.com 95% indexed in yahoo, 85% indexed in google and straight up and 10% indexed in bing

  7. #7
    Member
    Real Name
    LBmtb
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Posts
    33
    You could also remove URL's in Google Webmaster tools.

Similar Threads

  1. The vBSEO LinkBacks User Guide - vBSEO 3.0 GOLD
    By Joe Ward in forum General Discussion
    Replies: 37
    Last Post: 08-17-2009, 06:08 AM
  2. vBSEO 2.4.0 Released - Includes Google AdSense Targeting Feature!
    By Juan Muriente in forum vBSEO Announcements
    Replies: 74
    Last Post: 05-20-2006, 09:29 PM