[shobee]

I want to remove some of my old posts from Google index. I have added rel=nofollow tag in all my posts which needes to removed then from web master tool I have used removed URL option. After two days my post was removed from Google then I have also removed from my website.

But after few days posts is re indexed in Google again which really surprised me even post is no longer active. I want to ask how can I removed this permanently and what is the right way to remove any posts?

Please help.here is Google index result of that post

https://www.google.com/#q=site:http:...ow-it-works%2F

[jamesdann]

As you have said that your post had been removed but after few days it was again showing in index result. I would like to tell you that adding only rel=nofollow tag does not mean that Googlebot would not index your web-page. You have already deleted the pages from your website but those pages are already indexed in Google and sometimes Google shows result from its old indexed database.

Here is the actual process of removing a webpage permanently from index result. Please follow these things.

1. Block the page from crawling through robots.txt file.
2. Block the page from indexing through noindex meta tag.
3. Indicate that the page no longer exists by returning a 404 status code.

[smoothy]

Nothing posted on the internet is truly ever deleted. There are many places that cache or mirror other sites content. Once its out there... its going to exist for a very long time.

Google isn't the only search engine out there that indexes content....there are many others.

If your intent was to permanently erase any reference to somethng you posted.

[shobee]

@smoothy you can check here

https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.putti nout.com%2Ffacebook%2Fnew-facebook-privacy-policy-for-teens-3-things-you-need-to-know%2Fattachment%2Fpo_blog_thumbnail_teenprivacy% 2F&oq=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.puttinout.com%2Fface book%2Fnew-facebook-privacy-policy-for-teens-3-things-you-need-to-know%2Fattachment%2Fpo_blog_thumbnail_teenprivacy% 2F&gs_l=serp.3... 26224.26224.0.26482.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.. 0.0... 0... 1c.1.35.serp.. 1.0.0.r0EEd2Hl41I

[shobee]

As you have said that your post had been removed but after few days it was again showing in index result. I would like to tell you that adding only rel=nofollow tag does not mean that Googlebot would not index your web-page. You have already deleted the pages from your website but those pages are already indexed in Google and sometimes Google shows result from its old indexed database.

Here is the actual process of removing a webpage permanently from index result. Please follow these things.

1. Block the page from crawling through robots.txt file.
2. Block the page from indexing through noindex meta tag.
3. Indicate that the page no longer exists by returning a 404 status code.

Thanks for your response and yes even I have added rel=noindex but still after that it index again in Google.

For robots.txt it will be looks so bad if I added my posts individually? Because any one can check my robots.txt file through type in his browser.

What you think?

[jamesdann]

Thanks for your response and yes even I have added rel=noindex but still after that it index again in Google.

For robots.txt it will be looks so bad if I added my posts individually? Because any one can check my robots.txt file through type in his browser.

What you think?

“rel=noindex”
You can not noindex a link. Attribute “rel” is only applicable with links. The noindex can be used as a meta tag to prevent search engines from indexing.
The proper way to tell Google or other search engines not to index a particular page is here...
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow" />