in reply to Re: Batch Google URL Removal Script
in thread Batch Google URL Removal Script

Isn't it better to leave the page, but with blank content rather than removing it? So that it gets overwriten in google's cache, rather frozen there in perpetutity.

Many times, I've come across pages where the host no longer serves the url, but it's ghost is available from Google's cache for weeks after.

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Re^3: Batch Google URL Removal Script
by pileofrogs (Priest) on Jan 28, 2010 at 21:42 UTC

    You can do it either way. When you submit the form you tell google if you've edited or remove the page, so I assume it handles them differently.

    The idea is by submitting this form, you don't have to wait around for weeks because Google spiders the site sooner.

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