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I have deleted a couple of posts from my blog, im using wordpress but still showing in the search how to delete?
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 Hey Guys, So I deleted a couple of pages from my blog, and when I search the keyword it is still showing do you guys have any idea how I can completed delete this from the search? Here is the page 
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 Thanks so much Michael, all is done  
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 Any URL that you want to remove from a particular TLD needs to be done in the specific TLD Webmaster Tools property. 
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 Perfect thanks Michael, if I run 3 top level domains (international) will I need to submit the url 3 times in this case? 
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 If the page ia a 404 not found it will sometime soon disappear from the index. You can force this immediately by going into Webmaster Tools >> Google Index >> Remove URLs >> enter URL >> select 'Remove page....' 
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