Formerly, as a site owner you would have to pass through rigorous and untrod process of sending a request using a feedback form to remove link from Google. But only recently, Google rolled out a new set of tools to expedite the process of removing link on domain names you control via Google webmaster tools. As not too many site owners know about this link removal process, this is piece reveals a quick how-to to prevent your site promotion efforts to result in a 404 from Google.
As the owner of a site, you keep in line the content of your webpage you want indexed in search engines. But the simplest way to allow search engines know of the content you do not want indexed is to make use of a robots meta tag or robort.txt file. Though many at times, you may want to remove link that has been indexed already. Now, what is the quickest and easiest way to go about that?
For websites that have been registered and verified ownership for using webmaster tools account, there is a new option underneath the diagnostic tab known as url removals. To rapidly remove link from Google, simply click this url removal option follow by new removal request link. Select the option that suits the kind of removal you would prefer. Since you want to remove link from Google, you would have to choose whether you are removing individual urls – images, web pages or other files; cached pages, a directory or subdirectories, or your website. Before a link is eligible for removal, it must return a status code of 410 or 404, it must be blocked by the website’s robots.txt file or a robots meta tag. Once the link is ready to be removed, enter the link and suggest if it shows in Google search results. Then click add link to add as many link you would like to remove in that request as possible. Submit the request by clicking the submit removal request option.