One of my client website is on test server and 200-300 pages of the site that includes pdf files showing on Google search results. Client want me to remove the whole site from Google search. He don't want to leak the information before launch. Last month I have implemented below Google webmaster recommended techniques for removing site from Google search:- 1. Implementation of robotst.txt with below text in file:- User-agent: * Disallow: / 2. Implemented below code on all pages of site:- <meta name="robots" content="noarchive" /> <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow" /> <meta name="robots" content="nosnippet" /> 3. I have placed entire website removal request in Google webmaster tool. But the request got denied because of below reason:- Your request has been denied because the webmaster of the site hasn't applied the appropriate robots.txt file or meta tags to block us from indexing or archiving this page. Please work with the webmaster of this site or select an alternate removal option from the webpage removal request tool. 4. After that I have manually submitted the site pages including the pdf file on Google webmaster tool - "Individual URLs: web pages, images, or other files" option. Now most of the site pages are removed from Google search but pdf files removal request got denied because of below reason:- Your request has been denied because the webmaster of the site hasn't applied the appropriate robots.txt file or meta tags to block us from indexing or archiving this page. Please work with the webmaster of this site or select an alternate removal option from the webpage removal request tool. I want to know how I can remove these pdf files from Google search. Thanks for reading this thread and help. Rock
How much time does it take for google to delete a site from database after it was deleted off server.
When I delete URLs, it normally only takes around 24 - 48 hours to update. I could help if you want. I'll probably need to know the URL so I can check that you've put everything into place right.