Should I delete my site from Google? Help!

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by bryanw, Oct 31, 2008.

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    Hello,

    I have a site, it has been indexed hundreds of pages by Google.

    Now I want to rebuild the site and indexed pages will be deleted.

    Should I delete my whole site from Google before my rebuilding by robots.txt?

    If I don't delete, there will be hundreds of 404 errors. (I can't keep these pages on the site)

    Thanks a lot !
     
    bryanw, Oct 31, 2008 IP
  2. 2-4-K

    2-4-K Peon

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    No its actually a good thing to have 404 errors.

    Just customise your 404 page with something telling your visitors about the changes and that they will be redirected to the new homepage in 5 seconds etc..

    But its a shame to loose indexed pages in Google so you might want to consider trying to rebuild the new site with the same linking structure..

    Good luck
     
    2-4-K, Oct 31, 2008 IP
  3. bryanw

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    Thanks for your reply.

    Will it affect search engine position if the site has too many 404 errors?

    If I delete the site from Google, then Google will reindex the site without 404 errors.

    Thanks!
     
    bryanw, Oct 31, 2008 IP
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    Why not 301 redirect the pages you want to delete to other relevant pages on your site? I've never heard of 404 errors affecting position -
     
    Jaysonnhs, Oct 31, 2008 IP