302 htaccess redirect and losing index

Hi guys. I have a web site which had lots of content indexed well and ranking well in google. For "personal reasons" I put a 302 redirect on it and was wondering how long will it take for the content to be gone from the search engines indexes? And will it rank well right after I put the old content back? I know that is no straight answer but maybe you know more from your experience. Thanks.

 

The best way is to use Google webmaster tool for removal of pages.

 

A 302 is a temporary redirect. If you want to remove the page from the search engines entirely, you need to return a 404 "Not Found" or (preferably, since it's the correct code to use) a 410 "Gone" HTTP status code.

For more information: http://www.malevolent.com/weblog/archive/2007/04/03/http-status-codes/

 

Thanks all. I did not want to remove the pages but just temporarily hide them. What I was wondering was how long till google will drop those pages from their index. I do not want those pages to drop because I will put the web site back online. Thanks

 

302 is the best solution for that dear, it takes time, regular check the catch pages.

Can you tell me why do you want to do this ?