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Trandel -> Deleting pages and search engines (11/12/2005 12:59:59)

Hi,

I want to do some housekeeping by deleting some 'old' pages that contain out-of-date information.

Many of theses are contained in the Search Engine indexes. If I delete them I assume that they will be treated as broken links and reflect badly on my site as a whole.

How do I avoid this??

One other hassle - does anyone know of an FP add-on that will search the site for images that are no longer in use and can be deleted?

Regards

Tony Randell



BobbyDouglas -> RE: Deleting pages and search engines (11/12/2005 13:51:19)

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How do I avoid this??

- For Google, you can remove your link manually, and for Yahoo you can do the same.

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One other hassle - does anyone know of an FP add-on that will search the site for images that are no longer in use and can be deleted?

- Inside of Frontpage > View > Reports > Problems > Unlinked files

This will display all unlinked images or other files. Make sure you create a backup before you do this. Make the backup, then delete the files, then do testing to make sure you didn't delete anything needed.



dpf -> RE: Deleting pages and search engines (11/12/2005 14:42:58)

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I assume that they will be treated as broken links and reflect badly on my site as a whole.
when you delete the pages, remove all of the links to the pages - then there are no broken links



coreybryant -> RE: Deleting pages and search engines (11/14/2005 19:52:56)

If possible, you can also use a 302 redirect as well to let the search engines know where your "new" pages are



Starhugger -> RE: Deleting pages and search engines (11/14/2005 20:02:46)

Yes, I would put in a permanent redirect for those pages. Otherwise the SEs that don't update quickly will still direct people to the old pages and your viewers wind up with a bunch of 404 pages, which is annoying for people.

On the other hand, if the info is only "dated" but might still be of archival interest to people (as opposed to, for instance, showing products that you no longer offer or something), keep the pages up there. If the SEs send people to them, they can find the rest of your website through those pages. Just put a link at the top of the page and tell them to check out the up-to-date site. You wouldn't have to include them in a Site Map or your navigation if they aren't relevant anymore, but they could still funnel people in to the rest of the site via old SE referrals.

Or stick some Adsense on the old pages along with the old info and if people aren't interested in the rest of your site, you might at least get paid when they leave and go to another site. Just a thought. :-)

Starhugger



Mojo -> RE: Deleting pages and search engines (11/22/2005 18:23:51)

As a rule I never delete indexed pages. Just swap out the content and link to it in an appropriate manner.

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Or stick some Adsense on the old pages


Maybe the best idea I have seen on this forum in a long time. Think money and you win.



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