Remove specific URL's from index?

**jamestl2** · 08-18-2007, 02:17 PM

I have some dead links in the MSN index, but I can't seem to find a "URL Removal Request" (similar to what Google has. So how can I allow MSNbots to remove them.

I thought the links would have been removed over time, but it has been over two months, and it already indexed my newer "alive" pages.

**chrishirst** · 08-18-2007, 03:11 PM

make sure the pages send a 404 response when requested. Takes 5 or 6 months before they disappear.

**jamestl2** · 08-18-2007, 03:21 PM

Thanks for the timetable chrishirst, didn't think they would take that long.

And my dead pages do send a 404 response.

**chrishirst** · 08-19-2007, 06:34 AM

They stay in the index because the SEs keep indexing the URLs just in case it is a server error and the pages return at some point.

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08-18-2007, 03:11 PM	#2 (permalink) Re: Remove specific URL's from index?
chrishirst Super Moderator Posts: 10,642 Location: Blackpool. UK Talkupation:	make sure the pages send a 404 response when requested. Takes 5 or 6 months before they disappear. __________________ Chris. ->> Links are advertising NOT optimising!! <<- Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares? Code Samples \| People Counting System

08-18-2007, 03:21 PM	#3 (permalink) Re: Remove specific URL's from index?
jamestl2 Hey..... Latest Blog Post: How to Fix the SRG Clean Archives Wordpress 2.5 Pl... Posts: 1,558 Name: James, if you couldn't tell from my username Talkupation:	Thanks for the timetable chrishirst, didn't think they would take that long. And my dead pages do send a 404 response. __________________ Read this if you are new. \| PageRank only applies to Web PAGES. *Conspiracy-Forums -* THE Place to discuss Conspiracies

08-19-2007, 06:34 AM	#4 (permalink) Re: Remove specific URL's from index?
chrishirst Super Moderator Posts: 10,642 Location: Blackpool. UK Talkupation:	They stay in the index because the SEs keep indexing the URLs just in case it is a server error and the pages return at some point. __________________ Chris. ->> Links are advertising NOT optimising!! <<- Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares? Code Samples \| People Counting System