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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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