Removing a post...

[sac8513]

I wrote a post recently asking about help for my website. I included the site link and now if someone searches my site through google there is a link to the particular forum where I asked for help.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE....is there anyway to edit my post after people have already responded to it or is there a way to delete the post completely...

This is very important...I appreciate anyones help

[WebJoel]

What is the post's URL? You have many posts. 'Deleting' your post would invalidate the follow-up responces and would be unfair to those whom offered their valuable time, and generally is not done except by Admins. To remove your post/thread could get me frowned upon with upper echelons, but I could possibly just X-out the hyperlink URL to make it un-searchable and keep the thread intact, if that is a concern. Basically, we do not 'delete posts' unless they are very specifically bad, off-topic, slanderous, illegal, spam or advert, and etc.

And now this thread has been created... it would be better if such a request be PM'd to a moderator/super moderator or administrator with such a request. :) -Spare the forum the opps.

[sac8513]

Thanks for that quick reply...

Here is the link to the original thread-

It seems that the link and the terms appear through both pages of the thread as there was some assistance with the coding of the page. To prevent making this thread visible I will just reference the sites hyperlink as first appearing POST #9

http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=135224



Then throughout most of the second page analysis of certain meta tags used in my webpage appear..

Here are the links that are appearing when searched in the search engines...

1. http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=135224&page=2

2. http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-135224.html

I appreciate your help

[WebJoel]

I x'd out the first two instances of 'page/site name', the third one (#2) is in archive and I do not beleive that I have access to archive privledges. For that, present your case to the next Administrator that you see is logged-in, provide the details and the archive URL and ask if referance to 'site name' can be removed. You have over 120 posts so you are in 'trusted' level. I don't think they'd mind helping you with this.

[sac8513]

Thanks again. How am I able to see if an administrator is on ? Is it best for me to just PM Them?

[sac8513]

I just searched the terms again and both links are showing up...?

[JPnyc]

I responded to your PM. We do not remove posts or threads unless they violate the forum rules in some way. Threads must remain so that others can search for answers to similar issues.

[WebJoel]

I just searched the terms again and both links are showing up...?
Searched on Google? They're cached no doubt. Google 'takes a snapshot' and that is what you see. If you see a line something like "site may have been updated since snapshot was created: click here to view actual site", etc. you will probably get a 404 responce (page not found).

In time when the links are re-crawled, they should be dropped. Nothing can be done in regards to that.

[JPnyc]

Doesn't matter, the forum archive will still have the unedited post, and that's what the bots crawl most. Editing the post was a waste of time.

[LeeU]

What's placed on the Internet, stays on the Internet ...

[JPnyc]

also the welcome e-mail states: "DO NOT post anything to the forum that you don't want search engines to find". How much more clear can we make it?

We know this happens, so we try to warn people.

[stacywacy]

Yep. I'm am forever going to be linked to those god awefully embarrasing "I love Michael Vartan" posts I've made on this forum. :o
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[sac8513]

To bad in this situation I was not the one who posted what I am asking to remove

[JPnyc]

if you post a site here asking for help or review it's entirely reasonable for someone answering your question to post that code in their reply . A better approach would have been to post the code yourself, that way you can control what is and isn't posted .