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omar_bacha
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Posted: 07/07/2008 07:18 pm
Does anyone know how often Google re-spiders URLs that currently exist in their index?
I am specifically referring to an index where the keywords used to find the link no longer exist in the page. How long can one expect to wait before the link goes away.
I have been able to remove the cache and the description text from the google listing using the URL removal tool but the link text still remains even though it is no longer relevant to the search criteria.
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g1smd
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Joined: Jul 28, 2002
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Posted: 07/08/2008 02:40 am
They spider sites from several times per hour, to once every month or two, or longer.
The frequency is based on the size of the site, and the past history of how often it has changed, among other factors.
So, the main news pages of the BBC are pulled every 5 or 10 minutes, and a site that I haven't touched for 6 years is scanned about once or twice per month.
However, once the changes are found, Google often likes to keep the old data as a Supplemental Result for anything up to a year.
Make sure that the URL really does return a 404 or a 410 HTTP status code, otherwise it will stay listed forever. Google, Yahoo, Live and Ask all have different schedules, but all do eventually pick up that status and act on it.
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Quadrille
Joined: Nov 15, 2000
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Posted: 07/08/2008 02:58 am
You are finding it, because you are looking for it; while it may exist for a long time, few people, other than you, will see it.
Two easy solutions:
1. make a new page with the old url.
or
2. 301 permanent redirect the old URL to the most relevant current page.
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