remove url from SE results

[paulsra]

can anyone tell me how to remove the url from the search results in google?

im using a windows server so if the SEO mod does this, ill need another way.
if i must , ill change each page individually.

thanks

[civ]

Add it to your your robots.txt:

Disallow: /page-to-remove.php

Then request deletion from Google:

http://www.google.com/webmasters/

[paulsra]

im sorry , could you explain this to me a little better?

i dont even have a robots.txt!!

[civ]

No robots.txt? Oh my.

Add a file in the root of your site called robots.txt, and add this inside it:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /page-to-remove.php

Then go grab a cup of coffee and clear your schedule for a few hours while you learn all about the robots.txt file: http://www.robotstxt.org

[paulsra]

Originally Posted by civ

No robots.txt? Oh my.

Add a file in the root of your site called robots.txt, and add this inside it:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /page-to-remove.php

Then go grab a cup of coffee and clear your schedule for a few hours while you learn all about the robots.txt file: http://www.robotstxt.org

riiight, very intersting.

thanks for that, it doesnt seem theres too much to it.
so i guess i should disallow pages like thanks.php, viewmember.php?

[Lhotch]

Your whole admin directory, your images and thumbs directories etc. There is no reason for search engines to gobble up your images etc.

[civ]

Be careful when listing things like admin directories and others that you don't want publicized in your robots.txt. If someone was interested in gaining unauthorized access to your site, the robots.txt file is one of the first places to look. Unless your admin directory is linked somewhere for spiders to find it, you don't really need to exclude it.

[paulsra]

ok, that makes sense, could you please tell me implicitly which folders/files should be in the robots.txt for exclusion? using ver3.1.1

[paulsra]

can i specify a folder in robots.txt:

disallow: /admin/

or do i need to specify each file individually?

thanks

[Lhotch]

here is a good overview.....

http://www.robotstxt.org/faq.html

here is an online generator

http://www.1-hit.com/all-in-one/tool...-generator.htm