Sitelink demotion from Google Webmaster
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HI Everybody,
When I search Vallnord on Google one of the sitelinks takes you to a site that does not exists.
In order to avoid this sitelink to appear I Demoted that URL using Google Webmaster.
Any idea how much time will this take in order to see the results?
Regards,
G.
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Thank you! it is working now!
Have a nice day!
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Sure;
I am not sure what the incorrect page is, so below is an EXAMPLE ---- if you want to send me by private or on here, both old and new URL's I can complete the code for you
So EXAMPLE WOULD BE;
Be sure to back up .htaccess first !
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
Redirect 301 /example/example.html http://www.corect-page.com
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Hi Shane,
Would you mind telling me the exatc piece of code I need to add in the htacces if I want to redirect that link to http://www.vallnord.com/ca/activitats-i-serveis/mountain-park
Thank you!
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Hi,
I am not sure about time, but most the forums I saw people were wainting over a month -
Google Says
If you think that a sitelink URL is inappropriate or incorrect, you can demote it. Demoting a URL for a sitelink tells Google that you don't consider this URL a good sitelink candidate for a specific page on your site. Google doesn't guarantee that demoted URLs will never appear as a sitelink, but we do consider a demotion a strong hint that we'll try to honor when generating sitelinks.
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=47334
I think it is just a waiting game - Or you could probably just 301 that 404 URL to a correct one?? This would probably be the quickest path to resolution
hope this helps
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