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How do I erase information about website in search?
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What are you looking to erase and from what engines?
You can add a robots.txt to tell engines not to index the content of your site, but if you are looking to remove information that is currently in a search engines index, you would either need to add the robots.txt and wait over time for each spider to find it or you would need to go through each engine one at a time.
For Google, see the following URL:
Hope this helps
Wullie
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The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. - John Maxwell
You can add a robots.txt to tell engines not to index the content of your site, but if you are looking to remove information that is currently in a search engines index, you would either need to add the robots.txt and wait over time for each spider to find it or you would need to go through each engine one at a time.
For Google, see the following URL:
Hope this helps
Wullie
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The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. - John Maxwell
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