If you delete the page, or almost more important, delete any old links to the page, then over time the web spiders should get rid of it from search results.
Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Williams, Scott Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [tech-geeks] Webpage Deadwood Over the years I have collected many webpages for the school that I do not use or are obsolete. <rant> Unfortunately, my viewers can never remember the URL to our present site, so they Google (gotta love Google) and they find pages up to 8 years old. What happens then is they click on them and get the 2002 Football schedule and then they call the school saying we can't seem to keep our webpage up to date. Personally I think they should have their welfare check or unemployment check taken away so they wouldn't have all this spare time. But hey, that's just my opinion. </rant> If I delete the deadwood then they will get 404's, which maybe just as bad, should I put a re-direct in on all these obsolete pages? What do you guys do? SCott | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
